What fish are in the Shiawassee River?
Recreational anglers target species including Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Channel Catfish, and a variety of catostomid (sucker) species. The Shiawassee River also supports seasonal spawning runs of Lake Huron species including Walleye, Quillback, and catostomid species.
Is Shiawassee River safe?
The Shiawassee River has been deemed safe for partial body contact, however, health department representatives do not recommend full body contact, such as swimming, because river conditions change rapidly.
Where does the Shiawassee River start and end?
Saginaw River
Shiawassee River/Mouths
Is the Shiawassee River polluted?
Sources of industrial pollution were identified and eliminated. The Shiawassee River has made amazing progress in the past few decades. However, it still negatively affected by several dams and from runoff contaminated by excess sediment, fertilizer, city storm drainage, and trash.
How far does the Shiawassee River go?
177 km
Shiawassee River/Length
It flows in a generally northerly direction for about 110 miles (180 km) from its source to its confluence with the Tittabawassee River creating the Saginaw River, which drains into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron.
Does the Grand River flow north?
Its waters drain northward through the lake, then south and east through the Great Lakes waterways into the St. Lawrence River, which flows northeasterly into the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the Atlantic Ocean.
How fast is the Shiawassee River?
It flows in a generally northerly direction for about 110 miles (180 km) from its source to its confluence with the Tittabawassee River creating the Saginaw River, which drains into the Saginaw Bay of Lake Huron….
| Shiawassee River | |
|---|---|
| • average | 2,639.68 cu ft/s (74.747 m3/s) (estimate) |
How clean is the Shiawassee River?
This collaboration is a great opportunity for the public to get hands-on learning experience with water quality on the beautiful Shiawassee River…
Where does the Shiawassee River begin?
Springfield Township
Shiawassee River/Sources
The river rises in Oakland County in Springfield Township at Shiawassee Lake. It is predominately a rural watershed that is dominated by agriculture uses in its lower region and agricultural and rural/small community residential uses upstream.
Where does the Cass River start?
South Branch Cass River
North Branch Cass River
Cass River/Sources
Where does the Flint River in Michigan start and end?
Shiawassee River
Saginaw River
Flint River/Mouths
