Rippowam River

River in Connecticut and New York, US

The Rippowam River is a river in Fairfield County, Connecticut and Westchester County, New York (United States). It drains a catchment area of 37.5 square miles (97 km²) and flows for 17 miles (27 km) from Ridgefield to Long Island Sound, which it enters in Stamford's harbor.^[1]

Streamflow in the Rippowam River is controlled by several small dams.^[2] The Turn-of-River Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, crosses it.^[3] The river has been dammed to form both the North Stamford Reservoir in North Stamford, and the Laurel Reservoir on the Stamford/New Canaan border.

The lower eight miles of Rippowam River, from the North Stamford Reservoir to Harbor Point (Stamford), are known as Mill River according to the Trust for Public Land, although U.S. Geological Survey maps and documents based on them don't reflect this information.^[4] The upper part of the river, in Westchester County, is also called Mill River, as shown in USGS maps^[5]^[6] Variant names for the Rippowam River include Mill River, Collins Brook, Mud Pond Brook, Rippowan River, Scotts Corner Brook, Stamford Mill River, Stoneford Mill River, Tomok River, and Turn River, according to the US Board on Geographic Names.^[7]

Architect Philip Johnson built his Glass House on the eastern slope of the Rippowam River valley in New Canaan in the late 1940s to take advantage of the view of the valley formed by the river.

Gallery

The river just south of the railroad bridge in the South End of Stamford, about 1905
Rippowam River, about 1905
River scene from a postcard mailed in 1906

References

^ Martin Silva, Mill River and Mill Pond Habitat Restoration Project, Rippowam River, Stamford, Connecticut: Geotechnical Analysis, Bioengineering Group, Inc., for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, May 2003
^ 01209901 RIPPOWAM RIVER NEAR STAMFORD, CT, U.S. Geological Survey
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Mill River Park Plan, Stamford, CT". The Trust for Public Land. Archived from the original on 2011-01-01.
^ "MILL RIVER AT POUND RIDGE NY (USGS-01209797) site data in the".
^ "CalTopo - Backcountry Mapping Evolved".
^ "Geographic Names Information System".

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

v t e Coastal waterbodies of Connecticut
Bays	Little Narragansett Bay
Coves	Smith Cove Wequetequock Cove Wethersfield Cove Ziegler's Cove
Harbors	Black Rock Harbor Bridgeport Harbor Kidd Harbor New Haven Harbor Norwalk Harbor
River mouths	Black Hall River Byram River Connecticut River Farm River Hammonasset River Housatonic River Mianus River Mill River (Fairfield) Mystic River Niantic River Noroton River Oyster River Rippowam River Saugatuck River Thames River
Sounds	Long Island Sound