Aroostook River

Aroostook River
Aroostook River at Washburn, Maine
Countries	United States, Canada
State	Maine
Province	New Brunswick

Cities	Ashland, Maine, Washburn, Maine, Presque Isle, Maine, Caribou, Maine, Fort Farfield, Maine


Source confluence	Millinocket Stream and Munsungan Stream
- location	Maine Township 8, Range 8, WELS, Penobscot County, Maine
- coordinates	46°20′40″N 68°48′04″W / 46.3445°N 68.8011°W / 46.3445; -68.8011
Mouth	Saint John River (New Brunswick)
- location	Aroostook, NB
- elevation	330 ft (101 m)
- coordinates	46°48′36″N 67°42′58″W / 46.810123°N 67.71620°W / 46.810123; -67.71620Coordinates: 46°48′36″N 67°42′58″W / 46.810123°N 67.71620°W / 46.810123; -67.71620

Length	112 mi (180 km)
Basin	2,442.7 sq mi (6,327 km²)
Discharge	for Masardis, Maine
- average	1,506 cu ft/s (43 m³/s)
- max	29,500 cu ft/s (835 m³/s)
- min	41 cu ft/s (1 m³/s)

Aroostook River watershed
Watershed data.^[1]

The Aroostook River is a 112-mile-long (180 km)^[2] tributary of the Saint John River in the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Its basin is the largest sub-drainage of the Saint John River.^[3]

The river rises in northeastern Maine from the confluence of Millinocket Stream and Munsungan Stream in Maine Township 8, Range 8, WELS, in northern Penobscot County. The river winds east and northeast through Aroostook County. It runs through Ashland, and passes north of Presque Isle and east of Caribou. It joins the Saint John River in Aroostook, New Brunswick, 2 miles (3 km) after crossing the Canada–United States border.

The United States government maintains two river flow gages on the Aroostook. The first is located near Masardis, Maine (46°31′21″N 68°22′23″W / 46.52250°N 68.37306°W / 46.52250; -68.37306 (Masardis, Maine)) where the rivershed is 892 square miles (2,310 km²). The second is at Washburn, Maine (46°46′36″N 68°09′29″W / 46.77667°N 68.15806°W / 46.77667; -68.15806 (Washburn, Maine)) where the rivershed is 1,654 square miles (4,280 km²). By Fort Fairfield, Maine the rivershed is 2,301 square miles (5,960 km²). At Masardis, the maximum recorded flow is 29,500 cubic feet per second (840 m³/s) and the minimum 41 cubic feet (1.2 m³) per second.^[4] At Washburn, the maximum recorded flow is 49,500 cubic feet (1,400 m³) per second and the minimum 75 cubic feet (2.1 m³) per second.^[5] Annual maximum flows occur during the spring snow melt and minimums in the fall. The highest flood levels at both gages occurred during ice-dam induced floods, which occur relatively often on this river. Such flooding occurred in March and April 1999, April and May 2003, and April 2004.^[6]

The river has a small run of Atlantic salmon. From 1998 to 2001 the number of adults returning to the river ranged from seventeen to thirty.^[7]

The International Appalachian Trail runs along the river for several miles. Hikers cross the river, pass through customs, and cross the international boundary at Fort Fairfield, Maine.^[8]

In the late 1830s, the territory comprising the river's drainage area was the scene of the Aroostook War, a boundary dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom.

References

↑ University of Maine. "Watershed Overview and Data Access: Aroostook." Watershed Code 01010004. Accessed 2010-02-17.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 22, 2011
↑ K. Elizabeth Gibbs, Billie Bradeen, Dan Boland (2004). "Spatial and Temporal Segregation Among Six Species of Coexisting Ophiogomphus (Odonata: Gomphidae) in the Aroostook River, Maine". Spatial and Temporal Segregation Among Six Species of Coexisting Ophiogomphus (Odonata: Gomphidae) in the Aroostook River, Maine. Retrieved 2006-05-07.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey (2008). "01015800 Aroostook River Near Masardis, ME" (PDF). Water-Data Report 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey (2008). "01017000 Aroostook River at Washburn, ME" (PDF). Water-Data Report 2008. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ V.T. Hom, E.J. Capone, and T.W. Econopouly (2004). "Table 1. Recent Ice Jam Events" (PDF). Forecasting Ice-Affected Rivers at the Northeast River Forecast Center. Retrieved 2006-05-07.
↑ Frederick W. Kircheis (2002). "Report of the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission" (PDF). Report of the Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 May 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-07.
↑ "The International Appalachian Trail in Maine". The International Appalachian Trail in Maine. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2006-04-08. Retrieved 2006-05-07.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aroostook River.

USGS real-time river flow data at Washburn, Maine or Masardis, Maine. (Masardis also has air temperature.)
See a panorama of the Aroostook River at Washburn
National Weather Service forecast of river levels and flow.
Real Time Aroostook River WebCam.
"Aroostook River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 30 September 1980. Retrieved 2009-10-22.

Saint John River Watershed

Tributaries	Allagash River Aroostook River Baker Branch Saint John River Becaguimec Stream Big Black River Birch River Blackwater River Campbell Branch Little Black River River De Chute Daaquam River Fish River Hammond River Jemseg River Kennebecasis River Keswick River Little Black River Little Machias River Little Madawaska River Little River Little Saint Roch River Little Southwest Branch Saint John River Machias River Madawaska River Meduxnekeag River Nashwaak River Nerepis River North Branch Birch River North Branch Blackwater River North Branch Meduxnekeag River Northwest Branch Saint John River Oromocto River Red River Saint Croix Stream Saint Francis River Shields Branch South Branch Birch River South Branch Blackwater River South Branch Machias River South Branch Meduxnekeag River Southwest Branch Saint John River Tobique River West Branch Little Black River

Lakes	Cross Lake Eagle Lake Fish River Lake Grand Lake Long Lake Mactaquac Lake Mud Lake Lake Pohenegamook Portage Lake Saint Froid Lake Scopan Lake Square Lake Umsaskis Lake

Towns	Allagash Ashland Blaine Bridgewater Caribou Eagle Lake Easton Edmundston Florenceville-Bristol Fort Fairfield Fort Kent Fredericton Frenchville Grand Bay–Westfield Grand Falls Grand Isle Hampton Hartland Hodgdon Houlton Limestone Littleton Madawaska Mapleton Mars Hill Masardis Monticello Nackawic New Limerick Oromocto Perham Perth-Andover Pohénégamook Portage Lake Presque Isle Quispamsis Rivière-Bleue Rothesay Sainte Agatha Saint-Camille-de-Lellis Saint-Cyprien Saint Francis Saint John Saint-Just-de-Bretenières Saint-Léonard Saint-Marcel Saint-Pamphile Saint-Zacharie Stockholm Sussex Van Buren Washburn Westfield Woodstock

Landmarks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Clair–Fort Kent Bridge Edmundston–Madawaska Bridge Florenceville Bridge Fort Kent Hartland Bridge North Maine Woods Reversing Falls Saint John Harbour Bridge Saint John River High Level Crossing Saint Leonard–Van Buren Bridge Tinker Dam Watson Settlement Bridge

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Aroostook River

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