Auglaize River
River in Ohio, United States
title: "Auglaize River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-auglaize-county,-ohio", "rivers-of-ohio", "rivers-of-allen-county,-ohio", "rivers-of-putnam-county,-ohio", "rivers-of-paulding-county,-ohio", "rivers-of-defiance-county,-ohio", "tributaries-of-lake-erie"] description: "River in Ohio, United States" topic_path: "general/rivers-of-auglaize-county-ohio" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auglaize_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary River in Ohio, United States ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Auglaize River |
| image | Maumeerivermap.png |
| image_caption | Map of the Maumee River watershed showing the Auglaize River |
| source1_location | 2 mi south of Harrod |
| mouth_location | Maumee River at Defiance |
| length_mi | 113 |
| source1_elevation | ≈990 ft |
| mouth_elevation | ≈665 ft |
| basin_size_mi2 | 2337 |
| :: |
| name = Auglaize River | image = Maumeerivermap.png | image_caption = Map of the Maumee River watershed showing the Auglaize River | source1_location = 2 mi south of Harrod | mouth_location = Maumee River at Defiance |length_mi=113|length_ref= | source1_elevation = ≈990 ft | mouth_elevation = ≈665 ft | discharge1_avg = |basin_size_mi2=2337|basin_size_ref= ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Auglaize_Township,_Auglaize_River.jpg" caption="Junction"] ::
The Auglaize River (Shawnee: Kathinakithiipi){{Cite web |title = Shawnees Webpage |work = Shawnee's Reservation |accessdate = 2013-04-26 |year = 1997 |url = http://reocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/8286/speach.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130502054932/http://reocities.com/SouthBeach/Cove/8286/speach.html |archive-date = 2013-05-02 |url-status = dead
Description
The Auglaize River rises in southeastern Allen County, approximately 10 mi southeast of Lima and 12 mi north of Indian Lake. It flows southwest to Wapakoneta, then generally north in a zigzag course, past Delphos, Fort Jennings and Oakwood. It joins the Maumee from the south at Defiance, approximately 2 mi east of the mouth of the Tiffin River at .
It receives the Ottawa River from the southeast in western Putnam County, northwest of Lima. It also receives the Blanchard River in western Putnam County. It receives the Little Auglaize River from the south in eastern Paulding County. It receives Flatrock Creek from the west in northeastern Paulding County.
A portage from the headwaters of the Great Miami River to the south bend of the Auglaize made it part of an important link between the watershed of the Ohio (and the Mississippi) and Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence watershed, heavily settled in pre-Columbian times.
During the days of the Ohio Country in the 18th century, the area around the river was inhabited by the Ottawa. During the mid-1790s, the area near the mouth of the Auglaize surpassed Kekionga to the west as the center of Indian influence. Fort Defiance was constructed in 1794 near the confluence of the Auglaize and the Maumee by General Mad Anthony Wayne. Fort Amanda, constructed along the river southwest of Lima in 1812, was an important American outpost during the War of 1812.
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, the Auglaize River has also had the following names:
- Au Glaize River
- Auglaise River
- Cowthenake sepe
- Glaize River
- Grand Au Glaze River
- Grand Glaise River
- Grand Glaize River
- Great au Glaise River
- Qusquasrundee
References
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive. link. (2012-03-29 , accessed May 19, 2011)
- U.S. Geological Survey. Harrod quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1961.
- U.S. Geological Survey. Defiance East quadrangle, Ohio. 1:24,000. 7.5 Minute Series. Washington D.C.: USGS, 1988.
- [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/streams/ ''A Guide to Ohio Streams.''] {{webarchive. link. (September 4, 2005 [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/streams/chapter10.pdf Chapter 10: Major Ohio Watersheds (pdf)] {{webarchive). link. (September 4, 2005)
- tributary of the [[Maumee River]] in northwestern [[Ohio]] in the [[United States]]. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of [[Lake Erie]]. The name of the river was derived from the [[French language. French]] term for it. The French called it ''"rivière à la Grande Glaize"'' (later spelled as "glaise", meaning river of Great Clay), referring to the soil in the area.See, for example, French Colonial Archives, series C11A, vol. 95, f. 386v. https://data2.archives.ca/e/e035/e000869161.jpg
- {{Gnis. 1065901
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