{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox river | name = Ashtabula River | image = Ashtabula River from Riverview Covered Bridge.jpg | image_caption = The Ashtabula River as viewed from the Riverview Covered Bridge | map = Ashtabularivermap.png | map_caption = Map of the Ashtabula River and its watershed | source1_location = Confluence of east and west branches in Monroe Township, Ashtabula County | source1_coordinates= {{coord|41|48|51|N|80|36|57|W|region:US-OH}} | source1_coord_ref =<ref name="GNIS-AR">{{Gnis|1065899}}</ref> | mouth_location = Lake Erie at Ashtabula, Ohio | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41|54|36|N|80|47|55|W|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}} | mouth_coord_ref =<ref name="GNIS-AR" /> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = United States of America | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Ohio | subdivision_type3 = County | subdivision_name3 = Ashtabula County | length = {{convert|40|mi|km}}{{citation needed|date=June 2008}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|850|ft|m}}<ref name= "USGS Pierpont">United States Geological Survey. Pierpont quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1994.</ref> | mouth_elevation ={{convert|571|ft|m}}<ref name="GNIS-AR" /> | discharge1_location= mouth | discharge1_avg = {{convert|220.72|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} (''estimate'')<ref name=NHDPlus>{{Cite web|title=Watershed Report: Ashtabula River|author=United States Environmental Protection Agency|url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=28123766|access-date=2021-07-04|url-status=live|website=watersgeo.epa.gov|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704232420/https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=28123766|archivedate= 2021-07-04}}</ref> | basin_size = {{convert|137|sqmi|sqkm}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Map of Ohio watersheds |url=http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/water/watersheds/Basins72PDI_40x40_OnScreen.gif |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311012646/http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/water/watersheds/Basins72PDI_40x40_OnScreen.gif |archivedate= 2007-03-11 }}</ref> }}
The '''Ashtabula River'''<ref>United States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code: 04-11-00-03-050</ref> is a river located northeast of Cleveland in Ohio. The river flows into Lake Erie at the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. It is {{convert|40|mi|km}} in length and drains {{convert|137|sqmi|sqkm}}.{{citation needed|date=June 2008}}
==Name== ''Ashtabula'' derives from Lenape language ''ashte-pihële'', 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away',<ref name="Mahr 1959 365–375">{{cite journal|last=Mahr|first=August C.|title=Practical Reasons for Algonkian Indian Stream and Place Names|journal=Ohio Journal of Science|date=November 1959|volume=59|issue=6|pages=365–375|hdl=1811/4658 |url=https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/4658|accessdate=2016-08-03|issn=0030-0950}}</ref> a contraction from ''apchi'' 'always'<ref>{{cite web|title=apchi|url=http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=540|work=Lenape Talking Dictionary|accessdate=2016-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032725/http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=540|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> + ''tepi'' 'enough' + ''hële'' (verb of motion).<ref>{{cite web|title=tèpihële|url=http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=10122|work=Lenape Talking Dictionary|accessdate=2016-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032142/http://www.talk-lenape.org/detail.php?id=10122|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History Page - City of Ashtabula |url=http://ci.ashtabula.oh.us/history.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731142853/http://ci.ashtabula.oh.us/history.html |archivedate=2008-07-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Cleveland: The Making of a City |first=William Ganson |last=Rose |date=1950 |publisher=Kent State University Press |location=Kent, Ohio |isbn=0873384288 |page=1065 }}</ref>
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Ashtabula River has also been known as:<ref name= "GNIS-AR" /> * Ashtibula River * Riviere Auscubalu * Riviere Oscubolu
==Watershed== On October 30, 2008 the river was designated a State Scenic River by the Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
===Pollution=== In 1985 the first two miles of the river was named an "Area of Concern" by the International Joint Commission, primarily because of Fields Brook, a tributary that had received discharges from 19 industries between the 1940s and 1970s.{{citation needed|date=June 2008}} The cleanup was deemed complete in 2014<ref>{{cite news |first=Bill |last=Sheil |title=It's Official: Ashtabula River Is Clean After 25-year Project |url=http://fox8.com/2014/09/07/its-official-ashtabula-river-is-clean-after-25-year-project/ |publisher=WJW-TV |date=2014-09-07 |accessdate=2014-09-08 }}</ref> and the river was delisted in 2021.<ref>{{cite press release|title=EPA Removes Ohio's Ashtabula River from Binational List of Areas of Concern on the Great Lakes|first=Taylor|last=Gillespie|url=https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-removes-ohios-ashtabula-river-binational-list-areas-concern-great-lakes|publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency|date=August 19, 2021|access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref>
===Tributaries=== * Fields Brook * Strong Brook * Hubbard Run * Ashtabula Creek * West Branch Ashtabula River * East Branch Ashtabula River
==See also== * List of rivers of Ohio * Ashtabula River railroad disaster (1876) * Smolen–Gulf Bridge, a covered bridge across the river (2008–present) * USS ''Ashtabula'' (AO-51)
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Category:Rivers of Ohio Category:Rivers of Ashtabula County, Ohio Category:Tributaries of Lake Erie