Shepaug River

River in Connecticut, United States

Shepaug River (Also called Sheppang, Sheppog, Shippang, Shippaug, and Shippoack) ^[1]
Roxbury Falls on the Shepaug River 41°43′24″N 73°17′39″W / 41.723354°N 73.294079°W / 41.723354; -73.294079)
• elevation	820 ft (250 m) ^[2]

Mouth	Lake Lillinonah
• location	Southbury, Connecticut
• coordinates	(41°28′09″N 73°18′38″W / 41.4692620°N 73.3106729°W / 41.4692620; -73.3106729)
• elevation	197 ft (60 m) ^[1]
Length	26 mi (42 km)
Basin size	45,400.46 acres (18,372.91 ha) ^[3]
Width
• maximum	30 feet (9.1 m)
Basin features
River system	Housatonic
Gradient	20 to 30 fpm ^[4]

The Shepaug River is a 26.0-mile-long (41.8 km)^[5] river in western Connecticut, in the United States.

The river originates at the south end of the Shepaug Reservoir in the town of Warren. The reservoir is fed at its northern end by the West Branch Shepaug River and East Branch Shepaug River. The Shepaug runs south through Washington, Roxbury, and Southbury, where it joins the Housatonic River at Lake Lillinonah (41°30′37″N 73°19′08″W / 41.5102°N 73.3190°W / 41.5102; -73.3190) dammed by the hydroelectric Shepaug Dam. The river's watershed area comprises approximately 150 square miles (390 km²), which encompasses the towns of Cornwall, Goshen, Torrington, Warren, Litchfield, Washington, Morris, New Milford, Roxbury, Bridgewater, and Southbury.^[6]

The vicinity of the Shepaug River has been inhabited by humans since around 4000 B.C., though according to archaeology, there was a decline in population around 1000 B.C.^[7]

The river is a primary source of drinking water for the city of Waterbury, and has been the subject of regional litigation over how much water may be removed from the river.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Shepaug River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Shepaug Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Connecticut Watersheds" (PDF). Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "The Shepaug River". Shepaug River Association. May 16, 2002. Archived from the original on January 14, 2006. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
^ "Shepaug River Watershed Summary" (PDF). 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
^ Josephy, Alvin M. Jr. (1984). Now That the Buffalo's Gone. p. 34. ISBN 0-8061-1915-2.

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Rivers of Connecticut by drainage system

Long Island Sound

Black Rock Harbor	Ash Creek Rooster River
Bridgeport Harbor	Pequonnock River
Connecticut River Watershed	Blackledge River Coginchaug River Connecticut River Duck River Eightmile River Falls River Farmington River Hockanum River Hubbard River Jeremy River Lieutenant River Mattabesset River Nepaug River Pameacha Creek Park River Pequabuck River Podunk River Salmon River Scantic River
Housatonic River Watershed	Blackberry River East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River Whiting River
Little Narragansett Bay (Pawcatuck River Watershed)	Ashaway River Green Fall River Pawcatuck River Shunock River Wood River
Milford Harbor	Wepawaug River
New Haven Harbor	Mill River Quinnipiac River West River
Norwalk Harbor (Norwalk River Watershed)	Norwalk River Silvermine River
Saugatuck River Watershed	Aspetuck River Saugatuck River
Thames River Watershed	Basset Brook Beaver Brook Bigelow Brook Fenton River Fishers Brook Five Mile River French River Hop River Little River Merrick Brook Moosup River Mount Hope River Natchaug River Oxoboxo River Pachaug River Quinebaug River Shetucket River Thames River Willimantic River Yantic River
Others	Black Hall River Byram River Cove River Farm River Hammonasset River Indian River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River

Upper New York Bay

Hudson River Watershed	Titicus River

Housatonic River Watershed

Tributaries

Connecticut	East Aspetuck River Housatonic River Konkapot River Mad River Naugatuck River Pomperaug River Rocky River Schenob Brook Shepaug River Still River Ten Mile River
Massachusetts	Housatonic River Konkapot River Schenob Brook Umpachene River

Lakes

Connecticut	Bantam Lake Burr Pond Candlewood Lake Crystal Lake Highland Lake Hop Brook Lake Lake Quassapaug Lake Waramaug Lake Zoar Twin Lakes
Massachusetts	Lake Buel Lake Garfield Lake Onota