Water: One System
From the western lakes to the harbor.Lakes, marsh, creeks and three rivers, all ending in Lake Michigan. One water system, worth treating and using as one unit.
Tap any line or lake to read about it. All water is one blue on plain green land, with no roads. Water shapes are real map data from OpenStreetMap and the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, simplified for phones. Town names sit near their real locations as guideposts.
How it flows
- The marsh and Elkhart Lake feed the Sheboygan River. The Mullet and Onion Rivers and Otter and Weedens Creeks join it, and it ends at Sheboygan Harbor.
- The Pigeon River, fed by the Meeme River and Fisher and Grandma Creeks, reaches Lake Michigan on its own, north of the harbor.
- The Black River, Sauk Creek and Sucker Creek each reach Lake Michigan on their own, south of the city.
- Random Lake, Lake Ellen and Crooked Lake drain south through the Milwaukee River, which also ends in Lake Michigan.
- Every drop ends up in the same lake.
Legend
- Water Every river, creek, lake, pond, marsh and Lake Michigan, all one blue.
- Land Plain green. No roads. Town names are guideposts.
Every piece
The shared end of every river, creek and lake on this map.
Source: WI DNR, USGS NHDWhere the Sheboygan River meets Lake Michigan, downtown. The end point for the Mullet, Onion and every creek above it.
Source: WI DNRStarts in Fond du Lac County and runs southeast into the city, where it meets Lake Michigan. The spine of the whole system.
Source: WI DNRAbout 40 miles from Mullet Lake through Plymouth; joins the Sheboygan River in the Town of Sheboygan Falls. Its middle stretch is trout water.
Source: WI DNRA major tributary of the Sheboygan River from the south, through Waldo and Hingham.
Source: WI DNRA named warm-water tributary of the Sheboygan River, west of the city.
Source: WI DNRA warm-water tributary of the Sheboygan River near Kohler. Shown as a dot at the USGS sampling site; its full line isn't in the federal map data.
Source: USGSThe big headwater wetland of the Sheboygan River, with a dam at its outlet. Wetland outline from OpenStreetMap.
Source: WI DNR646 acres inside the Sheboygan Marsh, the headwater pool of the Sheboygan River.
Source: WI DNR292 acres, up to 119 feet deep. An outlet creek drains it to the Sheboygan Marsh.
Source: WI DNRA mill pond on the Onion River at Waldo.
Source: OpenStreetMap, WI DNRAn old mill pond on the Onion River at Hingham.
Source: OpenStreetMap, WI DNRStarts at Pigeon Lake in Manitowoc County and runs south and east to Lake Michigan on the north edge of the city. Drains 79 square miles.
Source: WI DNRJoins the Pigeon River north of Howards Grove. A named Pigeon River tributary.
Source: WI DNR, USGSA named tributary of the Pigeon River.
Source: WI DNRRuns north to Lake Michigan just south of the city, past Kohler-Andrae State Park.
Source: USGSRuns south to its own mouth on Lake Michigan at Port Washington.
Source: USGSStarts just south of the county line and runs to Lake Michigan on its own in Ozaukee County.
Source: USGS212 acres. Its outlet feeds Silver Creek and the North Branch Milwaukee River, so it drains south toward Milwaukee, not to Sheboygan.
Source: WI DNR112 acres in the North Branch Milwaukee River watershed. Its water heads south, not to Sheboygan.
Source: WI DNR94 acres on the Fond du Lac line, in the North Branch Milwaukee River watershed.
Source: WI DNR129 acres, 61 feet deep, and very clear. Fed by groundwater, with no stream outlet.
Source: WI DNR52 acres. Fed by groundwater, with no stream outlet.
Source: WI DNRThe pond at the Quarry Recreational Center, next to Evergreen Park and Maywood on the north side.
Source: OpenStreetMapA 4.5-mile tributary of the Pigeon River. It isn't drawn because no public map data names its line.
Source: WI DNRWater and town locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Streams and Lake Michigan shoreline from USGS National Hydrography Dataset. Facts from Wisconsin DNR watershed and lake pages.