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Goose Creek (River Raisin)

Waterway in Michigan, United States, tributary of the River Raisin

Summary

Waterway in Michigan, United States, tributary of the River Raisin

Field	Value
name	Goose Creek
image	Goose creek.JPG
image_caption	Goose Creek
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	Michigan
subdivision_type5	Cities
subdivision_name5	Brooklyn, Cement City, Somerset Center
length_mi	12
source1_location	Somerset Township, Michigan
source1_coordinates
mouth	River Raisin
mouth_location	Columbia Township, Michigan
mouth_coordinates
basin_size_mi2	40

Goose Creek is a small stream in Hillsdale, Jackson and Lenawee counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a tributary of the River Raisin. The headwaters form in Somerset Township in northeast Hillsdale County flowing northeast to join the River Raisin just north of the village of Brooklyn. The total length of the creek is approximately 12 mi. The Goose Greek subbasin covers an area of 40 mi2 with 44% used for agriculture and 38% forest, wetlands, and grasslands. Only about 12% of the watershed is made up of urban development. Of all the subbasins within the River Raisin watershed, Goose Creek has maintained the largest share of wetlands and maintains the lowest levels of pollutants.

Course

Goose Creek is formed in a marshy area of Somerset Township just south of the unincorporated community of Somerset Center within a short distance of the headwaters of the Grand River. From Somerset Center Goose Creek flows in an easterly direction through Lake Somerset, Goose Lake and Little Goose Lake. The village of Cement City is located along the stream just north of Little Goose Lake. Beyond Cement City, the creek turns north running into Lake Columbia. North of the lake, Goose Creek turns east again, traveling 4 mi before merging with the River Raisin north of Brooklyn.

Lakes

Lake Columbia is the largest lake within the Goose Creek watershed.

Goose Creek drains nine natural and man-made lakes:

Blood Lake: ()
Clark Lake: ()
Goose Lake: ()
Lake Columbia: ()
Lake Somerset: ()
Little Goose Lake: ()
Lombard Lake: ()
Moon Lake: ()
Silver Lake: ()

References

{{cite gnis. 626961. Goose Creek
U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive. link. (2012-03-29 , accessed May 19, 2011)
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/wb-nps-rr-wmp1_303614_7.pdf {{Bare URL PDF. (March 2022)
"U.S. Board on Geographic Names".

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