# Crawfish River

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{{short description|River in Wisconsin, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox river
| name               = Crawfish River
| image              = Crayfish River sign.JPG
| image_caption      = Highway sign near [Hubbleton, Wisconsin](/source/Hubbleton%2C_Wisconsin)
}}
The '''Crawfish River''' is a [tributary](/source/tributary) of the [Rock River](/source/Rock_River_(Illinois)), {{convert|80|mi}} long,<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |date=2012-03-29 }}, accessed May 13, 2011</ref> in south-central [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin) in the [United States](/source/United_States).  Via the Rock River, it is part of the [watershed](/source/drainage_basin) of the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River).

The [United States Board on Geographic Names](/source/United_States_Board_on_Geographic_Names) issued a decision clarifying the name and course of the Crawfish River in 1987.<ref>{{Gnis|1578576|Crawfish River}}</ref>

==Course==
[[File:Crawfish River Looking East at Dodge County Wisconsin Line.jpg|thumb|right|Crawfish River entering [Dodge County](/source/Dodge_County%2C_Wisconsin) just north of [Columbus](/source/Columbus%2C_Wisconsin)]]
The Crawfish River rises in [Columbia County](/source/Columbia_County%2C_Wisconsin) and initially flows eastward in a broadly [meander](/source/meander)ing course, collecting the North Branch Crawfish River and passing the city of [Columbus](/source/Columbus%2C_Wisconsin). In [Dodge County](/source/Dodge_County%2C_Wisconsin) the river turns southward and collects two tributaries, the [Maunesha River](/source/Maunesha_River) and the [Beaver Dam River](/source/Beaver_Dam_River), before entering [Jefferson County](/source/Jefferson_County%2C_Wisconsin), where it joins the Rock River at the city of [Jefferson](/source/Jefferson%2C_Wisconsin). [Aztalan State Park](/source/Aztalan_State_Park) is along the river in Jefferson County at the site of a 10th - 13th Century [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) settlement.

Among other tributaries, the Crawfish River collects the North Branch Crawfish River,<ref>{{Gnis|1570369|North Branch Crawfish River}}</ref> which also rises in Columbia County and flows through the village of [Fall River](/source/Fall_River%2C_Wisconsin).

Shortly before merging the Rock and Crawfish rivers cross under [Interstate 94](/source/Interstate_94). Both rivers flood the nearby land on an annual basis. In 2008, some lanes on I-94 were temporarily closed due to flooding from both rivers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.channel3000.com/news/16571840/detail.html |title=2008 flood |access-date=2009-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091117180827/http://www.channel3000.com/news/16571840/detail.html |archive-date=2009-11-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of Wisconsin rivers](/source/List_of_Wisconsin_rivers)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051114042310/http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/C/C11459-crawfish-river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry]
*[DeLorme](/source/DeLorme) (1992).  ''Wisconsin Atlas & Gazetteer''.  Freeport, Maine: DeLorme.  {{ISBN|0-89933-247-1}}.

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Category:Rivers of Wisconsin
Category:Rivers of Columbia County, Wisconsin
Category:Rivers of Dodge County, Wisconsin
Category:Rivers of Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Category:Tributaries of the Mississippi River

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