The Prairie River is a small river that flows 54 miles (87 km)[2] 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.[3]

Prairie River
Location
Country	United States
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lake Templene
Mouth
• location	St. Joseph River at Three Rivers, Michigan
Length	54 miles (87 km)
Discharge
• location	mouth
• average	182.09 cu ft/s (5.156 m3/s) (estimate)[1]

Drainage basin

The Prairie River drains all or portions of the following:[4]

• 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)[4]

• (right) Spring Creek[5]
  • Nottawa Ditch[6]
  • Colon Ditch[7]
    • Washburn Lake[8]
  • Beaver Drain[9]
    • Beaver Lake[10]
• Lake Templene is formed by an impoundment on the river[11]
• (right) outflow from Bryant Lake[12]
• (left) outflow from Perrin Lake[13]
• Prairie River Lake, a natural lake on the river[14]
• (left) outflow from Fish Lake[15]
  • outflow from Hawkins Lake[16]
    • outflow from Eight Foot Lake[17]
      • outflow from Grey Lake[18]
        • outflow from Omena Lake[19]
• (left) Stewart Lake Drain[20]
  • Stewart Lake[21]
• (left) outflow from Lake Pleasant[22]
  • outflow from Lake Michiana (Hog Lake)[23]
• (left) outflow from Dragon Lake,[24]

References