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The St. Joseph River ( Miami-Illinois: Kociihsasiipi) [1] is an 86.1-mile-long (138.6 km) [2] tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio and northeastern Indiana in the United States, with headwater tributaries rising in southern Michigan. It drains a primarily rural farming region in the watershed of Lake Erie.
1624891. The St. Joseph River (known locally as the St. Joe) is a tributary of Lake Michigan with a length of 210 miles (340 km). The river flows in a generally westerly direction through southern Michigan and northern Indiana, United States, before emptying into Lake Michigan. The St. Joseph River drainage basin covers 4,685 square miles ...
The St. Marys River (left) and St. Joseph River (right) converge to form the Maumee River (foreground) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. There are several small islands in the section of the Maumee River in northwest Ohio. The names of the islands are: Indian Island – near Farnsworth Park west of Toledo
Cedar Creek (from Potawatomi: mskwawak-zibə) [1] is the largest tributary of the St. Joseph River, draining 174,780 acres (707.3 km 2) in the Eastern Corn Belt Plains of northeastern Indiana. It is 31.9 miles (51.3 km) long, [2] rising in northwestern DeKalb County and joining the St. Joseph just below the Cedarville Dam in Allen County .
The Elkhart River is a 48.3-mile-long (77.7 km) [1] tributary of the St. Joseph River in northern Indiana in the United States. [2] It is almost entirely contained in Elkhart County. It begins as the South Branch Elkhart River from Port Mitchell Lake and the North Branch Elkhart River from Waldron Lake and merge to form the Elkhart River west ...
The Kankakee River Basin drains 2,989 square miles (7,740 km 2) in northwest Indiana, 2,169 square miles (5,620 km 2) in northeast Illinois, and about seven square miles (18 km 2) in southwest Lower Michigan. The Kankakee River heads near South Bend, then flows westward into Illinois, where it joins with the Des Plaines River to form the Illinois.
St. Joseph County, colloquial St. Joe County by residents, is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 272,912, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Indiana. Formed in 1830, it was named for the St. Joseph River which flows through it to Lake Michigan.
Statistics. Total area is 36,419.55 square miles (94,326.2 km 2 ), making Indiana the 38th largest in size out of the 50 states. [1] Lake Michigan is the largest body of water wholly or partially within the state borders. Hoosier Hill in Wayne County is the highest point in the state at 1,257 feet (383 m) above sea level.