The Chenango River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed August 8, 2011

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of the Susquehanna River in central New York in the United States. It drains a

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area in

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at the northern end of the Susquehanna watershed. Named after the Oneida word for bull thistle, in the 19th century the Chenango furnished a critical link in the

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system of the northeastern United States. The Chenango Canal, built from 1836–1837 between Utica and Binghamton, connected the

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in the north to the Susquehanna River. The canal was rendered obsolete by

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s and was abandoned in 1878. Flooding is often a concern during the spring and fall.

Course

The Chenango River begins near Morrisville in Madison County, in central New York, in the Morrisville Swamp in the Town of Smithfield, about 25 miles southwest of Utica. The river flows from the Campbell Lakes in the swamp, from waters flowing in from the Smithfield Hills to the north and west and a series of cliffs called "The Ledges" to the north and east. It flows south-southeast through the swamp. From Morrisville, it flows south past Eaton and is paralleled by the remnants of the old Chenango Canal from Randallsville, just south of Hamilton, to just north of Earlville where the old canal joined the river. Continuing south the Chenango is joined by the

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, also known as the East Branch of the Chenango,1902 U.S.G.S. topographic ma
Morrisville 15' Quadrangle
just south of Earlville. Then it flows south past Sherburne to

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, where it turns southwest. At

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it turns south, and at Warn Lake it again turns southwest. It flows past Brisben and

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to Chenango Forks, where, about nine miles north of

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, it receives from the right its major tributary, the

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. It ends where it joins the Susquehanna from the north in downtown Binghamton in Broome County. Its overall length is about 90 miles.

Tributaries

Right * Callahan Brook * Electric Light Stream * Eaton Brook * Bradley Brook * Kingsley Brook *

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* Fly Creek * Cold Brook * Canasawacta Creek * Gilmore Brook *

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* Mill Brook * Bowman Creek, * Tillotson Creek * Spring Brook * Genegantslet Creek * Ockerman Brook *

* Thomas Creek * Castle Creek * Cutler Creek Left *

Payne Brook Payne Brook is a river that begins southeast of the Village of Madison in Madison County, New York. It flows west then turns southwest before flowing into Lake Moraine. It then exits the lake and flows southwest through the Village of Hamilton, f ...

* Mad Brook * West Brook * Whapanaka Brook * Thompson Creek * Ransford Creek * Glen Road Brook * Wheeler Brook * Page Brook Creek *

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* Phelps Creek

Notes

{{authority control Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Broome County, New York Rivers of Madison County, New York Rivers of Chenango County, New York Tributaries of the Susquehanna River

Course

Tributaries

See also

Notes