Jump to main content.


Assessment Data for the State of Indiana Year 2004

National Assessment Database
About this Database

Assessing Water Quality (Questions and Answers)

The 2004 National Assessment
Database
(Fact Sheet)

Previous National Water Quality Reports



State of Indiana websites:

No State 305(b) Water Quality Assessment Report is available.
  State Water Quality Program

Search for a Waterbody within Indiana

Enter Waterbody Name:

Total Assessed Waters for the State of Indiana

Description of this table

Size Of Water
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Water (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles)
Total Assessed Waters 18,415.95 74,361.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 240.90 .00
Estimated Total Water Size in IN 35,673.00 142,871.00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 59.22 Unavailable Unavailable
Percent of Waters Assessed 51.62 52.05 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 100.00 Unavailable Unavailable

Assessed Waters of Indiana by Watershed (8 Digit USGS Cataloging Unit)

Description of this table
Watershed Size of Water
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Water (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles)
8-digit HUC Name Not Reported .24 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 240.90 .00
AUGLAIZE 34.57 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BLUE-SINKING 526.02 85.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHICAGO 24.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DRIFTWOOD 714.09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
EEL 841.40 1,400.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
EEL 262.38 463.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLATROCK-HAW 446.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHLAND-PIGEON 104.48 242.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IROQUOIS 393.19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
KANKAKEE 1,029.53 2,673.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE CALUMET-GALIEN 319.68 724.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 .00 .00
LOWER EAST FORK WHITE 1,281.92 12,412.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER GREAT MIAMI 1.55 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER OHIO-LITTLE PIGEON 447.12 37.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER WABASH 255.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER WHITE 1,104.39 1,946.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE OHIO-LAUGHERY 302.64 430.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE WABASH-BUSSERON 538.78 1,596.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE WABASH-DEER 214.44 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE WABASH-LITTLE VERMILION 931.73 2,060.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MISSISSINEWA 177.16 3,180.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUSCATATUCK 809.48 145.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PATOKA 710.82 8,880.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALAMONIE 67.40 2,866.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SILVER-LITTLE KENTUCKY 213.06 195.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ST. JOSEPH 523.52 11,982.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ST. JOSEPH 244.49 2,040.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ST. MARYS 166.71 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SUGAR 395.97 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TIPPECANOE 589.84 9,527.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER EAST FORK WHITE 632.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER MAUMEE 147.47 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER WABASH 286.91 945.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER WHITE 1,842.87 4,628.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
VERMILION 23.04 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WHITEWATER 1,328.23 5,421.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WILDCAT 604.76 484.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00


Indiana Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
State Designated Use Total Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
AQUATIC LIFE 16,340.12 82.73 .00 17.27 color.gifcolor.gif
FISH CONSUMPTION 4,006.77 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
PRIMARY CONTACT RECREATION 9,396.42 46.05 .00 53.95 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 18,415.95 miles of rivers and streams, or 51.62% of 35,673.00 total miles.

Indiana Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good 9,058.25 49.19
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 9,357.70 50.81
Total Miles Assessed 18,415.95 100.00

Indiana Top Causes of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 PATHOGENS 5,005.45
2 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 3,327.58
3 MERCURY 2,991.14
4 BIOTIC COMMUNITY STATUS 2,080.09
5 LEAD 617.36
6 TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS 395.82
7 OXYGEN, DISSOLVED 373.78
8 NUTRIENT/EUTROPHICATION BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS 354.76
9 SULFATES 282.16
10 DIOXIN (INCLUDING 2,3,7,8-TCDD) 154.30

Indiana Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 NON-POINT SOURCE 4,739.60
2 SOURCE UNKNOWN 2,120.98
3 MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 395.94
4 INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 351.68
5 LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 348.71
6 UNSPECIFIED URBAN STORMWATER 342.82
7 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 283.22
8 CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 259.91
9 ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 236.45
10 CHANNELIZATION 212.25

Indiana Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
State Designated Use Total Acres Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
AQUATIC LIFE 10,315.00 35.77 .00 64.23 color.gifcolor.gif
FISH CONSUMPTION 68,050.00 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
PRIMARY CONTACT RECREATION 16,145.00 96.91 .00 3.09 color.gifcolor.gif
PUBLIC OR INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY 25,495.00 .00 35.73 64.27 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 74,361.00 acres of lakes, ponds and reservoirs, or 52.05% of 142,871.00 total acres.

Indiana Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
Attainment Status Acres Percent of Assessed
Good 2,262.00 3.04
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 72,099.00 96.96
Total Acres Assessed 74,361.00 100.00

Indiana Top Causes of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Acres
Impaired
1 MERCURY 57,999.00
2 EXOTIC SPECIES 23,264.00
3 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 19,211.00
4 TASTE AND ODOR 16,385.00
5 ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A 16,385.00
6 BIOTIC COMMUNITY STATUS 6,520.00
7 TEMPERATURE, WATER 1,556.00
8 PATHOGENS 499.00
9 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 230.00
10 PH 105.00

Indiana Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
# State Source Name Total Acres Impaired by Source
1 SOURCE UNKNOWN 64,044.00
2 INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 1,556.00
3 NON-POINT SOURCE 469.00
4 ACID MINE DRAINAGE 105.00
5 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 30.00

Indiana Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Great Lakes Shoreline

Description of this table
State Designated Use Total Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
AQUATIC LIFE 59.22 97.65 .00 2.35 color.gifcolor.gif
FISH CONSUMPTION 59.22 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
PRIMARY CONTACT RECREATION 59.22 2.35 .00 97.65 color.gifcolor.gif
PUBLIC OR INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY 33.44 100.00 .00 .00 color.gif
The state assessed 59.22 miles of great lakes shoreline, or 100.00% of 59.22 total miles.

Indiana Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Great Lakes Shoreline

Description of this table
Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good .00 .00
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 59.22 100.00
Total Miles Assessed 59.22 100.00

Indiana Top Causes of Impairments
for Great Lakes Shoreline

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 59.22
2 MERCURY 59.22
3 PATHOGENS 57.83
4 CYANIDE 1.39

Indiana Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Great Lakes Shoreline

Description of this table
# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 SOURCE UNKNOWN 59.22
2 ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 18.49
3 ILLICIT CONNECTIONS/HOOK-UPS TO STORM SEWERS 18.49
4 NON-POINT SOURCE 5.90

Indiana Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Great Lakes Open Water

Description of this table
State Designated Use Total Square Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
FISH CONSUMPTION 240.90 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
The total size of this water type for the state is not currently available.

Indiana Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Great Lakes Open Water

Description of this table
Attainment Status Square Miles Percent of Assessed
Good .00 .00
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 240.90 100.00
Total Square Miles Assessed 240.90 100.00

Indiana Top Causes of Impairments
for Great Lakes Open Water

No Causes of Impairment Reported.

Indiana Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Great Lakes Open Water

No Probable Sources Reported.


Indiana

Causes of Impairment

Description of this table
State Cause Name Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Waters (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles)
ALGAL GRWTH/CHLOROPHYLL A 137.18 16,385.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AMMONIA (UN-IONIZED) 50.21 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ATRAZINE 13.88 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BENZO(A)PYRENE (PAHS) 21.77 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BIOTIC COMMUNITY STATUS 2,080.09 6,520.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CADMIUM 16.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHLORIDE 69.62 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COPPER 36.77 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CYANIDE 64.33 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1.39 .00 .00
DIOXIN (INCLUDING 2,3,7,8-TCDD) 154.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
EXOTIC SPECIES .00 23,264.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LEAD 617.36 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MERCURY 2,991.14 57,999.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 .00 .00
NICKEL 12.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NUTRIENT/EUTROPHICATION BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS 354.76 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OIL AND GREASE 11.22 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT (SEWAGE) BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS 29.91 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 4.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER FLOW REGIME ALTERATIONS 64.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OXYGEN, DISSOLVED 373.78 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PATHOGENS 5,005.45 499.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 57.83 .00 .00
PESTICIDES 57.93 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PH 83.59 105.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PHYSICAL SUBSTRATE HABITAT ALTERATIONS 141.99 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 3,327.58 19,211.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 .00 .00
PRIORITY ORGANICS 54.39 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES 35.53 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 128.70 230.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SULFATES 282.16 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TASTE AND ODOR .00 16,385.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TEMPERATURE, WATER 9.91 1,556.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS 395.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ZINC 38.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

Indiana

Probable Sources Contributing to Impairment

Description of this table
State Source Name Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairment
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Waters (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles)
ACID MINE DRAINAGE 158.85 105.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AGRICULTURE 179.11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (NPS) .91 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHANNELIZATION 212.25 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 283.22 30.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS 172.79 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 259.91 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DAM CONSTRUCTION (OTHER THAN UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS) 15.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DREDGING (E.G., FOR NAVIGATION CHANNELS) 53.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HABITAT MODIFICATION - OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION 175.51 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAYS, ROADS, BRIDGES, INFRASTURCTURE (NEW CONSTRUCTION) 2.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HISTORIC BOTTOM DEPOSITS (NOT SEDIMENT) 18.41 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS/HOOK-UPS TO STORM SEWERS 165.16 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 18.49 .00 .00
IMPACTS FROM ABANDONED MINE LANDS (INACTIVE) 24.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IMPACTS FROM HYDROSTRUCTURE FLOW REGULATION/MODIFICATION 62.53 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INAPPROPRIATE WASTE DISPOSAL 51.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 351.68 1,556.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LAND DISPOSAL 6.86 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LANDFILLS 7.39 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 348.71 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOSS OF RIPARIAN HABITAT 134.77 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 395.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NATURAL SOURCES 65.99 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-POINT SOURCE 4,739.60 469.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 5.90 .00 .00
ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 236.45 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 18.49 .00 .00
PACKAGE PLANT OR OTHER PERMITTED SMALL FLOWS DISCHARGES 180.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
POST-DEVELOPMENT EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION 21.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RESOURCE EXTRACTION 48.87 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALT STORAGE SITES 22.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS (COLLECTION SYSTEM FAILURES) 1.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SITE CLEARANCE (LAND DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT) 2.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SOURCE UNKNOWN 2,120.98 64,044.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 .00 .00
STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 48.81 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UNSPECIFIED URBAN STORMWATER 342.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPSTREAM IMPOUNDMENTS (E.G., PL-566 NRCS STRUCTURES) 13.39 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
URBAN RUNOFF/STORM SEWERS 114.56 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

Clicking anywhere on this state map will take you to the Enviromapper for Water website, where you can view and map various types of environmental information for the state. This information includes Superfund sites, water discharge permits, toxic releases, and more.


Jump to main content.