- Swartz Creek
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river_name = Swartz Creek
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origin = East: Holly State Recreation Area
West: Gaines Township
mouth = Thread Creek, Flint
basin_countries = USA
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watershed = Saginaw River watershedThe Swartz Creek is creek located in the Mid-Michigan area. It is a tributary of the
Flint River and has two branches, the East and West branch. Its name comes from the German word "Schwarz", meaning "black", as the creek water is muddy.Description
The east branch originates at number of lakes at Holly State Recreation Area in Holly Township located in Oakland County. It then flows through a number of small lakes Fenton Township taking a turn northwards to flow through Mundy Township, and finally heading along the west side of
Bishop International Airport to join up with the west branch of the creek just north ofI-69 near the Bristol Road on-ramps. It then continues northeast through the city of Flint until it empties into Thread Creek just meters from where that creek empties into theFlint River .The west branch begins directly southwest of the city of Swartz Creek in Gaines Township. It then flows northeast through the the city, and then through
Flint Township where it meets up with the eastern branch at Bristol Road and I-96. The previous "head waters" was a swamp called "Gaines' Dead Marsh", or "Dead Man's Swamp" which was drained byHenry Howland Crapo for farm land. This swamp was the source of the muddy water that gave the creek its name. [cite book| last = Hayes| first = Yutha| authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Going up the Swartz| publisher = Bicentennial Commission of Swartz Creek| date = 1976 | location = Swartz Creek| pages = | url = | doi = | id = ]Tributaries
* East Branch:* Indian Creek – joins up at Cook Road East of US-23::* Dawe Creek – join up with Indian Creek South of Cook Road East of Torrey Road:* Seaver Drain – joins up at Cook Road West of Fenton Road
* West Branch:* Hewitt Drain – joins up east of the Bristol Road on ramps::* Howland Drain – meets Hewitt Drain just North of Maple Road between Linden Road and Jennings Road:* Kimball Drain – meets up just North of the Railroad along the City of Swartz Creek's Southern border.::* Lum Drain – meets up with Kimball Drain Northeast of Morrish and Reid Roads [cite book| last = | first = | authorlink =| coauthors =| title = Michigan Atlas & Gazetteer | publisher = DeLorme| date = 1995 | location = Freeport, Maine| pages =40, 41, | url =http://www.delorme.com | doi = | id = ]Notes
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