Mullet River

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Mullet River
GlenbeulahWisconsin MulletRiver.jpg
The Mullet River in Glenbeulah in 2007
Location
Country United States
State Wisconsin
Physical characteristics
SourceMullet Lake
  location Forest, Fond du Lac County
  coordinates 43°43′23″N88°13′20″W / 43.72306°N 88.22222°W / 43.72306; -88.22222 [1]
  elevation1,027 ft (313 m) [2]
Mouth Sheboygan River
  location
Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County
  coordinates
43°43′25″N87°49′40″W / 43.72361°N 87.82778°W / 43.72361; -87.82778 Coordinates: 43°43′25″N87°49′40″W / 43.72361°N 87.82778°W / 43.72361; -87.82778 [1]
  elevation
663 ft (202 m) [3]
Length40 mi (64 km) [1]
Basin size88.19 sq mi (228.4 km2) [4]

The Mullet River is a tributary of the Sheboygan River, 40 miles (64 km) long, in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. Via the Sheboygan, it is part of the watershed of Lake Michigan, draining an area of 88 square miles (228 km²) in a primarily agricultural area [5] of the Eastern Ridges and Lowlands region of Wisconsin.

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River course

The Mullet River issues from Mullet Lake in the town of Forest in eastern Fond du Lac County and flows generally eastwardly into Sheboygan County, passing through the village of Glenbeulah and the city of Plymouth. It joins the Sheboygan River from the south in the city of Sheboygan Falls. [6] As of 2001, there were five dams on the river. [5] In the town of Greenbush in western Sheboygan County, the Wisconsin Historical Society maintains a functioning replica of the Herrling Sawmill on the river; the original turbine-powered sawmill stood on the same location from 1854 to 1910. [7]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Mullet River has also been known as "Mullet Creek," and by the spelling "Mullett River." The United States Board on Geographic Names issued a decision clarifying "Mullet River" as the stream's name in 1976. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Geographic Names Information System. "Geographic Names Information System entry for Mullet River (Feature ID #1570026)" . Retrieved 2007-05-20.
  2. Google Earth elevation for GNIS source coordinates
  3. Google Earth elevation for GNIS mouth coordinates
  4. "Watersheds of Wisconsin". Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2007-05-19.
  5. 1 2 "The State of the Sheboygan River Basin: A report by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in cooperation with the Sheboygan River Basin Land and Water Partners Team and other stakeholders" (PDF). October 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
  6. Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Me.: DeLorme. 1992. pp. 46–47. ISBN   0-89933-247-1.
  7. Wisconsin Historical Society. "Renaissance of the Herrling Sawmill" . Retrieved 2007-05-20.

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