Upper Tuscarawas River Watershed Action Plan
(July, 1999)
The Upper Tuscarawas River Watershed drains
approximately 52,000 acres of land from five subwatersheds within
Summit,
Stark,
and Portage
Counties into the Muskingum River Watershed and finally into the
Ohio River. The purpose of the Action Plan is to protect
and/or restore the water quality of the Upper Tuscarawas River
Watershed. The Plan characterizes key components within the
watershed that affect water quality, identifies potential
problems, and provides various mechanisms to improve or protect
local water resources. The ultimate intent of the the Action
Plan is to raise public awareness about the valuable environmental
resources in the watershed, leading to the creation and
implementation of stewardship projects and the use of Best
Management Practices (BMPs) in the watershed.
The preparation of this report by the
Northeast Ohio Four County Regional Planning and Development
Organization (NEFCO) was financed through the
Summit Soil
and Water conservation District (SWCD). The funding
originated from the State's Canal Lakes Watershed Management
Program, which is part of the
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Improvements Budget.
The report was approved by NEFCO's General Policy Board in July
1999.
Report
Title Page and Table of Contents
Text Pages 1-56
Text Pages 57-76
Text Pages 83-122
Figures
Figure 1 - Study Area
Figure 2 -
Drainage of the Portage Lakes Area
Figure 3 - Government Jurisdictions
Figure 4 - Land Use/Land Cover
Figure 5 - Sewered Areas and Central Water Facilities
Figure 6 - Oil and Gas Drilling Activity
Figure 7 - Oil and Gas Pipelines
Figure 8 - Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
Figure 9 - High Quality Waters of the State and Headwaters
Figure 10 - Selected Ground Water Resources
Figure 11 - Confined and Unconfined Aquifer
Figure 12 - Hydric Soils and Non-Hydric Soils with Hydric
Inclusions
Figure 13 - Biologically Significant Wetlands
Figure 14 - Riparian Habitat Quality
Figures 15 thru 20 - Individual Riparian Habitat Scores for
Various Streams
Figure 21 - Stream Gradient
Tables
Table 22 - Frequency of Habitat Scores Along the Tuscarawas River
and Other Streams
Table 26 - Upper Tuscarawas River Watershed Action Plan (Pages
84-116)
Appendix
Appendix A - Ohio
EPA Use Attainment Status and Causes and Sources of Impairment for
Monitored Stream Segments in the Upper Tuscarawas River Drainage
Area
Appendix B -
Non-Discharging (Non-Mechanical) Semi-Public Sewage Disposal
Systems
Appendix C -
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUSTs) Report
Appendix D -
Ohio Department of Health Fish Consumption Advisories
Appendix E -
An Introduction to the 1997 Master Sites List (MSL) Annual Report
Appendix F -
June 22 and August 18, 1998 Portage Lakes Task Force (PLTF)
Meeting Materials
Appendix G -
October 14 and 21, 1998 Portage Lakes Task Force (PLTF) Meeting
Materials
Appendix H -
Brief Summary of the Ohio Comparative Risk Project
Appendix I -
Ranking of 24 Potential Pollution Sources for Each Subwatershed of
the Upper Tuscarawas River Watershed
Appendix J -
Portage Lakes Wetland
Appendix K -
Karlo Fen State Nature Preserve
Appendix L -
Portage Lakes State Park
Appendix M -
Natural Heritage Records
Appendix N -
Inventory and Status of Unique Species, Features and Preserve Code
Sheet
Appendix O -
Ohio EPA Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index Fact Sheet
Appendix P -
Riparian Inventories
Appendix Q -
Portage Lakes Task Force Mailing List
Appendix R -
Abbreviations/Acronyms Used in the Watershed Action Plan
Appendix S -
List of Funding Sources in Ohio
Appendix T -
Completed Questionnaires Pertaining to the Watershed Action Plan
