Big Muddy River River, Casey Creek, the Middle Fork of the Big Muddy and Crab Orchard Creek. Smaller tributaries include Town Creek, Kinkaid Creek, and Shoal Creek. The basin includes Kinkaid Lake, Rend Lake, Crab Orchard Lake, Devil's Kitchen Lake, Little Grassy Lake and Cedar Lake. The northern limit of the watershed is north of Kell, about into Marion County. This is on Casey Creek, which might be properly considered the main reach of the river. Cities and towns in the Big Muddy watershed include: The Big Muddy drains areas of the following counties: Big Muddy River The Big Muddy River is a
Fox River (Illinois River tributary) area. From the chain, the river flows generally southward for , until it joins the Illinois River at Ottawa. Illinois towns and communities that are on the Fox River include (from north to south): Fox Lake, Johnsburg, McHenry, Holiday Hills, Island Lake, Burtons Bridge, Port Barrington, Cary, Fox River Grove, Algonquin, Carpentersville, West Dundee, East Dundee, Elgin, South Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, North Aurora, Aurora, Montgomery, Oswego, Yorkville, Plano, Millington, Sheridan and Ottawa. Collectively, the area surrounding the Fox River is known as the Fox Valley. Around 1 million people live in this area. Native American tribes that lived