English River (Iowa)

The English River is a tributary of the Iowa River in southeastern Iowa in the United States. The main stem of the river is Template:Convert long.<ref name=NHD>U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Template:Webarchive, accessed May 13, 2011</ref> Including its longest headwaters tributary, the North English River, the total length increases to Template:Convert.<ref name=NHD/> Via the Iowa River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The Deep River is a minor tributary of the English River. The towns of North English, South English and Deep River are named for the English and Deep rivers.

Course

The English River flows for much of its course in north and south forks, which join in extreme northwestern Washington County. The English River then flows generally eastwardly for about Template:Convert,<ref name=NHD/> past the town of Riverside. It joins the Iowa River in northeastern Washington County, Template:Convert south of Iowa City.

North English River

The Template:Convert North English River<ref name=NHD/> is the longer of the two forks. It rises just south of Grinnell in western Poweshiek County and flows generally east-southeastwardly through Iowa County, past the town of Guernsey. In Iowa County it collects two minor tributaries, the Deep River and the Middle English River, both of which rise in Poweshiek County and flow eastwardly for short distances.

Deep River

The Deep River is a minor tributary of the North English River. It rises about two miles north-northwest of Montezuma in the south-central part of Poweshiek County at Template:Coord with an elevation of Template:Convert. It flows generally eastward for about Template:Convert, passing on the north side of the village of Deep River, Iowa, until it reaches the North English River at Template:Coord at an elevation of Template:Convert in the south-west part of Iowa County.<ref name="GNIS-DR">Template:GNIS</ref> The stream was reportedly named not because the water was so deep, but rather it was so far down from the stream bank to the water.

The river experienced a record flood on May 14, 1970 with a greater than 50 year recurrence interval.<ref>Template:Google books</ref> At the flood crest the stream gage on the Deep River station at the town of Deep River measured a record stage of Template:Convert and a stream flow of Template:Convert<ref>Template:Google books</ref>

Middle English River

The Middle English River, also the Middle Fork English River, is a minor tributary of the North English River. It rises about Template:Convert south-southeast of the village of Deep River, Iowa in the southeastern part of Poweshiek County at Template:Coord with an elevation of Template:Convert. It flows generally eastward for about Template:Convert until it reaches the North English River at Template:Coord about Template:Convert northeast of North English at an elevation of Template:Convert near the southern border of Iowa County.<ref name="GNIS-MER">Template:GNIS</ref>

South English River

The Template:Convert South English River<ref name=NHD/> rises just south of Montezuma in southern Poweshiek County and flows generally eastwardly through extreme northeastern Mahaska County and northern Keokuk County.

See also

• List of Iowa rivers

References

Notes

General references

• Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
• DeLorme (1998). Iowa Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. Template:ISBN.
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