Little Thornapple River (Eaton County)

Little Thornapple River
Origin Carmel Township, Eaton County, Michigan
Mouth Thornapple River
Basin countries United States
Mouth elevation 840 ft (260 m)[1]
River system Grand River

Little Thornapple River is a 9.1-mile-long (14.6 km)[2] river in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

The Little Thornapple rises in central Carmel Township at ,[1] approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from downtown Charlotte.

There are few named tributaries. Just north of the Wend Valley Airport, the Little Thornapple is joined by the Densmore Perkins Fish Creek Drain[3] and the Baker Drain.

The stream flows primarily to the north and empties into the Thornapple River in Chester Township at .[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Little Thornapple River". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:630791. 
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed May 19, 2011
  3. ^ "Densmore Perkins Fish Creek Drain". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:2109971.