Bad River (Michigan)

Bad River
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source Newark Township, Gratiot County, Michigan
43°14′29″N 84°38′23″W / 43.24142°N 84.63972°W / 43.24142; -84.63972[1]
River mouth Shiawassee River, Michigan
43°19′25″N 84°05′22″W / 43.32363°N 84.08942°W / 43.32363; -84.08942Coordinates: 43°19′25″N 84°05′22″W / 43.32363°N 84.08942°W / 43.32363; -84.08942
Length 44 mi (71 km)

The Bad River is a 44.3-mile-long (71.3 km)[2] river in Michigan. It rises in Newark Township near the city of Ithaca in Gratiot County and flows in a north-easterly direction into Saginaw County, and through the village of St. Charles, before emptying into the Shiawassee River within the bounds of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge.[3]

The river and its tributaties have a total combined length of 175 miles (282 km); most of it channelized.[3] Land use within the surrounding watershed is 86.5 percent agricultural; as a result, the river system has been adversely impacted by sedimentation.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bad 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 November 7, 2011
  3. 1 2 "Sedimentation Reduction Project in the Bad River Watershed". Ithaca, Michigan: Gratiot Conservation District. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Funding Available in the Bad River Watershed!". Ithaca, Michigan: Gratiot Conservation District. Retrieved January 13, 2018.


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