Mullet River

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Mullet River
none The Mullet River in Glenbeulah in 2007
The Mullet River in Glenbeulah in 2007
Country United States
State Wisconsin
Length 40 mi (64 km) [1]
Watershed 88.19 sq mi (228.41 km²) [2]
Source Mullet Lake
 - location Forest, Fond du Lac County
 - coordinates 43°43′23″N 88°13′20″W / 43.72306, -88.22222 [1]
 - elevation 1,027 ft (313 m) [3]
Mouth Sheboygan River
 - location Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County
 - coordinates 43°43′25″N 87°49′40″W / 43.72361, -87.82778 [1]
 - elevation 663 ft (202 m) [4]
This article is about the river in Wisconsin. For the river in the Falkland Islands, see Mullet Creek.

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 km²) in a primarily agricultural area[5] of the Eastern Ridges and Lowlands region of Wisconsin.

The Mullet River issues from Mullet Lake in the town of Forest in eastern Fond du Lac County and flows generally eastwardly into Sheboygan County, passing through the village of Glenbeulah and the city of Plymouth. It joins the Sheboygan River from the south in the city of Sheboygan Falls.[6] As of 2001, there were five dams on the river.[5] In the town of Greenbush in western Sheboygan County, the Wisconsin Historical Society maintains a functioning replica of the Herrling Sawmill on the river; the original turbine-powered sawmill stood on the same location from 1854 to 1910.[7]

[edit] Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Mullet River has also been known as "Mullet Creek," and by the spelling "Mullett River." The United States Board on Geographic Names issued a decision clarifying "Mullet River" as the stream's name in 1976.[1]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Geographic Names Information System. Geographic Names Information System entry for Mullet River (Feature ID #1570026). Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
  2. ^ Watersheds of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved on 2007-05-19.
  3. ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates
  4. ^ Google Earth elevation for GNIS mouth coordinates
  5. ^ a b The State of the Sheboygan River Basin: A report by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in cooperation with the Sheboygan River Basin Land and Water Partners Team and other stakeholders (October 2001). Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
  6. ^ (1992) Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme, pp. 46-47. ISBN 0-89933-247-1. 
  7. ^ Wisconsin Historical Society. Renaissance of the Herrling Sawmill. Retrieved on 2007-05-20.