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Yellow River (Wisconsin River tributary)

Coordinates: 43°54′23″N 89°58′59″W / 43.90639°N 89.98306°W / 43.90639; -89.98306
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The upper Yellow in April after spring floods, at County N in Wood County.

The Yellow River is a tributary of the Wisconsin River in Clark, Wood and Juneau Counties, Wisconsin, in the United States.[1]

The Yellow River originates in eastern Clark County. It flows through Pittsville, Dexter and Babcock in Wood County, and Necedah in Juneau County. Past Necedah, it flows into Castle Rock Lake where it meets the Wisconsin River near Buckhorn State Park. In Dexter, or Dexterville, it is dammed to create Lake Dexter. The stretch from Necedah to Castle Rock Lake has numerous oxbows. In the Menominee language, the river is known as Mēkon-Sēpēw, "plume or feather river".[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yellow River (Wisconsin River tributary)
  2. ^ Hoffman, Mike. "Menominee Place Names in Wisconsin". The Menominee Clans Story. Retrieved 2018-10-05. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

See also

43°54′23″N 89°58′59″W / 43.90639°N 89.98306°W / 43.90639; -89.98306