| Ashtabula River | |
|---|---|
 The Ashtabula River as viewed from theRiverview Covered Bridge | |
 Map of the Ashtabula River and its watershed | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Ashtabula County |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Confluence of east and west branches in Monroe Township,Ashtabula County |
| • coordinates | 41°48′51″N80°36′57″W / 41.81417°N 80.61583°W /41.81417; -80.61583[2] |
| • elevation | 850 feet (260 m)[1] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lake Erie atAshtabula, Ohio |
• coordinates | 41°54′36″N80°47′55″W / 41.91000°N 80.79861°W /41.91000; -80.79861[2] |
• elevation | 571 feet (174 m)[2] |
| Length | 40 miles (64 km)[citation needed] |
| Basin size | 137 square miles (350 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 220.72 cu ft/s (6.250 m3/s) (estimate)[4] |
TheAshtabula River[5] is ariver located northeast ofCleveland inOhio. The river flows intoLake Erie at the city ofAshtabula, Ohio. It is 40 miles (64 km) in length and drains 137 square miles (350 km2).[citation needed]
Ashtabula derives fromLenape languageashte-pihële, 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away',[6] a contraction fromapchi 'always'[7] +tepi 'enough' +hële (verb of motion).[8][9][10]
According to theGeographic Names Information System, the Ashtabula River has also been known as:[2]
On October 30, 2008 the river was designated a State Scenic River by the Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.[citation needed]
In 1985 the first two miles of the river was named an "Area of Concern" by theInternational Joint Commission, primarily because ofFields Brook, a tributary that had received discharges from 19 industries between the 1940s and 1970s.[citation needed] The cleanup was deemed complete in 2014[11] and the river was delisted in 2021.[12]
