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Rocky River (Michigan)

Field	Value
name	Rocky River
image	Rocky River Flowerfield Township Michigan.jpg
image_caption	The Rocky River in Flowerfield Township
source1_location	Southwest Marcellus Township in Cass County, Michigan
mouth_location	St. Joseph River in Three Rivers
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
length_mi	28
length_ref
discharge1_avg	1.5 -
basin_size_km2	450
basin_size_ref
river_system	St. Joseph River

The Rocky River is a 28.3 mi stream located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Michigan that flows into the St. Joseph River at in the city of Three Rivers in St. Joseph County. The Rocky River, along with the St. Joseph River and the Portage River, are the three rivers from which the city of Three Rivers takes its name.

The Rocky River rises in southwest Marcellus Township in Cass County at . It flows to the northeast, arcing gently to the southeast before turning sharply to the south in eastern Flowerfield Township, shortly after being joined by the Flowerfield Creek. It then flows mostly southward until joining the St. Joseph River in Three Rivers.

The Rocky River watershed encompasses over 112000 acre and drains all or portions of the following cities and townships:

In Cass County
- Marcellus Township
- Newberg Township
- Penn Township
- Volinia Township
In Kalamazoo County
- Prairie Ronde Township (via Flowerfield Creek)
- Schoolcraft Township (via Spring Creek)
- Texas Charter Township
In St. Joseph County
- Fabius Township (via Kerr Creek)
- Flowerfield Township
- Lockport Township
- Park Township
- Three Rivers
In Van Buren County
- Porter Township (via Sheldon Creek, Flowerfield Creek, and Four County Drain)

Tributaries

(left) Kerr Creek
- Little Pleasant Lake
  - Pleasant Lake
(left) Armalege Drain
- Goose Lake
(right) Flowerfield Creek
- (right) Spring Creek
(right) Four County Drain
(left) Ayers Lake
(right) Sheldon Creek
- (right) Lewis Lake
  - Mud Lake
(left) Pickerel Lake
- Skyhawk Lake
- Streaters Mill Pond
- Bogart Lake
(right) Huyck Lake

References

U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed May 19, 2011
{{gnis. 1624869. Rocky River
[http://www.stjoeriver.net/wmp/docs/RRPlan.PDF Rocky River Watershed Management Plan], prepared by Sarah VanDelfzijl, Watershed Coordinator, St. Joseph County Conservation District
{{gnis. 1624642. Kerr Creek
{{gnis. 1624684. Little Pleasant Lake
{{gnis. 1624832. Pleasant Lake
{{gnis. 1624356. Armalege Drain
{{gnis. 1624568. Goose Lake
{{gnis. 1624542. Flowerfield Creek
{{gnis. 1624950. Spring Creek
{{gnis. 1624547. Four County Drain
{{gnis. 1624360. Ayers Lake
{{gnis. 637717. Sheldon Creek
{{gnis. 1624678. Lewis Lake
{{gnis. 632897. Mud Lake
{{gnis. 634797. Pickerel Lake
{{gnis. 638071. Skyhawk Lake
{{gnis. 638949. Streaters Mill Pond
{{gnis. 621684. Bogart Lake
{{gnis. 628898. Huyck Lake

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