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. It flows for its entire lengthU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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, accessed October 5, 2012 in western Pierce County, rising in the town of River Falls and flowing south-southwestwardly into the town of Oak Grove. It enters the Mississippi River about southeast of Prescott.

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* Rivers of Wisconsin Tributaries of the Mississippi River Rivers of Pierce County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-river-stub

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