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Portage River (Jackson County, Michigan)

Tributary of the Grand River in Michigan, United States

Summary

Tributary of the Grand River in Michigan, United States

Field	Value
name	Portage River
map	Portage River (Grand River Watershed) Map US MI.svg
map_size	288
source1_location	Waterloo Township, Jackson County, Michigan
mouth_location	Grand River in Blackman Charter Township, Jackson County, Michigan
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
length	15.5 mi
mouth_elevation	909 ft
discharge1_location	mouth
discharge1_avg	148.54 cuft/s (estimate)

The Portage River is a 15.5 mi river in the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing mostly southwesterly through northeast Jackson County.

The Portage River rises at approximately in the Portage Lake Swamp in the Waterloo State Recreation Area. The river flows mostly southwest into the Grand River at in Blackman Charter Township just north of the city of Jackson. The Portage River forms the boundary between the townships of Henrietta and Leoni.

Drainage basin

The Portage River drains all or portions of the following administrative divisions:

Ingham County
- Bunker Hill Township
- Ingham Township
- Stockbridge Township
Jackson County
- Blackman Charter Township
- Grass Lake Township
- Henrietta Township
- Leoni Township
- Waterloo Township
Washtenaw County
- Lyndon Township
- Sylvan Township

Named tributaries

From the mouth:

(right) Wildcat Creek
- Brill Lake
(right) outflow from
- St. John Lake
- Eagle Lake
- Mud Lake
(left) Batteese Creek
- Batteese Lake
- Hewes Lake
(left) Orchard Creek
- (left) Cahaogan Creek
- (right) Thornapple Creek
  - (left) Pickett Drain
    - Standish Lake
  - (right) Jacobs Lake Drain
    - Jacobs Lake
(right) outflow from Portage Lake
Little Portage Lake
- (right) outflow from series of lakes and small streams including
  - Locker Lake
  - Riley Lake
  - Notten Lake
  - Lehman Lake
- (left) Honey Creek
- Portage Lake Swamp

References

{{gnis. 635291. Portage River
[[United States Environmental Protection Agency]]. "Watershed Report: Portage River".
U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed May 19, 2011
{{gnis. 1616444. Wildcat Creek
{{gnis. 621998. Brill Lake
{{gnis. 636705. Saint John Lake
{{gnis. 625082. Eagle Lake
{{gnis. 632914. Mud Lake
{{gnis. 620751. Batteese Creek
{{gnis. 620752. Batteese Lake
{{gnis. 628170. Hewes Lake
{{gnis. 634085. Orchard Creek
{{gnis. 622443. Cahaogan Creek
{{gnis. 1614792. Thornapple Creek
{{gnis. 634807. Pickett Drain
{{gnis. 638717. Standish Lake
{{gnis. 629191. Jacobs Lake Drain
{{gnis. 629189. Jacobs Lake
{{gnis. 635280. Portage Lake
{{gnis. 630739. Little Portage Lake
{{gnis. 630854. Locker Lake
{{gnis. 635937. Riley Lake
{{gnis. 633770. Notten Lake
{{gnis. 630285. Lehman Lake
{{gnis. 628524. Honey Creek
{{gnis. 635284. Portage Lake Swamp

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