Bad River (Michigan)

Bad River
Bad River
	The Bad River in St. Charles
Location
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Counties	Gratiot, Saginaw
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Newark Township
• coordinates	43°14′29″N 84°38′23″W / 43.24142°N 84.63972°W
Mouth	Shiawassee River
• location	Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge
• coordinates	43°19′25″N 84°05′22″W / 43.32363°N 84.08942°W
Length	44.3 mi (71.3 km)
Discharge
• location	mouth
• average	263.77 cu ft/s (7.469 m3/s) (estimate)

The Bad River is a 44.3-mile-long (71.3 km)^[3] 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.^[4]

The river and its tributaries have a total combined length of 175 miles (282 km); most of it channelized.^[4] Land use within the surrounding watershed is 86.5 percent agricultural; as a result, the river system has been adversely impacted by sedimentation.^[5]

The name "Bad River" comes from the Chippewa Indians who called the river "maw-tchi-sebe" or quite literally, "bad river," because of how difficult it was for them to navigate it.^[6]

References

^ "Bad River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Bad River". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 7, 2011
^ ^a ^b "Sedimentation Reduction Project in the Bad River Watershed". Ithaca, Michigan: Gratiot Conservation District. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "Funding Available in the Bad River Watershed!". Ithaca, Michigan: Gratiot Conservation District. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ Dustin, Fred (1949). Saginaw History. Saginaw, Michigan. p. 11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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[1] "Bad River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[NHDPlus-2] United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Bad River". WATERS GeoViewer. Archived from the original on 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2021-07-05.

[NHD-3] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 7, 2011

[GCDSRP-4] "Sedimentation Reduction Project in the Bad River Watershed". Ithaca, Michigan: Gratiot Conservation District. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[5] "Funding Available in the Bad River Watershed!". Ithaca, Michigan: Gratiot Conservation District. Retrieved January 13, 2018.

[6] Dustin, Fred (1949). Saginaw History. Saginaw, Michigan. p. 11.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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