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 Chapter 3745-1 of the Administrative Code 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;

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

L An L in the warmwater habitat column signifies that the water body segment is designated limited warmwater habitat.

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

S W E M S C L P A I B P S

R W W W S W R W W W W C C

W H H H H H W S S S R R

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

- upstream Roger Young memorial park (RM 16.8 ) to Muskellunge creek (RM 9.37 ) + + + +

- Ella st. dam (RM 42.1 ) to RM 19.0 (upstream from Fremont) + + + +

- RM 45.0 to Ella st. dam (RM 42.1 ) + + + + ECBP ecoregion – impounded

- headwaters to RM 45.0 + + + +

- 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 + o + + + 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 * * * *

Willow creek * * * *

Unnamed tributary (Willow creek RM 0.88 ) o o Small drainageway maintenance.

Rock creek + + + +

East branch * * * *

Armstrong & Beighly ditch * * * *

Carpenter ditch * * * *

Gibson creek * * * *

Bells run * * * *

Honey creek – at RM 28.35 * o * * * PWS intake – Attica

- co. rte. 19 (RM 1.1 ) to the mouth + + + + HELP ecoregion – impounded

- all other segments * * * *

Buckeye creek + + + +

Silver creek * * * *

Slee ditch (Silver creek RM 0.72 ) + + + +

Eicholtz ditch * * * *

Kagy ditch * * * *

Bolinger ditch * * * *

Hedden ditch * * * *

Hooper ditch * * * *

Schaaf ditch * * * *

Brokenknife creek * * * *

Kibler ditch (Brokenknife creek RM 5.27 ) + * * + Small drainageway maintenance

Unnamed tributary (Brokenknife creek RM 5.50 ) – at RM 2.15 o PWS intake – New Washington

Mile run + + + +

Sycamore creek + + + +

Greasy run * * * *

Spring creek (Sycamore creeek RM 12.92 ) + + + +

Taylor run * * * *

Thorn run * * * *

Tymochtee creek + + + +

Spring run * * * *

Poverty run + + + +

No. 32 ditch * * * *

Little Tymochtee creek * * * *

Hart ditch * * * *

Browns run * * * *

Veith ditch * * * *

Lick run * * * *

Baughman run * * * *

Blake ditch * * * *

Perkins run * * * *

Oak run * * * *

Sugar run * * * *

Warpole creek * * * *

St. James run * * * *

Unnamed tributary (Tymochtee creek RM 40.30 ) + + + + HELP ecoregion – channel modification.

Little Tymochtee creek * * * *

Reevhorn run * * * *

Pawpaw 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 * * * *

Brandywine creek * * * *

Red run * * * *

Grass run * * * *

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 + + + +

Crestline STP tributary (Westerly creek / Paramour creek RM 1.92 ) * * * *

Crestline tributary (West 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 + o + + + 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.

Effective: 06/16/2011

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/06/2011 and 06/16/2016

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 6111.041

Rule Amplifies: 6111.041

Prior Effective Dates: 4/4/1985, 8/19/1985, 7/28/1986, 4/21/1992, 4/26/1997, 7/31/1998, 7/21/2002, 4/1/2007