The Hersey River is a
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A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in the
Lower Peninsula
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...
of the U.S. state of
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
. It rises in
Lincoln Township in northwest
Osceola County at the junction of Hersey Creek
and the East Branch Hersey Creek
at . For approximately the first two miles, the river flows southward just east of
U.S. Route 131
US Highway 131 (US 131) is a north–south United States Highway, of which all but 0.64 of its 269.96 miles (1.03 of 434.46 km) are within the state of Michigan. The highway starts in rural Indiana south of the state line as a sta ...
. US 131 crosses the river near the northern boundary of
Richmond Township. The river continues southward into Lake No Sho Mo, formed by a dam just south of
Nartron Field airport. The river continues southward under
U.S. Route 10 into
Reed City and turns to the east, continuing southeastward into the village of
Hersey, where it empties into the
Muskegon River
Muskegon River is a river in the western portion of the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river source is located at Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, flowing out of the North Bay into neighboring Missaukee County. The river pa ...
at Blodgett's Landing Campground.
Named tributaries
From the mouth:
* (left) Johnson Creek
** (right) Hewitt Creek
** (left) Knuth Creek
* (left) Jewitt Creek
* (right) Lawrence Creek
* (right) Lincoln Creek
** Lincoln Lake
*** Todd Lake
**** Indian Creek
**** Johnson Creek
***** Beaver Dam Lake
* (right) East Branch Hersey Creek
** (right) Olson Creek
*** Sherwood Lake
**** Sprague Lake
*** (right) Twin Creek
**** Twin Lake
* (left) Hersey Creek
** (left) Burt Creek
** (left) Kissinger Creek
Drainage basin
The drainage basin includes all or portions of the following townships and municipalities:
*
Osceola County
**
Cedar Township
**
Hersey
**
Hersey Township
**
Le Roy Township
**
Lincoln Township
**
Reed City
**
Richmond Township
**
Rose Lake Township
*
Lake County
**
Chase Township
**
Ellsworth Township
**
Pinora Township
See also
*
List of rivers of Michigan
This list of Michigan rivers includes all streams designated rivers although some may be smaller than those streams designated creeks, runs, brooks, swales, cuts, bayous, outlets, inlets, drains and ditches. These terms are all in use in Michigan. ...
References
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Rivers of Osceola County, Michigan
Rivers of Michigan
Tributaries of Lake Michigan