Kickapoo River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Wisconsin |
Region | Monroe County, Vernon County, Richland County, Crawford County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Midway between Wilton and Mill Bluff State Park |
• location | Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States |
• coordinates | 43°53′53″N 90°27′27″W / 43.89806°N 90.45750°W |
• elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m) |
Mouth | Confluence with the Wisconsin River |
• location | Wauzeka, Wisconsin, Crawford County, Wisconsin |
• coordinates | 43°04′36″N 90°52′59″W / 43.07667°N 90.88306°W[1] |
• elevation | 623 ft (190 m) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Billings Creek |
• right | Moore Creek, Weister Creek, West Fork of the Kickapoo River, Reads Creek, Tainter Creek |
The Kickapoo River is a 126-mile-long (203 km)[2] tributary of the Wisconsin River in the state of Wisconsin, United States. It is named for the Kickapoo[3] Indians who occupied Wisconsin before the influx of white settlers in the early 19th century.