Buck Creek (Kent County, Michigan)

Buck Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
CitiesByron Township, Gaines Township, Wyoming, Kentwood, Grandville
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAllegan County, Byron Twp., Gaines Twp.
Mouth 
 • location
Grand River at Grandville, Michigan
Basin size51 sq mi (130 km2)
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
 • average59.95 cu ft/s (1.698 m3/s) (estimate)[1]
Basin features
River systemGrand River

42°54′37″N 85°46′41″W / 42.910304°N 85.7780891°W / 42.910304; -85.7780891Buck Creek is a 20.3-mile-long (32.7 km)[2] tributary of the Grand River in Kent and Allegan counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. It rises in northern Allegan County in Byron and Gaines townships, and flows through the cities of Kentwood and Wyoming as an urban stream to enter the Grand River in Grandville. The Grand River is a tributary of Lake Michigan.

  1. ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Buck Creek". watersgeo.epa.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 19, 2011