St. Clarke River
| St. Clarke River | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St. Clarke River in Downtown St. Clarke | |
| Location | |
| Country | Ibica |
| State | Albion |
| Cities | St. Clarke, Lebbanon, Philmont, San Marcos |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Baldwin Spring |
| - location | London, Baldwin County, Albion, Ibica |
| - elevation | 335 ft (102 m) |
| Mouth | St. Clarke Bay, St. Clarke |
- location | Bay of Albion, St. Clarke County, Albion, Ibica |
- elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Length | 445.5 mi (717.0 km) |
| Discharge | |
| - location | mouth |
| - average | 414 cu ft/s (11.7 m3/s) (estimate) |
The St. Clarke River is a 445.5-mile (717.0 km) long river in flowing from the central part of Albion, northwest to meet the coastline in the state's largest city, which the river gives its name to.
The river rises in South Central Albion from Baldwin Spring near the city of London. It flows roughly north to Jordan Lake, near the city o Philmont, where the river is dammed after its juncture with the Jordan River to form the lake. From here, the river flows northwest through the cities of Philmont, Acceline, and Lebannon, before reaching the St. Clarke Metropolitan Area, where it flows through the heart of the city before reaching its mouth on the Bay of Albion.
Health and Public Safety
Due to the river flowing through many of the states historic cities, polution during Ibica's industrialization period led to the water being unsanitary and causing health issues in the cities that drank from it. In 1875, the Albion legislature created the St. Clarke River Sanitary Board, which has overtime evolved into the St. Clarke River Authority, and empowered them to begin cleaning up the river.
Today, this agency is responible for wastewater treatment in Chambers, St, Clarke, and Stone counties, its original asignment, as well as water-access management, irrigation, wastewater treatment, and hydro-electric power generation from Jordan Lake downstream.
Recreation
The St. Clarke River has become a hub of recreation. Urban and suburban parks line its shores in the St. Clarke area, and Jordan Lake is both a mecca for watersports activities, and home to Jordan State Park.
Crossings
| County | Town | Carrying |
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| St. Clarke | St. Clarke |  Route 118
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 County Route 10
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| Camden Park |  County Route 17
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| St. Clarke |  County Route 35
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 Interstate 270
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 IR 50 Alt
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  Interstate 70/IR 50
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 County Route 15
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 Interstate 75
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| Monroe City/Riverbend line | Interstate 270
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 County Route 20
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| St. Clarke/Stone line | Milton |  Route 518
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  IR 74/Route 1
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| Stone/Chambers Line | Verona/Grafton Line |  Route 115
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| Grant | Woodbury | IR 74/Route 1
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 Route 7
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| Levant | Lebannon |  Route 99
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| Levant/Wesley Line | Route 1
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| Laurel | Acceline/Laurel Line |  Route 281
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| Floyd/Laurel Line |  Route 41
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| Noble/Ralls Line | Nobile |  Route 311
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| Coulson | Finland |  County Route 15
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| Philmont |  Route 418
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 IR 5
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| Oakdale |  County Route 20
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| Coulson/Wallis Line |  Route 35
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| Jordan/Yates Line | Devers |  Route 72
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| Leight | McCarble |  IR 35
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| San Marcos |  Route 8
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| New London | Route 1
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