Prairie River (Michigan) Explained

Prairie River
Source1 Location:	Lake Templene
Mouth Location:	St. Joseph River at Three Rivers, Michigan
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	United States
Discharge1 Location:	mouth
Discharge1 Avg:	182.09cuft/s (estimate)^[1]

The Prairie River is a small river that flows ^[2] through Branch and St. Joseph counties in Michigan. The river rises at 41.8056°N -85.015°W in northern Kinderhook Township in Branch County, and flows west-northwest into the St. Joseph River at 41.9125°N -85.6392°W just south of the city of Three Rivers, Michigan.

Drainage basin

The Prairie River drains all or portions of the following:^[3]

• Branch County, Michigan
  • Bethel Township
  • Bronson Township
  • Gilead Township
  • Kinderhook Township
  • Noble Township
  • Ovid Township
• St. Joseph County
  • Burr Oak Township
  • Colon Township
  • Fawn River Township
  • Lockport Township
  • Nottawa Township
  • Sherman Township
• Steuben County, Indiana
  • Jamestown Township
  • Millgrove Township

Tributaries

(from the mouth)^[3]

• (right) Spring Creek
  • Nottawa Ditch
  • Colon Ditch
    • Washburn Lake
  • Beaver Drain
    • Beaver Lake
• Lake Templene is formed by an impoundment on the river^[4]
• (right) outflow from Bryant Lake
• (left) outflow from Perrin Lake
• Prairie River Lake, a natural lake on the river
• (left) outflow from Fish Lake
  • outflow from Hawkins Lake
    • outflow from Eight Foot Lake
      • outflow from Grey Lake
        • outflow from Omena Lake
• (left) Stewart Lake Drain
  • Stewart Lake
• (left) outflow from Lake Pleasant
  • outflow from Lake Michiana (Hog Lake)
• (left) outflow from Dragon Lake,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Watershed Report: Prairie River. United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2021-08-28. live. WATERS GeoViewer. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828121753/https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=12262412. 2021-08-28.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
3. http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer National Map Viewer
4. http://www.laketemplene.info/background.php Project Background