This is a list of rivers in the

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Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

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This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Great Lakes Drainage

Lake Michigan Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume () and the third-largest by surface area (), after Lake Superior and Lake Huron. To the east, its basin is conjoined with that o ...

Menominee River The Menominee River is a river in northwestern Michigan and northeastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed Dece ...

** Wausaukee River ** Pike River **

Pemebonwon River The Pemebonwon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a tributary of the Menominee River and flows throug ...

**Little Popple River ** Pine River *** Popple River **

Brule River The Brule River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. states of Michigan and Wisconsin. Nearly the entire course forms a portion of t ...

Peshtigo River The Peshtigo River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 tributary of Green Bay in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Peshtigo Fire happened in the river ...

** Little Peshtigo River ** Thunder River **Rat River ***Indian River *

Oconto River Located in northeastern Wisconsin, the Oconto River is a tributary of Lake Michigan via Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay. The Oconto River is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe Nationa ...

**Little River *

Pensaukee River The Pensaukee River is a river located in northeastern Wisconsin. It is a tributary of Lake Michigan via Green Bay. Route The river is long. Its southern branch rises from Pautz Lake in Shawano County and northern branch originates in Pensau ...

*Little Suamico River *

Suamico River The Suamico River is a river in north east Wisconsin that flows through the village of Suamico, Wisconsin, Suamico and into Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay in Lake Michigan. The source is near the community of Anston, Wisconsin, Anston, in t ...

Potter Creek The Stillwater River rises 15 miles south of the border between Montana (United States) and Alberta (Canada), west of Glacier National Park in the Kootenai National Forest. It runs mainly south to Duck Lake, then Upper Stillwater Lake, Lagon ...

* Fox River **

East River The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates the borough of Queens ...

** Fond du Lac River ** Wolf River ***Pine River ***Rat River ***

Waupaca River The Tomorrow/Waupaca River is a river that flows wholly within the U.S. state of Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is ...

****Crystal River ****

Tomorrow River The Tomorrow/Waupaca River is a river that flows wholly within the U.S. state of Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is ...

***Little Wolf River *** Embarrass River ****Pigeon River ***

Shioc River The Shioc River is a river in north east Wisconsin that flows through the village of Shiocton and into the Wolf River. The source is near the census-designated place of Navarino, in the town of Navarino Navarino or Navarin may refer to: Battl ...

*** Red River ***

Evergreen River The Evergreen River is a river in north east Wisconsin that flows through Langlade and Menominee counties. The source of the river is Flora Lake in the Town of Evergreen. The Evergreen River conjoins the Wolf River south of Markton. The major ...

***Lily River ***Hunting River **White River **Mecan River **Grand River **

Montello River The Montello River is a river in central Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, I ...

*Red River *

Mink River The Mink River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 lacustuary, or freshwater estuary, near the northern tip of the Door Peninsula of Wisconsin, in th ...

* Ahnapee River *

Kewaunee River The Kewaunee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed December 19, 2011 river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It begins near Frog Station in northwest Kewaunee County ...

* East Twin River * West Twin River ** Devils River ** Neshota River * Little Manitowoc River *

Manitowoc River The Manitowoc River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It flows into Lake Michigan at the city of Ma ...

** Branch River ** Killsnake River *Pigeon River **Meeme River *

Sheboygan River The Sheboygan River is a river flowing to Lake Michigan in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is about longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed December 19, 2011 ...

** Onion River **

Mullet River The Mullet River is a tributary of the Sheboygan River, 40 miles (64 km) long, in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Sheboygan, it is part of the watershed of Lake Michigan, draining an area of 88 square miles (228 km� ...

* Black River *

Milwaukee River The Milwaukee River is a river in the state of Wisconsin. It is about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 Once a locus of industry, the river is now the c ...

Kinnickinnic River Kinnickinnic River may refer to one of two rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin: * Kinnickinnic River (Milwaukee River tributary) in southeastern Wisconsin * Kinnickinnic River (St. Croix River tributary) The Kinnickinnic River, called the K ...

Menomonee River :''See also Menominee River'' The Menomonee River is one of three primary rivers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, along with the Kinnickinnic River and Milwaukee River. Description Named after the Menomonee (also spelled Menominee) Indians, the word w ...

***Little Menomonee River **

Ulao Creek Ulao Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of the Milwaukee River in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. It begins in a swampy area south o ...

** Cedar Creek * Root River *Pike River * Barnes Creek

Lake Superior Lake Superior in central North America is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. and the third-largest by volume, holding 10% of the world's surface fresh wa ...

Presque Isle River The Presque Isle River runs through the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and empties into Lake Superior.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 1, 2012 Along its course, it flows ...

* Black River * Montreal River ** West Branch Montreal River * Bad River **White River **Potato River **Marengo River ***Brunsweiler River **Tyler Forks **Iron River *Kakagon River *Fish Creek *Boyd Creek * Whittlesey Creek *Bono Creek *Sioux River **Little Sioux River *Onion River *Raspberry River *Sand River * Siskiwit River *Bark River *Cranberry River * Flag River *Iron River * Bois Brule River **Little Bois Brule River *Poplar River *Middle River * Amnicon River **Little Amnicon River *

Nemadji River The Nemadji River is a river rising in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, which flows through Carlton County, Minnesota, and Douglas County, Wisconsin, to Lake Superior. The river is long measured from its source in Maheu Lake in Pine Count ...

**Black River * St. Louis River **

Pokegama River Pokegama may refer to: Bodies of water in the United States * Pokegama Bay, a bay in Wisconsin * Pokegama Creek, a stream in Minnesota * Pokegama Lake (Minnesota), two lakes in Minnesota * Pokegama Lake, a lake in Minong (town), Wisconsin * Pokegam ...

**Little Pokegama River ** Red River

Mississippi River Drainage

Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...

**''Illinois River (IL)'' *** Fox River ****White River **** Mukwonago River ***

Des Plaines River The Des Plaines River () is a river that flows southward for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed May 13, 2011 through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois''American Her ...

****Root River ** Rock River ***''Kishwaukee River (IL)'' **** Piscasaw Creek ***

Pecatonica River The Pecatonica River is a tributary of the Rock River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the United States ...

**** Sugar River ***** Little Sugar River ***** West Branch Sugar River **** East Branch Pecatonica River *****

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains an ...

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Yahara River The Yahara River is a tributary of the Rock River in southern Wisconsin. It is about longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 (including the distance across inte ...

*** Bark River **** Scuppernong River ***

Crawfish River The Crawfish River is a tributary of the Rock River, long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 in south-central Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Rock Riv ...

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Beaver Dam River The Beaver Dam River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Crawfish River in south-central Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Crawfish a ...

***** Calamus Creek **** Maunesha River *** Johnson Creek ***Oconomowoc River ****Coney River *** Ashippun River ***Rubicon River ***East Branch Rock River **** Kohlsville River ** Apple River ** Galena River **

Sinsinawa River The Sinsinawa River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Mississippi River. It rises in Grant County, Wisconsin, with headwaters just outside ...

Little Menominee River The Little Menominee River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Upper Mississippi River, which it joins in Jo Daviess County, Illinois. The ...

Platte River The Platte River () is a major river in the State of Nebraska. It is about long; measured to its farthest source via its tributary, the North Platte River, it flows for over . The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, which itself ...

*** Little Platte River ** Grant River ***Little Grant River **

Wisconsin River The Wisconsin River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. At approximately 430 miles (692 km) long, it is the state's longest river. The river's name, first recorded in 1673 by Jacques Marquette as "Meskousi ...

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Kickapoo River The Kickapoo River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River in the state of Wisconsin, United States. It is named for the Kickapoo Indians who occupied Wisconsin before the influx of white settlers in the early 19th century. Watershed The river be ...

**** Weister Creek ***Big Green River ****Little Green River ***Blue River ***Pine River ***Otter Creek ****Flint Creek ***** Harker Creek *** Baraboo River *** Dell Creek *** Lemonweir River ****Little Lemonweir River ***

Yellow River The Yellow River or Huang He (Chinese: , Standard Beijing Mandarin, Mandarin: ''Huáng hé'' ) is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system in the world at th ...

****Little Yellow River ***

Plover River The Plover River is a river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a tributary of the Wisconsin River as the Plover River originates near Aniwa in extreme southern Langlade County and flows through Marathon County, then into Portage County. Th ...

***Little Eau Claire River *** Little Eau Pleine River ***

Big Eau Pleine River The Big Eau Pleine River is a river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a tributary of the Wisconsin River as the Big Eau Pleine River originates in southern Taylor County near Stetsonville and flows into Marathon County. The Big Eau Pleine Rive ...

*** Eau Claire River ***

Big Rib River The Big Rib River is a river in central Wisconsin. It originates in northeastern Taylor County at Rib Lake, and flows into Marathon County where it joins the Wisconsin River. "Rib River" is a translation of the Native American name. The Big R ...

****Little Rib River *** Trappe River ****Little Trappe River ***Pine River *** Prairie River ***Copper River *** New Wood River *** Spirit River ***

Somo River The Somo River (sometimes called the Big Somo) is a tributary of the Tomahawk River, with headwaters in Price County, but mostly lying in Lincoln County. The source is the confluence of Somo Creek and Little Somo Creek in the unincorporated commu ...

****Little Somo River ***

Tomahawk River The Tomahawk River is a river in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the largest tributary of the Wisconsin River in terms of flow. It begins at Tomahawk Lake in southern Vilas County, flows through Oneida County, and terminates at Lake Mohawks ...

****Little Rice River **** Willow River **** Squirrel River *** Pelican River *** Eagle River ****Deerskin River **

Leitner Creek Leitner Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the upper Mississippi River. It rises in the bluffs overlooking the gorge of the Mississippi ...

Bad Axe River The Bad Axe River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin in the United States. "Bad axe" is a tr ...

La Crosse River The La Crosse River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin in the United States. Course The L ...

*** Little La Crosse River ** Black River ***Popple River *** Little Black River ** Trempealeau River ** Buffalo River ** Chippewa River ***

Eau Galle River The Eau Galle River is a tributary of the Chippewa River in western Wisconsin in the United States. It is about 35 mi (56 km) long. Via the Chippewa River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The Eau Galle River was named ...

*** Red Cedar River **** Hay River ****Chetek River ****Yellow River *****Vermillion River ******Sweeny Pond ****Brill River *** Eau Claire River ****Wolf River ***

*** Jump River ****Little Jump River ****Mondeaux River ***

Flambeau River The Flambeau River is a tributary of the Chippewa River in northern Wisconsin, United States. The Chippewa is in turn a tributary of the upper Mississippi River. The Flambeau drains an area of and descends from an elevation of approximately ...

**** North Fork Flambeau River ***** Swamp Creek **** South Fork Flambeau River *****Elk River ******Little Elk River **** Turtle River *****Little Turtle River ****Bear River **** Manitowish River *****Trout River ***

Thornapple River The Thornapple River (Ottawa: ''Sowanquesake'', "Forked River") (GNIS ID #) is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of Michigan's longest river, the ...

**** Little Thornapple River ***Brunet River ***

Couderay River The Couderay River is a tributary of the Chippewa River in northwestern Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Chippewa River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It flows for its entire length in Sawyer County. Its name is derived fr ...

***North Fork Chief River ***Teal River ***Token Creek ***Moose River ** Rush River ** Trimbelle River ** Wind River ** Big River ** St. Croix River ***

*** Willow River *** Apple River **** Straight River *** Trade River ***

Wood River Wood River may refer to: Rivers In Canada * Wood River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Columbia River via Kinbasket Lake * Wood River (Saskatchewan), a river in south-west Saskatchewan In Ireland * Wood River (County Clare), Kilru ...

*** Clam River ***Yellow River ***

Upper Tamarack River The Upper Tamarack River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, 2012 tributary of the St. Croix River in Wisconsin and Minnesota, United States. The Lower Tamar ...

****Spruce River ***

Namekagon River The Namekagon River (pronounced ''NAM-uh-KAH-gun'') is a tributary of the St. Croix River. It is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 5, 2012 and is located in no ...

**** Totagatic River ***** Ounce River ***Moose River ***Eau Claire River

Alphabetically

*Ahnapee River *Amnicon River *Apple River (Illinois), tributary of Mississippi River *Apple River (Wisconsin), tributary of St. Croix River *Ashippun River *Bad Axe River *Bad River *Baraboo River *Bark River (Lake Superior) *Bark River (Rock River tributary) *Barnes Creek *Bear River *Beaver Dam River *Big Eau Pleine River *Big Green River *Big Rib River *Big River *Black River (Gogebic County), tributary of Lake Superior via upper Michigan *Black River (Mississippi River tributary) *Black River (Nemadji River tributary) *Black River (Wisconsin–Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan *Blue River *Bois Brule River *Bono Creek *Boyd Creek *Branch River *Brill River *Brule River *Brunet River *Brunsweiler River *Buffalo River *Calamus Creek *Cedar Creek *Chetek River *Chief River *Chippewa River *Clam River *Coney River *Copper River *Couderay River *Cranberry River *Crawfish River *Crystal River *Deerskin River *Dell Creek *Des Plaines River *Devils River *Eagle River *East Branch Pecatonica River *East River *East Twin River *Eau Claire River (Chippewa River tributary) *Eau Claire River (St. Croix River tributary) *Eau Claire River (Wisconsin River tributary) *Eau Galle River *Elk River *Embarrass River *Evergreen River *Fisher River *Flag River *Flambeau River *Flint Creek *Fond du Lac River *Fox River (Illinois River tributary) *Fox River (Wisconsin), tributary of Green Bay *Galena River *Grand River *Grant River *Harker Creek *Hay River *Indian River *Iron River (Bad River tributary) *Iron River (Lake Superior) *Johnson Creek *Jump River *Kakagon River *Kewaunee River *Kickapoo River *Killsnake River *Kinnickinnic River (Milwaukee River tributary) *Kinnickinnic River (St. Croix River tributary) *Kohlsville River *La Crosse River *Leitner Creek *Lemonweir River *Lily River *Little Amnicon River *Little Black River *Little Boise Brule River *Little Deerskin River *Little Eau Claire River *Little Eau Pleine River *Little Elk River *Little Grant River *Little Green River *Little Jump River *Little Lemonweir River *Little Manitowoc River *Little Menominee River *Little Menomonee River *Little Moose River *Little Oconomowoc River *Little Peshtigo River *Little Platte River *Little Plover River *Little Pokegama River *Little Popple River *Little Rib River *Little Rice River *Little River (Oconto River tributary) *Little Sioux River *Little Somo River *Little Suamico River *Little Sugar River *Little Thornapple River *Little Trappe River *Little Turtle River *Little Wolf River *Little Yellow River *Manitowish River *Manitowoc River *Marengo River *Maunesha River *Mecan River *Meeme River *Menominee River, tributary of Lake Michigan *Menominee River (Illinois), tributary of Mississippi River *Menomonee River, tributary of Milwaukee River *Middle River *Milwaukee River *Mink River *Mississippi River *Mondeaux River *Montello River *Montreal River *Moose River (Chippewa River tributary) *Moose River (St. Croix River tributary) *Mukwonago River *Mullet River *Namekagon River *Nemadji River *Neshota River *New Wood River *North Fork Chief River *Oconomowoc River *Oconto River *Onion River (Lake Superior) *Onion River (Sheboygan River tributary) *Otter Creek *Ounce River *Pecatonica River *Pelican River (Wisconsin River tributary) *Pemebonwon River *Pensaukee River *Peshtigo River *Pewaukee River *Pigeon River (Embarrass River tributary) *Pigeon River (Wisconsin-Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan *Pike River (Lake Michigan) *Pike River (Menominee River tributary) *Pine River (Florence County), tributary of Menominee River *Pine River (Lincoln County), tributary of Wisconsin River *Pine River (Richland County), tributary of Wisconsin River *Pine River (Waushara County), tributary of Wolf River *Piscasaw Creek *Platte River *Plover River *Pokegama River *Poplar River *Popple River (Black River tributary) *Popple River (Pine River tributary) *Potato River *Potter Creek *Prairie River *Presque Isle River *Raspberry River *Rat River (Peshtigo River tributary) *Rat River (Wolf River tributary) *Red Cedar River *Red River (Lake Michigan) *Red River (St. Louis River tributary) *Red River (Wolf River tributary) *Rock River *Root River (Des Plaines River tributary) *Root River *Rubicon River *Rush River *St. Croix River *St. Germain River *St. Louis River *Sand River *Scuppernong River *Sheboygan River *Shioc River *Sinsinawa River *Sioux River *Siskiwit River *Somo River *Spirit River *Spruce River *Squirrel River *Straight River *Suamico River *Sugar River *Sweeny Pond River *Teal River *Thornapple River *Thunder River (Peshtigo River tributary) *Tomahawk River *Tomorrow River *Torch River *Totagatic River *Trade River *Trappe River *Trempealeau River *Trimbelle River *Trout River *Turtle River *Ulao Creek *Upper Tamarack River *Vermillion River *Waupaca River *Wausaukee River *Weister Creek *West Branch Montreal River *West Branch Sugar River *West Twin River *White River (Bad River tributary) *White River (Fox River tributary) *Whittlesey Creek *Willow River (St. Croix River tributary) *Willow River (Tomahawk River tributary) *Wind River *Wisconsin River *Wolf River (Eau Claire River tributary) *Wolf River (Fox River tributary), tributary of Winnebago Pool *Wood River *Yahara River *Yellow River (Chippewa River tributary) *Yellow River (Red Cedar River tributary) *Yellow River (St. Croix River tributary) *Yellow River (Wisconsin River tributary) *Yellowstone River

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System
*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Wisconsin (1974)
Wisconsin Watersheds & basins
{{Wisconsin Wisconsin rivers

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