Ohio Admin. Code 3745-1-12

Current through all regulations passed and filed through November 4, 2024

Section 3745-1-12 - Sandusky river drainage basin

(A) The water bodies listed in table 12-1 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 Sandusky 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 12-1. Use designations for water bodies in the Sandusky river drainage basin.

Water Body Segment

Use Designations

Comments

Aquatic Life Habitat

Water Supply

Recreation

Muddy creek

Little Muddy creek

Fishing creek

Gries ditch

North branch

South branch

Sandusky river - at RMs 18.02, 41.08, 82.9, 83.15 and 115.45

PWS intakes - Fremont (RM 18.02), Tiffin (RM 41.08), Upper Sandusky (RMs 82.9 and 83.15), and Bucyrus (RM 115.45)

- RM 45.0 to Ella st. dam (RM 42.1)

ECBP ecoregion - impounded

- all other segments

Yellow slough

Green creek - confluence with Beaver creek (RM 20.4) to st. rte. 20 (RM 10.1)

Native fauna

- all other segments

Flag run

Beaver creek - at RM 2.88

PWS intake - Clyde

- all other segments

Owl creek

Emerson creek

Royer ditch

Westerhouse ditch

Albright ditch

Noel ditch

Bark creek

Muskellunge creek

Indian creek

Wolf creek

East branch

Snuff creek

East branch

Middle branch

John Smith ditch (East branch Wolf cr. RM 20.37 )

Small drainageway maintenance

Michael Gruss ditch (John Smith ditch RM 3.97)

Small drainageway maintenance

Sugar creek

Spicer creek

Morrison creek - headwaters to CR 43 (RM 7.9)

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- CR 43 (RM 7.9) to the mouth

Willow creek

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

Unnamed tributary (Willow creek RM 0.88)

Small drainageway maintenance

Rock creek

East branch

Armstrong & Beighly ditch

Carpenter ditch

Gibson creek

Bells run

Honey creek - headwaters to Scott road (RM 37.3 )

- Scott road (RM 37.3) to State Route 4 (RM 28.35 )

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- at RM 28.35

PWS intake - Attica

- State Route 4 (RM 28.35) to co. rte. 19 (RM 1.1 )

- co. rte. 19 (RM 1.1) to the mouth

ECBP ecoregion - impounded

Van Meter creek (Honey creek RM 3.69) - headwaters to Infirmary road (RM 1.7)

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- Infirmary road (RM 1.7) to the mouth

Buckeye creek

Silver creek - headwaters to Brillhart road (RM 8.7 )

Small drainageway maintenance

- Brillhart road (RM 8.7) to the mouth

Slee ditch (Silver creek RM 0.72)

Aicholtz ditch - headwaters to CR 12 (RM 2.8)

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- CR 12 (RM 2.8) to the mouth

Kagy ditch

Bolinger ditch

Hedden ditch

Hooper ditch

Schaaf ditch

Brokenknife creek - headwaters to Seneca/Crawford co.line (RM 3.2)

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- Seneca/Crawford co. line (RM 3.2) to the mouth

Kibler ditch (Brokenknife creek RM 5.27)

Small drainageway maintenance

Unnamed tributary (Brokenknife creek RM 5.50) - at RM 2.15

PWS intake - New Washington

Celery creek (Honey cr. RM 32.84) - Base Line rd. (RM 4.54) to

Section Line rd. 30S (RM 2.2 )

- all other segments

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

Tiro creek (Honey creek RM 41.75)

Mile run

Sycamore creek - headwaters to state route 19 (RM 17.8 )

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- State route 19 (RM 17.8) to the mouth

Greasy run

Spring creek (Sycamore creeek RM 12.92)

Taylor run

West branch (Taylor run RM 2.49)

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

Thorn run

Tymochtee creek - headwaters to Cramer road (RM 51.8 )

Small drainageway maintenance

- Cramer road (RM 51.8) to the mouth

Spring run

Poverty run

No. 32 ditch

Little Tymochtee creek - headwaters to CR 108 (RM 9.1 )

Small drainageway maintenance

- CR 108 (RM 9.1) to the mouth

Hart ditch

Browns run

Veith ditch

Lick run

Baughman run

Blake ditch

Perkins run

Oak run

Sugar run

Warpole creek

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

St. James run

Unnamed tributary (Tymochtee creek RM 40.30)

HELP ecoregion - channel modification.

Little Tymochtee creek - headwaters to CR 205 (RM 8.63 )

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- CR 205 (RM 8.63) to the mouth

Reevhorn run

Pawpaw run

Unnamed tributary (Pawpaw run RM 4.17)

HELP ecoregion - channel modification.

Carroll ditch

HELP ecoregion - channel modification.

Enoch creek

Blood run

Prairie run

Thompson ditch

HELP ecoregion - channel modification.

Layton ditch

Sugar run

Negro run

Spring branch

Kiser run

Porcupine creek

Cranberry run

Rock run

Little Sandusky river

Honey run

Unnamed tributary (little Sandusky river RM 8.93 )

HELP ecoregion - channel modification.

Broken Sword creek

Indian run - headwaters to state route 231 (RM 1.7 )

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- State route 231 (RM 1.7) to the mouth

Brandywine creek - headwaters to Temple road (RM 1.6 )

Small drainageway maintenance

- Temple road (RM 1.6) to the mouth

Unnamed tributary (Broken Sword creek RM 28.04)

Red run

Small drainageway maintenance

Grass run - headwaters to Marion Melmore road (RM 6.0 )

ECBP ecoregion - channel modification

- Marion Melmore road (RM 6.0) to the mouth

Gray Eye run

West north Robinson run (Sandusky river RM 121.19)

East north Robinson run (Sandusky river RM 122.09)

Loss creek

South fork

Paramour creek

Westerly creek (Paramour creek RM 1.92)

East Crestline tributary (Paramour creek RM 2.88 )

PPG tributary (Paramour creek RM 5.13)

Allen run

South creek

Raccoon creek - at RM 13.1

PWS intake - Clyde (formerly)

- all other segments

Little Raccoon creek

Buck creek

Pickerel creek

Strong creek

Fuller creek

Little Pickerel creek

Inland trout stream

Cold creek - Blue Hole (RM 4.28) to confluence with Lake Erie

Inland trout stream

- all other segments

Cold creek tributaries downstream of Blue Hole

Mills creek

Caswell ditch (Mills creek RM 3.95)

Snyders ditch - at RMs 5.0 and 5.5

HELP ecoregion - channel modification; PWS intakes - Bellevue.

- all other segments

HELP ecoregion - channel modification.

Pipe creek

Plum brook

Sawmill 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. Sandusky river drainage basin.

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Ohio Admin. Code 3745-1-12