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Paw Paw River Watershed

Watershed Overview

  • 145 miles of Paw Paw River and major tributaries 

  • 3 counties, 25 townships, 4 villages, 6 cities, 1 tribe

  • 446 square miles (285,557 acres) of land 

  • About 80,000 people live in the watershed

  • 56% of the watershed drains to COLD water streams

  • 44% of the watershed drains to WARM or COOL waterbodies

  • 78 lakes (10 acres or larger)

  • 50% of presettlement wetland area lost

  • 62% wetland functionality loss

  • Threatened and Endangered Species - 23 animals, 46 plants, 7 communities, 1 Great Blue Heron Rookery 

  • 22 registered dams

  • Fun Fact: To cover this watershed with just one inch of rain requires 7,750,837,760 gallons of water.​

The Paw Paw River Watershed is further divided into 15 sub watersheds shown in the map below.  Learn more about these sub watersheds using the links below for each sub watershed and/or clicking the sub watershed in the map.

 Sub Watersheds:

  1. Blue Creek

  2. Brush Creek

  3. Campbell Creek - North Branch

  4. Chase Lake - Brandywine Creek

  5. East Branch

  6. Hayden Creek - North Branch

  7. Headwaters

  8. Hog Creek

  9. Lawton Drain - South Branch

  10. Mill Creek​

  11. Mud Lake Drain

  12. Ox Creek

  13. Paw Paw Lake

  14. Ryno Drain

  15. South Branch

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