East Arm Little Calumet River

East Arm Little Calumet River
Little Calumet River East Branch
Looking west (downstream) towards the Heron Rookery from 600 East in Pines Township.
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
RegionPorter County, Indiana
CitiesChesterton, Porter, Burns Harbor
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNew Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
 • coordinates41°36′15″N 086°51′25″W / 41.60417°N 86.85694°W / 41.60417; -86.85694[1]
 • elevation770 ft (230 m)
MouthPort of Indiana-Burns Waterway
 • location
Burns Harbor, Porter County, Indiana
 • coordinates
41°36′48″N 087°10′31″W / 41.61333°N 87.17528°W / 41.61333; -87.17528[1]
 • elevation
584 ft (178 m)[1]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftReynolds Creek, Sand Creek, Coffee Creek, Salt Creek
 • rightCarver Ditch

The East Arm Little Calumet River, also known as the Little Calumet River East Branch, is a 22.1-mile-long (35.6 km)[2] portion of the Little Calumet River that begins just east of Holmesville, Indiana in New Durham Township in LaPorte County and flows west to Porter County and the Port of Indiana-Burns Waterway.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: East Arm Little Calumet River
  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