# Ashtabula River

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{{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](/source/Riverview_Covered_Bridge)
| map               = Ashtabularivermap.png
| map_caption       = Map of the Ashtabula River and its watershed
| source1_location  = [Confluence](/source/Confluence) of east and west branches in Monroe Township, [Ashtabula County](/source/Ashtabula_County%2C_Ohio)
| 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](/source/Lake_Erie) at [Ashtabula, Ohio](/source/Ashtabula%2C_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](/source/United_States_of_America)
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = [Ohio](/source/Ohio)
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name3 = [Ashtabula County](/source/Ashtabula_County%2C_Ohio)
| length            = {{convert|40|mi|km}}{{citation needed|date=June 2008}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|850|ft|m}}<ref name= "USGS Pierpont">[United States Geological Survey](/source/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](/source/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](/source/river) located northeast of [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland) in [Ohio](/source/Ohio). The river flows into [Lake Erie](/source/Lake_Erie) at the city of [Ashtabula, Ohio](/source/Ashtabula%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Kent_State_University_Press) |location=Kent, Ohio |isbn=0873384288 |page=1065 }}</ref>

According to the [Geographic Names Information System](/source/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](/source/International_Joint_Commission), primarily because of [Fields Brook](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Ohio)
* [Ashtabula River railroad disaster](/source/Ashtabula_River_railroad_disaster) (1876)
* [Smolen–Gulf Bridge](/source/Smolen%E2%80%93Gulf_Bridge), a covered bridge across the river (2008–present)
* [USS ''Ashtabula'' (AO-51)](/source/USS_Ashtabula)

== References ==
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Category:Rivers of Ohio
Category:Rivers of Ashtabula County, Ohio
Category:Tributaries of Lake Erie

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