Prairie River (Michigan)

The Prairie River is a small river that flows 54 miles (87 km) through Branch and St. Joseph counties in Michigan. The river rises at 41°48′20″N 85°00′54″W in northern Kinderhook Township in Branch County, and flows west-northwest into the St. Joseph River at 41°54′45″N 85°38′21″W just south of the city of Three Rivers, Michigan.

Drainage basin

The Prairie River drains all or portions of the following:

• 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)

• (right) Spring Creek
  • Nottawa Ditch
  • Colon Ditch
    • Washburn Lake
  • Beaver Drain
    • Beaver Lake
• Lake Templene is formed by an impoundment on the river
• (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,

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