Rocky River (Michigan)

Rocky River (Michigan)

Infobox River | river_name = Rocky River


caption =
origin = Cass County, Michigan
mouth = St. Joseph River (Lake Michigan)
basin_countries = United States
length = 40 km (25 mi) (est.)
elevation = ?
discharge = 1.5-2.0 m³/s (50-75 ft³/s)
watershed = 450 km² (175 mi²)

The Rocky River is a river located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river's headwaters rise in wetlands in northern Cass County, just southwest of the village of Marcellus. The river flows east and then south to a confluence with the St. Joseph River in the city of Three Rivers.

Significant tributaries of the Rocky River include Sheldon Creek, Four County Drain, Flowerfield Creek, Spring Creek, and Kerr Creek. The watershed encompasses over 112,000 acres (about 175 square miles) and includes portions of twelve townships in four counties:
*Cass County
**Marcellus Township
**Newberg Township
**Penn Township
**Volinia Township
*Kalamazoo County
**Prairie Ronde Township
**Schoolcraft Township
**Texas Charter Township
*St. Joseph County
**Fabius Township
**Flowerfield Township
**Lockport Township
**Park Township
*Van Buren County
**Porter Township

External links

* [http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/PUBLICATIONS/PDFS/ifr/ifrlibra/status/waterbody/00-2.htm Michigan Department of Natural Resources Status of the Fishery Resource Report 2000-2]
* [http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/deq-lwm-nps-rocky-river-qapp.doc Quality Assurance Project Plan for a Hydrologic Study of the Rocky River Watershed, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren Counties]
* [http://www.stjoeriver.net/wmp/docs/RRPlan.PDF Rocky River Watershed Management Plan]


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