Little Cedar River (Menominee River tributary)

Little Cedar River is a 56.7-mile-long (91.2 km)[2] river in Menominee County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

There is also the Little Cedar River (Tobacco River) in Gladwin County, Michigan.
Little Cedar River
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMeyer Township, Menominee County
Mouth 
 • location
Menominee River
 • elevation
630 ft (190 m)[1]

The Little Cedar rises in Meyer Township at 45°45′00″N 87°39′17″W,[1] approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Hermansville. It flows primarily south through Hermansville, then along the western side of Nadeau Township, passing briefly into Faithorn Township, and continuing through the village of Daggett, Daggett Township, the city of Stephenson, Stephenson Township, and into Mellen Township, where it empties into the Menominee River at 45°45′00″N 87°39′17″W.[1] Much of its course runs approximately parallel to US 41.

Tributaries

From the mouth:

  • (left) Little Kelley Creek[3]
  • (right) Hugos Brook[4]
  • (right) Hays Creek[5]
    • (right) Boyle Creek[6]
      • (right) DeGroote Lake[7]
  • (left) Ross Creek[8]
  • (left) Snow Creek[9]
  • (right) Poterfield Creek[10]
    • (right) Holmes Creek[11]
    • Kloman Lake (on Poterfield Creek)[12]
  • (right) Schetter Creek[13]
  • (right) Laurin Creek[14]
  • (left) Bog Brook[15]
  • (left) Nadeau Creek[16]
  • (left) Camp Two Creek[17]
  • Hermansville Lake[18]

References
  1. "Little Cedar River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed December 19, 2011
  3. "Little Kelley Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. "Hugos Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  5. "Hays Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  6. "Boyle Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  7. "DeGroote Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  8. "Ross Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  9. "Snow Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  10. "Poterfield Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  11. "Holmes Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  12. "Kloman Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  13. "Schetter Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  14. "Laurin Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  15. "Bog Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  16. "Nadeau Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  17. "Camp Two Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  18. "Hermansville Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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