The Steinhatchee River is a short river in the Big Bend region of

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. The river rises in the Mallory Swamp just south of

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in Lafayette County and flows for U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
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. It has a

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of . The river has also been known as the ''Hittenhatchee'', ''Esteenhatchee'' and ''Isteenhatchee''. steinr2

The only communities along the river are Steinhatchee and

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near its mouth. The river is not developed, being used solely for recreation and as a port for landings of locally caught commercial fishes such as sheepshead, mullet, gag and red grouper, Spanish mackerel, white grunt, hogfish, stone crab, and blue crab. About of the river goes underground as a

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near where

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crosses the river. from the river's mouth is Steinhatchee Falls, where the river drops several feet. steinr1

References

*Marth, Del. 1990. Steinhatchee River. in Marth, Del and Marty Marth, eds. ''The Rivers of Florida''. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. . Bodies of water of Dixie County, Florida Bodies of water of Lafayette County, Florida Rivers of Florida Rivers of Taylor County, Florida Subterranean rivers of the United States {{Florida-river-stub

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