Rippowam River
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.
Streamflow in the Rippowam River is controlled by several small dams. The Turn-of-River Bridge, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, crosses it. 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.
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Click any point for details. Sections without stored geometry are drawn as straight put-in → take-out lines — actual courses follow the river.