Somo River

Somo River

Somo River from Zenith Fire Tower Road bridge.
Main source 45°33′20″N 90°02′38″W / 45.55562°N 90.043949°W / 45.55562; -90.043949
River mouth 45°28′34″N 89°47′08″W / 45.476142°N 89.785523°W / 45.476142; -89.785523
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Little Somo River


The Somo River (sometimes called the Big Somo) is a tributary of the Tomahawk River, with headwaters in Price County, but mostly lying in Lincoln County. The source is the confluence of Somo Creek and Little Somo Creek in the unincorporated village of Clifford.[1] The river flows approximately east-southeast, and terminates in Lake Mohawksin. Prior to the existence of Lake Mohawksin, which floods the confluence, the Somo flowed into the Tomahawk, just a few hundred yards up stream of its confluence with the Wisconsin.[2]

A primary tributary of the Somo is the Little Somo River, which joins the main river about five miles upstream from Lake Mohawksin. Somo Lake is on the Little Somo, not the Somo. The Little Somo, Somo Lake and the Somo River are traditionally combined in general reference as the "Somo region."

See also

References

  1. ↑ Brantwood Quadrangle Wisconsin 7.5 Minute Series (1979), USGS.
  2. ↑ See original plat map for Township 35 North Range 6 East, Lincoln County, Wisconsin.

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