Naugatuck River

Naugatuck River
Great River,[1] Nawcatuck[2]
Naugatuck River in Oakville from Whitestone Cliffs Trail road walk over Frost Bridge - CT Route 262
Map
Native nameNeggutuck (Algonquin)[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateConnecticut
RegionLitchfield County and New Haven County
CitiesTorrington, Litchfield, Harwinton, Thomaston, Watertown, Waterbury, Naugatuck, Beacon Falls, Seymour, Ansonia, Derby
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationConfluence of West and East Branches Naugatuck River in Torrington, Connecticut
 • coordinates41°47′49″N 073°07′00″W / 41.79694°N 73.11667°W / 41.79694; -73.11667[3]
 • elevation526 ft (160 m)[4]
MouthConfluence with Housatonic River
 • location
Derby, Connecticut
 • coordinates
41°18′49″N 073°04′50″W / 41.31361°N 73.08056°W / 41.31361; -73.08056[3]
 • elevation
3 ft (0.91 m)[3]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftEast Branch Naugatuck River, Leadmine Brook, Spruce Brook, Hancock Brook, Mad River, Hockanum Brook, Bladens River
 • rightWest Branch Naugatuck River, Northfield Brook, Branch Brook, Steele Brook, Hop Brook, Little River, Long Meadow Pond Brook[5]

The Naugatuck River is a 40.2-mile-long (64.7 km)[4] river in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its waters carve out the Naugatuck River Valley in the western reaches of the state, flowing generally due south and eventually emptying into the Housatonic River at Derby, Connecticut and thence 11 miles (18 km) to Long Island Sound. The Plume and Atwood Dam in Thomaston, completed in 1960 following the Great Flood of 1955, creates a reservoir on the river and is the last barrier to salmon and trout migrating up from the sea.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hughes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b William Bright (2007). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0806135984. Retrieved 2014-11-02.
  3. ^ a b c "Naugatuck River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
  5. ^ "Long Meadow Pond Brook-Naugatuck River Statistics". UConn Center for Land Use Education & Research. Archived from the original on 2017-04-07.
  6. ^ "Fish and Habitat". Housatonic Valley Association. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2014-11-03.

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