Ashtabula River

The Ashtabula River is a river located northeast of Cleveland in Ohio. The river flows into Lake Erie at the city of Ashtabula, Ohio. It is 40mi in length and drains 137sqmi.NameAshtabula derives from Lenape language ashte-pihële, 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away', a contraction from apchi 'always' + tepi 'enough' + hële (verb of motion).According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Ashtabula River has also been known as: Ashtibula River Riviere Auscubalu Riviere OscuboluWatershedOn October 30, 2008 the river was designated a State Scenic River by the Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.PollutionIn 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. The cleanup was deemed complete in 2014.Tributaries Fields Brook Strong Brook Hubbard Run Ashtabula Creek West Branch Ashtabula River East Branch Ashtabula River