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Assessment Data for the State of Ohio Year 2004

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NOTE:  Ohio EPA summarizes data for the Integrated Report at watershed, large river segment, and Lake Erie shoreline segment scales. Additional details on underlying data observations are available and can be used for more detailed analysis of water resource condition on a more localized, in-depth scale. Much of the information is available in watershed reports available at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dsw/tmdl/2004IntReport/2004OhioIntegratedReport.htmll.

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Total Assessed Waters for the State of Ohio

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 21,173.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 311.70 .00 .00
Estimated Total Water Size in OH 41,383.37 118,801.00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 236.00 Unavailable Unavailable
Percent of Waters Assessed 51.17 .00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 132.08 Unavailable Unavailable

Assessed Waters of Ohio 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 9,063.15 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 268.85 .00 .00
ASHTABULA-CHAGRIN 350.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 27.90 .00 .00
AUGLAIZE 258.33 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BLACK-ROCKY 268.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 27.90 .00 .00
BLANCHARD 87.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CEDAR-PORTAGE 437.27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 14.95 .00 .00
CHAUTAUQUA-CONNEAUT 26.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 27.90 .00 .00
CUYAHOGA 218.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
GRAND 434.07 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HOCKING 438.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HURON-VERMILION 264.51 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 27.90 .00 .00
LICKING 389.22 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE MIAMI 543.38 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE MUSKINGUM-MIDDLE ISLAND 638.31 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE SCIOTO-TYGARTS 159.45 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER GREAT MIAMI 371.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER MAUMEE 332.92 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER SCIOTO 575.03 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MAHONING 389.79 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE OHIO-LAUGHERY 7.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MISSISSINEWA 15.03 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MOHICAN 320.34 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUSKINGUM 604.75 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OHIO BRUSH-WHITEOAK 546.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTTAWA-STONY 16.15 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PAINT 305.81 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RACCOON-SYMMES 219.98 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SANDUSKY 493.79 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 9.60 .00 .00
SHENANGO 64.29 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ST. JOSEPH 105.22 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TIFFIN 130.07 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TUSCARAWAS 215.59 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER GREAT MIAMI 725.99 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER MAUMEE 110.57 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER OHIO 374.46 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER OHIO-SHADE 106.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER OHIO-WHEELING 199.08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER SCIOTO 1,264.95 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER WABASH 69.58 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WALHONDING 807.98 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WHITEWATER 67.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WILLS 152.41 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00


Ohio 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
CONTACT RECREATION 10,980.37 59.39 .00 40.61 color.gifcolor.gif
DESIGNATED TIERED AQUATIC LIFE USE 21,022.65 50.12 .00 49.88 color.gifcolor.gif
FISH CONSUMPTION 5,689.57 52.62 .00 47.38 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 21,173.96 miles of rivers and streams, or 51.17% of 41,383.37 total miles.

Ohio Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good 10,583.64 49.98
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 10,590.32 50.02
Total Miles Assessed 21,173.96 100.00

Ohio Top Causes of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 DIRECT HABITAT ALTERATIONS 7,129.84
2 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 6,085.85
3 ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/DO 5,297.11
4 OTHER FLOW REGIME ALTERATIONS 4,973.26
5 NUTRIENTS 4,587.98
6 IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN 2,569.19
7 METALS 1,662.43
8 AMMONIA (UN-IONIZED) 1,471.98
9 UNKNOWN TOXICITY 1,430.29
10 PH 956.36

Ohio Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 5,302.41
2 CHANNELIZATION - AGRICULTURE 4,257.42
3 SOURCE UNKNOWN 2,719.99
4 UNSPECIFIED URBAN STORMWATER 2,207.10
5 NATURAL SOURCES 2,157.26
6 ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 2,126.77
7 MAJOR MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE 2,060.09
8 REMOVAL OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION - AGRICULTURE 1,903.94
9 CHANNELIZATION - DEVELOPMENT 1,845.27
10 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 1,792.59

Ohio 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
DESIGNATED TIERED AQUATIC LIFE USE 311.70 13.75 .00 86.25 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 311.70 miles of great lakes shoreline, or 132.08% of 236.00 total miles.

Ohio Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Great Lakes Shoreline

Description of this table
Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good 42.85 13.75
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 268.85 86.25
Total Miles Assessed 311.70 100.00

Ohio Top Causes of Impairments
for Great Lakes Shoreline

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 268.85
2 NUTRIENTS 268.85
3 TOTAL TOXICS 268.85
4 ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/DO 157.90
5 OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS 110.95

Ohio Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Great Lakes Shoreline

Description of this table
# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 268.85
2 NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 268.85
3 MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 167.25
4 OTHER 110.95
5 MAJOR MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE 101.60
6 HABITAT MODIFICATION - OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION 101.60
7 UNSPECIFIED URBAN STORMWATER 101.60
8 STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 101.60

Ohio

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)
ALUMINUM 138.81 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AMMONIA (UN-IONIZED) 1,471.98 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHLORINE 179.64 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DIRECT HABITAT ALTERATIONS 7,129.84 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FILLING AND DRAINING 14.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN 2,569.19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IRON 451.99 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOW NUTRIENTS 35.68 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MERCURY 36.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
METALS 1,662.43 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NATURAL LIMITS (DROUGHT) 144.99 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NATURAL LIMITS (WETLANDS) 667.33 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NICKEL 83.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NOXIOUS AQUATIC PLANTS 29.54 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NUTRIENTS 4,587.98 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 268.85 .00 .00
OIL AND GREASE 700.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/DO 5,297.11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 157.90 .00 .00
OTHER FLOW REGIME ALTERATIONS 4,973.26 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 110.95 .00 .00
OTHER INORGANICS 110.41 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER METALS 239.88 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PATHOGENS 603.17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PESTICIDES 368.15 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PH 956.36 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PRIORITY ORGANICS 751.84 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALINITY/TDS/CHLORIDES 437.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 6,085.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 268.85 .00 .00
TEMPERATURE, WATER 402.24 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) 435.67 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL TOXICS 238.67 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 268.85 .00 .00
TURBIDITY 256.03 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UNKNOWN TOXICITY 1,430.29 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ZINC 224.46 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

Ohio

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)
ACCIDENTAL RELEASE/SPILL 1,019.92 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ACID MINE DRAINAGE 496.22 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ANIMAL HOLDING/MANAGEMENT AREAS 171.53 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AQUACULTURE 6.01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHANNELIZATION 17.98 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHANNELIZATION - AGRICULTURE 4,257.42 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHANNELIZATION - DEVELOPMENT 1,845.27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 1,792.59 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 268.85 .00 .00
CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (NPS) 412.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS 607.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DAM CONSTRUCTION (OTHER THAN UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS) 46.35 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DAM CONSTRUCTION - AGRICULTURE 143.86 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DAM CONSTRUCTION - DEVELOPMENT 538.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DAM OR IMPOUNDMENT 44.45 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DOMESTIC WASTEWATER LAGOON 101.11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DRAINAGE/FILLING OF WETLAND - AGRICULTURE 41.49 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DRAINAGE/FILLING OF WETLANDS - DEVELOPMENT 14.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DREDGING - AGRICULTURE 354.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DREDGING - DEVELOPMENT 159.03 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FEEDLOTS (CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS) 155.71 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLOW REGULATION/MODIFICATION - AGRICULTURE 731.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLOW REGULATION/MODIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT 768.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
GROUNDWATER LOADINGS 27.81 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HABITAT MODIFICATION - OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION 365.55 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 101.60 .00 .00
HAZARDOUS WASTE 209.15 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAY/ROAD/BRIDGE RUNOFF (NON-CONSTRUCTION RELATED) 39.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAY/ROAD/BRIDGE/SEWER LINE 296.23 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAYS, ROADS, BRIDGES, INFRASTURCTURE (NEW CONSTRUCTION) 125.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HYDROMODIFICATION - AGRICULTURE 86.52 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HYDROMODIFICATION - DEVELOPMENT 144.35 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IMPACTS FROM HYDROSTRUCTURE FLOW REGULATION/MODIFICATION 107.62 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL LAND TREATMENT 169.08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 428.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL SITE RUNOFF 36.78 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 58.27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LAND DISPOSAL 21.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LANDFILLS 740.58 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE 1,078.13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MAJOR MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE 2,060.09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 101.60 .00 .00
MARINAS 91.39 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MINE TAILINGS 158.86 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MINING 42.81 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MINOR INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE 824.68 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MINOR MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE 1,251.34 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 722.07 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 167.25 .00 .00
NATURAL SOURCES 2,157.26 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 5,302.41 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 268.85 .00 .00
ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 2,126.77 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 110.95 .00 .00
PACKAGE PLANT OR OTHER PERMITTED SMALL FLOWS DISCHARGES 160.16 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PASTURE LAND 1,449.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PETROLEUM/NATURAL GAS ACTIVITIES 58.27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RANGE GRAZING - RIPARIAN 368.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RANGE GRAZING - RIPARIAN MANURE LAGOONS 39.42 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RANGE GRAZING - UPLAND 103.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RANGELAND GRAZING 39.87 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
REMOVAL OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION - AGRICULTURE 1,903.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
REMOVAL OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION - DEVELOPMENT 398.25 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS (COLLECTION SYSTEM FAILURES) 28.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEPTAGE DISPOSAL 130.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEWER LINE CONSTRUCTION 162.08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SITE CLEARANCE (LAND DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT) 1,070.57 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SOURCE UNKNOWN 2,719.99 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
STREAMBANK DESTABILIZATION - AGRICULTURE 1,100.99 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
STREAMBANK DESTABILIZATION - DEVELOPMENT 352.92 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 19.66 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 101.60 .00 .00
SUBSURFACE (HARDROCK) MININING 410.37 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SURFACE MINING 1,353.56 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UNSPECIFIED URBAN STORMWATER 2,207.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 101.60 .00 .00
UPSTREAM IMPOUNDMENTS (E.G., PL-566 NRCS STRUCTURES) 561.06 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
URBAN RUNOFF/STORM SEWERS 214.36 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WASTE STORAGE/STORAGE TANK LEAKS 70.35 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

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