The Chepachet River is a
river
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in the
U.S.
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state of
Rhode Island
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. It flows .
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011 There are eight dams along the river's length.
Governor's Task Force on Dam Safety and Maintenance – Final Report, January 2001
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Course
The river rises from Cherry Valley Pond in Glocester
Glocester, otherwise officially called the Town of Glocester, Rhode Island, is a New England town, town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 9,974 as of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The villages o ...
. From there it flows to Keech Pond and Smith & Sayles Reservoir, then north to Burrillville where it converges with the Clear River to form the Branch River.
Crossings
Below is a list of all crossings over the Chepachet River. The list starts at the headwaters and goes downstream.
*Glocester
**Chopmist Hill Road ( RI 102)
**Lake View Drive
**Chestnut Hill Road
**Putnam Pike (RI 102/ U.S. 44)
*Burrillville
**Gazza Road
**Mapleville Main Street
Tributaries
In addition to many unnamed tributaries, the following brooks also feed the Chepachet:
*Peckham Brook
*Saunders Brook
*Stingo Brook
*Sucker Brook
See also
* List of rivers of Rhode Island
References
*Maps from the United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...
Rivers of Providence County, Rhode Island
Rivers of Rhode Island
Tributaries of Providence River
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