Ohio Admin. Code 3745-1-19

Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 2, 2024

Section 3745-1-19 - Huron river drainage basin

(A) The water bodies listed in table 19-1 of this rule are ordered from downstream to upstream. Tributaries of a water body are indented. The aquatic life habitat, water supply and recreation use designations are defined in rule 3745-1-07 of the Administrative Code. The state resource water use designation is defined in rule 3745-1-05 of the Administrative Code. The most stringent criteria associated with any one of the use designations assigned to a water body will apply to that water body.

(B) Figure 1 of the appendix to this rule is a generalized map of the Huron river drainage basin. A generalized map of Ohio outlining the twenty-three major drainage basins and listing associated rule numbers in this chapter is in figure 1 of the appendix to rule 3745-1-08 of the Administrative Code.

(C) RM, as used in this rule, stands for river mile and refers to the method used by the Ohio environmental protection agency to identify locations along a water body. Mileage is defined as the lineal distance from the downstream terminus (i.e., mouth) and moving in an upstream direction.

(D) The following symbols are used throughout this rule:

* Designated use based on the 1978 water quality standards.

+ Designated use based on the results of a biological field assessment performed by the Ohio environmental protection agency.

* Designated use based on justification other than the results of a biological field assessment performed by the Ohio environmental protection agency.

Table 19-1. Use designations for water bodies in the Huron river drainage basin.

Water Body Segment

Use Designations

Comments

Aquatic Life Habitat

Water Supply

Recreation

Huron river - East branch/West branch confluence (RM 14.7) to the Ohio Turnpike (RM 9.1)

- Ohio Turnpike (RM 9.1) to Lake Erie

Mud brook

HELP ecoregion - channel modification

Village creek

Rattlesnake creek

West branch (Rattlesnake creek RM 0.28)

East branch - at RM 6.16

PWS intake - Norwalk

- all other segments

Norwalk creek - at RMs 0.11 and 4.02

PWS intake - Norwalk

- all other segments

Unnamed tributary (Norwalk creek RM 0.38)

Cole creek

Unnamed tributary (Cole creek RM 2.46)

Unnamed tributary (East branch RM 19.98)

West branch - headwaters to Bauman rd. (RM 22.73 )

- at RM 33.8

PWS intake - Willard

- Bauman road (RM 22.73) to the mouth

- at RM 8.52

PWS intake - Monroeville

Clayton ditch (West branch RM 0.4) - headwaters to Higbee rd.

(RM 2.85)

HELP ecoregion - channel modification

- Higbee road (RM 2.85) to the mouth

Seymour creek

Megginson creek

Frink run - at RM 4.83

PWS intake - Bellevue

- all other segments

Unnamed tributary (Frink run RM 5.38)

Haas ditch

Schoeffel ditch

Slate run

Mud run (East branch)

Mud run (West branch)

Shriner run

Holiday tributary (West branch RM 23.09)

Unnamed tributary (Holiday tributary RM 2.8)

Jacobs creek

Walnut creek (West branch RM 33.05)

Marsh run

Unnamed tributary (Marsh run RM 3.12)

Unnamed tributary (West branch RM 41.50)

Shiloh ditch (West branch RM 48.05)

Old Woman creek - estuary

- within boundaries of Old Woman preserve

- all other segments

Unnamed tributary (Old Woman creek RM 3.70)

Unnamed tributary (Old Woman creek RM 8.82)

Cranberry creek

Chappel creek

Sugar creek

Darby creek

Sherod creek

SRW = state resource water; WWH = warmwater habitat; EWH = exceptional warmwater habitat; MWH = modified warmwater habitat; SSH = seasonal salmonid habitat;

CWH = coldwater habitat; LRW = limited resource water; PWS = public water supply; AWS = agricultural water supply; IWS = industrial water supply; BW = bathing water;

PCR = primary contact recreation; SCR = secondary contact recreation.

Appendix Figure 1. Huron river drainage basin.

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Ohio Admin. Code 3745-1-19