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(A) The water bodies listed in table 23-1 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 Portage 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 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 23-1. Use designations for water bodies in the Portage river drainage basin.
Water Body Segment Use Designations Comments
Aquatic Life Habitat Water Supply RecreationS 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
Otter creek – headwaters to 0.2 miles downstream of E. Broadway (RM 7.0 ) + + + + Small drainageway maintenance
- RM 7.0 to mouth + + + + HELP ecoregion – channel modification
Driftmeyer ditch + + + + Small drainageway maintenance
Amlosch ditch + + + + Small drainageway maintenance
Berger ditch
Wolf ditch + + + +
Cedar creek + + + +
Williams ditch (Cedar creek RM 0.05) + + + +
Wolf creek (Williams ditch RM 3.5) * * * *
Dry creek + + + +
Little Cedar creek * * * *
Crane creek + + + +
Ayers creek * * * *
Little Crane creek * * * *
Henry creek + + + +
Two Root creek * * * *
Turtle creek + + + +
North branch + + + +
South branch + + + +
Toussaint river + + + +
Rushaw creek * * * *
Toussaint creek + + + +
Packer creek + + + +
Lacarpe creek – headwaters to Tettau rd. (RM 2.6 ) + * * + Small drainageway maintenance
- Tettau rd. to the mouth * * * *
Portage river + + + +
Little Portage river + + + +
Ninemile creek + + + +
Lacarpe creek * * * *
Wolf creek + + + +
Sugar creek + + + +
Coon creek (Sugar creek RM 12.4 ) + + + +
North branch + + + +
Poe ditch + + + + Small drainageway maintenance
Middle branch + + + +
Bull creek + + + +
Rocky ford – at RMs 10.66 and 11.10 + + + + + PWS intakes – North Baltimore
- all other segments + + + +
Fenburg tributary 1 (Rocky ford RM 10.75 ) + + + +
Fenburg tributary 2 (Fenburg tributary 1 RM 1.99 ) + + + +
Needles creek + + + +
Rader creek – at RM 13.57 + o + + + PWS intake – McComb
- all other segments + + + +
South branch + + + +
East branch – at RMs 13.84 and 16.15 + o + + + PWS intakes – Fostoria
- all other segments + + + +
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, 4/21/1992, 7/21/2002, 4/23/2008