Geography Tool Shed : Wisconsin Rivers

United States Rivers

Wisconsin

River count	506
River miles	15,639

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Rivers

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Name	Length (miles)	Watershed Length (miles)
Ahnapee River	14.7	15
Alder Creek (Little Jump River tributary)	21.1	21
Alder Creek (Pine River (Wolf River tributary))	15.8	16
Allen Creek	27.1	27
Amnicon River	45.5	59
Apple Creek	24.2	24
Apple River (Mississippi River tributary)	4.9	8
Apple River (St. Croix River tributary)	77.7	112
Apple River - West Fork (Mississippi River tributary)	2.9	3
Armstrong Creek	17	17
Arrowhead River	12.5	13
Ashippun River	33.2	33
Bad Axe River	4	64
Bad Axe River - North Fork	31.4	44
Bad Axe River - South Fork	15.9	16
Bad Axe River - Springville Branch	12.8	13
Bad River	76.2	389
Balsam Creek	22.3	22
Baraboo River	116.5	171
Baraboo River - West Branch	15.8	16
Bark River	69.5	88
Bass Creek	19.8	20
Bean Brook	18.6	19
Bear Creek (Chippewa River tributary)	18	18
Bear Creek (Embarrass River tributary)	15.3	15
Bear Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	27	27
Bear Creek (Wolf River (Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary)))	18.9	19
Bear River	22.6	23
Bears Grass Creek	16	16
Beartrap Creek	23.1	23
Beaver Brook	11.4	34
Beaver Brook - North Branch	12.9	13
Beaver Brook - South Branch	10	10
Beaver Creek (Black River (Mississippi River tributary))	17.9	51
Beaver Creek (Lemonweir River tributary)	21.9	22
Beaver Creek - North Branch (Peshtigo River tributary)	11.9	12
Beaver Creek - North Fork (Black River (Mississippi River tributary))	19.5	20
Beaver Creek (Peshtigo River tributary)	3.5	32
Beaver Creek - South Branch (Peshtigo River tributary)	16.5	17
Beaver Creek - South Fork (Black River (Mississippi River tributary))	13.6	14
Beaver Dam River	43	59
Big Drywood Creek	17.9	18
Big Eau Pleine River	45.9	106
Big Eau Pleine River - East Branch	11.4	11
Big Eau Pleine River - West Branch	12.3	12
Big Green River	15.3	15
Big Hay Meadow Creek	23.6	24
Big Rib River	61	124
Big River	12.8	13
Big Roche a Cri Creek	48.7	49
Big Sandy Creek	19	19
Big Weirgor Creek	21.3	36
Billings Creek	15.2	15
Black Creek	27.7	28
Black Creek	23.1	23
Black Earth Creek	27.1	27
Black River - East Fork (Mississippi River tributary)	57.5	77
Black River (Lake Superior tributary)	2.1	2
Black River (Mississippi River tributary)	192	691
Black River (Nemadji River tributary)	36.6	37
Blake Fork	17.2	17
Blue Mounds Creek	11.1	38
Blue River	35.3	62
Bluff Creek	18.2	18
Boice Creek	15.9	16
Bois Brule River	43.9	44
Bonner Branch	18.3	18
Bostwick Creek	16.2	16
Bower Creek	15.7	16
Branch River	36.9	37
Bridge Creek	21	21
Brule River	52.3	52
Brunet River	40.4	58
Brunsweiler River	30	30
Buffalo River	70.1	119
Buffalo River - North Fork	15.6	16
Buffalo River - South Fork	16.4	16
Bull Junior Creek	18.9	19
Butternut Creek	33.5	34
Cady Creek	16.1	16
Carter Creek	25.1	25
Cedar Creek	32.7	33
Chaffee Creek	15.9	16
Chase Creek	3.9	20
Chases Brook	26.2	26
Chippewa River	196.2	2,858
Chippewa River - East Fork	84.6	117
Chippewa River - West Fork	37.3	90
Clam River	64	128
Clam River - North Fork	44	64
Comet Creek	26.7	27
Coon Creek	37.7	38
Copper River	9	50
Copper River - Middle Fork	11.3	11
Copper River - North Fork	21.9	22
Copper River - South Fork	7.5	19
Couderay River	19.3	19
Crawfish River	76.9	213
Crawfish River - North Branch	30.6	31
Crazy Horse Creek	17.4	17
Cunningham Creek	21.9	22
Deerskin River	21.4	21
Deer Tail Creek	39.7	40
Denomie Creek	15.3	15
Des Plaines River	22.2	22
Devils Creek	21.9	22
Devils River	15.8	16
Dill Creek	20.2	20
Dodge Branch	22.8	23
Dougherty Creek	16.7	17
Douglas Creek	19.4	19
Dryden Creek	16.5	17
Drywood Creek	3.4	43
Duck Creek (Lake Michigan tributary)	41.7	42
Duck Creek - Middle Branch (Wisconsin River tributary)	15.3	15
Duck Creek - North Branch (Wisconsin River tributary)	25.9	26
Duck Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	16.6	17
Duck Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	13.5	55
Duncan Creek	30.7	31
Eagle Creek (Peshtigo River tributary)	19.6	20
Eagle Creek (Waumandee Creek tributary)	17.1	17
East Fork Iron River	16.9	17
East River	42.4	58
East Torch River	11.3	11
East Twin River	41.1	93
Eau Claire River (Chippewa River tributary)	41.3	285
Eau Claire River - East Branch (Wisconsin River tributary)	29.4	29
Eau Claire River - North Fork (Chippewa River tributary)	54.4	86
Eau Claire River - South Fork (Chippewa River tributary)	48.9	49
Eau Claire River (St. Croix River tributary)	26.1	26
Eau Claire River - West Branch (Wisconsin River tributary)	28.2	28
Eau Claire River (Wisconsin River tributary)	42.5	139
Eau Galle River	51.4	85
Eighteenmile Creek	16.4	16
Elk Creek	16.4	16
Elk Creek (Chippewa River tributary)	25.4	25
Elk Creek (Trempealeau River tributary)	21.6	22
Elk River	43.5	63
Embarrass River	62	271
Embarrass River - Middle Branch	50	50
Embarrass River - North Branch	34.8	35
Embarrass River - South Branch	35.1	35
Evergreen River	21	21
Fennimore Fork	26.3	26
Fenwood Creek	16.1	16
Fish Creek	0.9	52
Fisher River	32.9	33
Fivemile Creek	16.8	17
Flag River	14.6	15
Flambeau River	127.2	562
Flambeau River - South Fork	71.3	221
Fleming Creek	19.6	20
Flume Creek	24.2	24
Fond du Lac River	1.5	46
Fond Du Lac River - East Branch	22.7	23
Fond Du Lac River - West Branch	21.3	21
Fox River (Illinois River tributary)	83.3	188
Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary)	198.9	1,837
Frog Creek	18.3	18
Galena River	34.8	37
Galena River - East Fork	1.8	2
Gordon Creek	22.4	22
Grand River	42.2	42
Grant River	44.9	115
Halls Creek	25.9	41
Halls Creek - East Fork	15.1	15
Hay Creek	27	46
Hay River	64.7	140
Hay River - South Fork	34.2	52
Hemlock Creek	37.9	38
Hobbles Creek	19.7	20
Honey Creek - North Branch (Wisconsin River tributary)	15.8	16
Honey Creek (Pecatonica River tributary)	15.6	16
Honey Creek (White River (Fox River (Illinois River tributary)))	28.7	56
Honey Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	34.2	50
Hunting River	18	18
Iron River	11.3	11
Iron River	28.4	45
Isabelle Creek	19.4	19
Jersey City Flowage	5.5	142
Johnson Creek	17.4	17
Johnson Creek	20.7	21
Jump River	32.8	361
Jump River - North Fork	33.6	53
Jump River - South Fork	50.8	119
Kelly Brook	25.6	26
Kenyon Creek	17.8	18
Kewaunee River	27.9	43
Kickapoo River	129.1	186
Kickapoo River - West Fork	27	27
Killsnake River	19.7	20
Kinnickinnic River	41.4	41
Knapp Creek	29.1	29
Koshkonong Creek	54.5	55
Kummel Creek	18	18
La Crosse River	61.5	100
Lemonweir River	56.4	145
Lemonweir River - East Fork	19	19
Lemonweir River - South Fork	22.1	22
Lily River	15.3	15
Little Amnicon River	13.8	14
Little Baraboo River	19.8	20
Little Black River	7.1	34
Little Black River - East Branch	13.8	14
Little Black River - West Branch	13.4	13
Little Drywood Creek	21.2	21
Little Eau Claire River	29.1	47
Little Eau Pleine River	58.8	59
Little Elk River	15.7	16
Little Grant River	15.5	16
Little Jump River	33.3	72
Little LaCrosse River	22.7	23
Little Lemonweir River	25.5	26
Little Mackay Creek	4.4	20
Little Menominee River	4.9	5
Little Peshtigo River	18.4	18
Little Pine Creek	14.9	15
Little Platte River	41.9	42
Little Popple River	14.3	14
Little Popple River	19.2	19
Little Rib River	22	22
Little Rice River	22.1	22
Little Richard Creek	8.2	8
Little River	14.7	55
Little River - North Branch	14.7	15
Little Roche a Cri Creek	19.8	45
Little Somo River	20.1	20
Little Suamico River	23.8	24
Little Sugar River	31.1	31
Little Thornapple River	19.6	20
Little Turtle Creek	16.1	16
Little Waumandee Creek	21	21
Little Weirgor Creek	14.9	15
Little West Branch Creek	20.2	20
Little Wolf River	67.4	193
Little Wolf River - North Branch	16.7	17
Little Wolf River - South Branch	42.2	59
Little Yellow River	28.9	43
Little Yellow River - East Branch	14	14
Long Lake Branch	28.2	45
Loon Creek	18.6	19
Lower Pine Creek	28	28
Lowes Creek	24.4	24
Lunch Creek	18.5	19
Magee Creek	16.1	16
Main Creek	21.1	84
Main Creek - Middle Fork	16.6	17
Main Creek - North Fork	14.1	14
Main Creek - South Fork	32.3	32
Manitowish River	44.9	78
Manitowoc River	35.8	171
Manitowoc River - North Branch	22.3	22
Manitowoc River - South Branch	36.6	56
Marengo River	53.4	83
Marsh Creek	15.3	15
Maunesha River	30.8	46
McCann Creek	16	16
McCaslin Brook	26.3	26
McKenzie Creek	16.8	17
Meadows Creek	3.2	20
Mecan River	38.6	55
Meeme River	11.9	12
Menominee River (Lake Michigan tributary)	116.3	549
Menominee River (Mississippi River tributary)	5.1	5
Menomonee River	30.2	30
Middle River	34.3	34
Mill Creek (Embarrass River tributary)	22.7	23
Mill Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	29.8	30
Mill Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	46.9	47
Mill Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	33.6	34
Miller Creek	16.4	16
Milwaukee River	103.3	237
Milwaukee River - East Branch	21.4	21
Milwaukee River - North Branch	27.9	28
Milwaukee River - West Branch	21.3	21
Mineral Point Branch	24.6	42
Mississippi River	233.9	10,552
Missouri Creek	17.9	18
Moccasin Creek	19.1	19
Mondeaux River	21.7	22
Monico Creek	19.4	19
Montello River	14.6	15
Montreal River (Gogebic County, MI)	53.5	80
Montreal River - West Fork	26.1	26
Moose Ear Creek	22.6	23
Moose River (Chippewa River - West Fork tributary)	35.2	35
Moose River (St. Croix River tributary)	19.1	19
Mormon Creek	16.3	16
Morrison Creek	29.1	29
Mud Creek	20	20
Muddy Creek	25	25
Mukwonago River	0	0
Mullet River	39.6	40
Muskrat Creek	18.5	19
Namekagon River	101.7	281
Neenah Creek	38.5	39
Nemadji River	35.7	96
Nemadji River - South Fork	1.4	1
Neshota River	17.2	17
New Wood River	17.3	17
Nippersink Creek - North Branch	9.5	10
Noisy Creek	15.5	16
North Fish Creek	25.4	25
Oconomowoc River	40.6	41
Oconto River	56.9	344
Oconto River - First South Branch	23.3	23
Oconto River - North Branch	69.1	95
Oconto River - Second South Branch	12.8	13
Oconto River - South Branch	54.7	109
O'Neil Creek	28	44
O'Neill Creek	3.2	41
O'Neill Creek - North Branch	19.9	20
O'Neill Creek - South Branch	18.1	18
Onion River	36.8	37
Otter Creek (Eau Claire River (Chippewa River tributary))	26.6	27
Otter Creek - North Branch (Sugar River tributary)	0	0
Otter Creek (Pecatonica River tributary)	20.7	21
Otter Creek (Peshtigo River tributary)	22	22
Otter Creek (Rock River tributary)	17.7	18
Otter Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	20.1	20
Otter Creek (Wisconsin River tributary)	25.5	26
Otter Creek (Yellow River (Chippewa River tributary))	17.4	17
Ounce River	25.2	25
Paint Creek	24	24
Pecatonica River	100	556
Pecatonica River - East Branch	62.5	151
Pecore Creek	17.9	18
Pelican River	32.6	64
Pelican River - North Branch	11.7	12
Pemebonwon River	6.1	67
Pemebonwon River - North Branch	29.3	29
Pemebonwon River - South Branch	31.1	31
Pensaukee River	48.2	68
Pensaukee River - North Branch	20	20
Peshtigo Brook	28.2	28
Peshtigo River	136	335
Peshtigo River - Middle Branch	12.7	13
Peshtigo River - North Branch	18.9	19
Pewaukee River	12.1	12
Pigeon Creek	21.7	22
Pigeon River (Embarrass River tributary)	10.7	51
Pigeon River (Lake Michigan tributary)	31.9	44
Pigeon River - North Branch (Embarrass River tributary)	16.3	16
Pigeon River - South Branch (Embarrass River tributary)	24	24
Pike River	15.8	91
Pike River	18	18
Pike River - Little South Branch	15.6	16
Pike River - North Branch	33.5	34
Pike River - South Branch	25.9	42
Pine Creek (Black River (Mississippi River tributary))	20.3	20
Pine Creek (Flambeau River tributary)	18.7	19
Pine River (Menominee River (Lake Michigan tributary))	80.1	175
Pine River - North Branch (Menominee River tributary)	16.6	17
Pine River - North Branch (Wisconsin River tributary)	16.5	17
Pine River - West Branch (Wisconsin River tributary)	12.8	13
Pine River (Wisconsin River tributary)	52.3	92
Pine River (Wisconsin River tributary)	23.6	40
Pine River (Wolf River tributary)	41.6	102
Piscasaw Creek	4	4
Platte River	48.2	90
Plover River	62.8	63
Plum Creek (Chippewa River tributary)	28.7	29
Plum Creek (Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary))	19.6	20
Pokegama Creek	18.4	18
Pokegama River	24.3	24
Poplar River	27.1	27
Popple River (Black River (Mississippi River tributary))	13.6	58
Popple River - North Fork (Black River (Mississippi River tributary))	25.4	25
Popple River (Pine River (Menominee River tributary))	46.4	78
Popple River - South Fork (Black River (Mississippi River tributary))	19.4	19
Potato Creek	15.5	16
Potato River	37	56
Prairie River	51.1	75
Pratt Creek	15.8	16
Presque Isle River - East Branch	7.6	8
Presque Isle River - South Branch	5.1	5
Price Creek	17.1	17
Puchyan River	16.7	17
Raccoon Creek (Pecatonica River tributary)	11.2	11
Rat River (Peshtigo River tributary)	36.9	37
Rat River (Wolf River (Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary)))	24.9	25
Rattlesnake Creek	21.1	21
Red Cedar River	101.1	442
Red River	43.5	90
Red River - West Branch	29.6	30
Reefer Creek	15.9	16
Rice Creek	15.4	15
Rice River Flowage	4.2	26
Robinson Creek	26.4	26
Rock Creek (Black River (Mississippi River tributary))	20.5	21
Rock Creek (Chippewa River tributary)	16.3	16
Rock River	133.6	1,503
Rock River - East Branch	44.9	63
Rock River - South Branch	19.7	20
Rock River - West Branch	38.3	58
Rocky Creek	18	18
Rocky Run (Black River - East Fork (Mississippi River tributary))	19.7	20
Rocky Run (Wisconsin River tributary)	24.2	24
Root River	43.7	44
Rowan Creek	19.2	19
Rubicon River	32.2	32
Rush Creek	15.7	16
Rush River	50.9	51
Sailor Creek	16.7	17
Sand Creek	20.4	20
Sand River	17.6	18
Sauk Creek	15.6	16
Saunders Creek	16.9	17
Scarboro Creek	15	15
Scotch Creek	18.3	18
Scuppernong River	18.9	19
Seeley Creek	18.5	19
Sheboygan River	80.6	157
Shioc River	28	85
Shioc River - East Branch	14.5	15
Shioc River - West Branch	15.1	15
Silver Creek (Jump River - South Fork tributary)	27	27
Silver Creek (Lake Michigan tributary)	18	18
Silver Creek (Rock River tributary)	16.2	16
Sinsinawa River	10.5	11
Sioux River	16.9	17
Siskiwit River	13.7	14
Skinner Creek	24.6	37
Skinner Creek - North Fork	12.4	12
Soft Maple Creek	23.7	24
Somo River	30.2	50
South Fish Creek	25.2	25
Spafford Creek	8.6	9
Spirit River	30.4	43
Spirit River - North Fork	12.8	13
Spring Brook	20.1	20
Spring Creek	17.1	17
Spruce River	21.1	21
Squaw Creek	15.9	16
Squirrel River	17.4	17
St. Croix River	173.1	1,128
St. Louis River	15.3	40
Stony Brook	15.5	16
Stony Creek	16	16
Stuntz Brook	17.3	17
Suamico River	15.9	16
Sucker Creek	17.7	18
Sudan Branch	17.7	18
Sugar Creek	26.8	27
Sugar River	83.5	181
Sugar River - West Branch	22.1	22
Swamp Creek (Flambeau River tributary)	21.9	22
Swamp Creek (Wolf River (Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary)))	22.7	23
Tainter Creek	15.1	15
Tamarack Creek	22.8	23
Taylor Creek	16.7	17
Thornapple River	67.1	87
Thunder River	7.8	22
Thunder River - North Fork	14	14
Tiffany Creek	17.6	18
Tomahawk River	71.2	137
Tomorrow River	22.1	22
Torch River	6.6	18
Totagatic River	80	124
Trade River	50.9	65
Trade River - North Fork	13.6	14
Trappe River	25.3	25
Trempealeau River	82.6	160
Trempealeau River - North Branch	11.4	11
Trimbelle River	29.4	29
Trout Creek	15	15
Trout River	17.3	17
Turtle Creek (Hay River tributary)	23.6	24
Turtle Creek (Rock River tributary)	42	58
Turtle River	39	39
Tyler Forks	36	36
Upper Pine Creek	18.7	19
Upper Tamarack River	22.2	43
Vaughn Creek	18.5	19
Vermillion River	15.4	15
Walla Walla Creek	17.3	17
Waumandee Creek	34.2	72
Waupaca River	44.8	67
Wausaukee River	29.7	30
Wedges Creek	24.7	42
West Twin River	18.4	51
Whitcomb Creek	15.8	16
White River (Bad River tributary)	66.9	112
White River (Fox River (Illinois River tributary))	27.7	83
White River (Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary))	35.4	72
Willow Creek (Pine River (Wisconsin River tributary))	27.1	27
Willow Creek (Pine River (Wolf River tributary))	44.2	44
Willow River - South Fork (St. Croix River tributary)	15.1	15
Willow River (St. Croix River tributary)	61.7	77
Willow River (Tomahawk River tributary)	21.6	22
Wilson Creek	22.8	23
Wisconsin River	435.8	2,961
Wolf River (Eau Claire River - North Fork (Chippewa River tributary))	31.4	31
Wolf River (Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary))	228.1	1,253
Wolf River - Little West Branch (Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary))	17.4	17
Wolf River - West Branch (Fox River (Lake Michigan tributary))	29.5	67
Wood River	47.8	48
Woods Creek	17.2	17
Yahara River	62.5	63
Yellow River (Chippewa River tributary)	69.3	164
Yellow River - North Fork (Chippewa River tributary)	21.3	21
Yellow River (Red Cedar River tributary)	39.7	55
Yellow River - South Branch (Wisconsin River tributary)	17.4	17
Yellow River - South Fork (Chippewa River tributary)	13.2	13
Yellow River (St. Croix River tributary)	69.4	88
Yellow River (Wisconsin River tributary)	96.1	169
Yellowstone River	26.1	26

Note: Lengths are for the part of the river/watershed within the boundary of this state.

Note: Mostly rivers/streams 15+ miles in length.

Data from United States Geological Survey