Titicus River

River in Connecticut, United States

Titicus River
The Titicus River in Ridgefield, CT
Location
Country	United States
State	New York, Connecticut
Cities	Ridgefield, North Salem
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Mouth	Muscoot Reservoir
• location	North Salem, Westchester County, New York
• coordinates	41°19′38″N 73°39′34″W / 41.3273°N 73.6594°W / 41.3273; -73.6594
Basin size	23.8 sq mi (62 km²)^[1]

Discharge
• average	43 cu ft/s (1.2 m³/s)^[2]
• minimum	1.3 cu ft/s (0.037 m³/s)^[1]
• maximum	2,190 cu ft/s (62 m³/s)^[1]

The Titicus River is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) river in southwestern Connecticut and southeastern New York that drains into the Titicus Reservoir, part of New York City's water supply system. Part of both the Croton River watershed and the system's Croton Watershed, has a 23.8 square miles (62 km²) drainage area.^[1] It is one of the few rivers with headwaters in Connecticut that is part of the system. The source of the river is in Ridgefield, Connecticut. About one mile down stream, the stream marks the southern boundary of the Kiahs Brook Reserve. Another 0.5 miles downriver, it joins with Kiahs Brook, and then runs fairly close to Route 116.^[3] Once past the New York border, the Titicus River still runs close to New York 116 until emptying into the Titicus Reservoir. After the Titicus Reservoir, it runs another 0.5 miles, under I-684, and drains into the Muscoot Reservoir.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "USGS 01374821 Titicus River at Purdys Station NY". USA.gov. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
^ "USGS 01374821 Titicus River at Purdys Station NY". National Water Information System. USGS. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
^ "Titicus River". Google Maps. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

New York City's water supply system

Croton reservoirs

Catskill & Delaware reservoirs

Controlled lakes

Waterways

Croton River
Titicus River
Muscoot River
Cross River
Esopus Creek
Neversink River
Rondout Creek
Delaware River
- East Branch
- West Branch

Aqueducts

Storage reservoirs

Distribution tunnels

NYC No. 1
NYC No. 2
NYC No. 3 (under construction)
Richmond

Treatment plants

Italics indicate a decommissioned site

Hudson River watershed

Tributaries

Lakes

Towns

New York

New Jersey

Landmarks

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