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Biological and Water Quality Study of the Tiffin River and Select Tributaries, 2012-2014 Biological and Water Quality Study of the Tiffin River and Select Tributaries, 2012-2014. Defiance, Fulton, Williams, and Henry Counties Division of Surface Water December 15th, 2015 DSW/EAS 2015-06-04 Tiffin River Watershed 2012-14 December 15th, 2015 Biological and Water Quality Study of the Tiffin River and Select Tributaries, 2012-2014 Defiance, Fulton, Williams, and Henry Counties Technical Report Number DSW/EAS 2015-06-04 Prepared by State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Division of Surface Water Lazarus Government Center 50 West Town Street, Suite 700 P.O. Box 1049 Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049 Ecological Assessment Section 4675 Homer Ohio Lane Groveport, Ohio 43125 Northwest District Office 347 N. Dunbridge Road Bowling Green, Ohio 43402 John R. Kasich, Governor Craig W. Butler, Director State of Ohio Ohio Environmental Protection Agency DSW/EAS 2015-06-04 Tiffin River Watershed 2012-14 December 15th, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................... i List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................ ii List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................. v List of Appendices (Separate Companion Document) ................................................................................ vii Executive summary ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Recommendations ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Study Area Description ............................................................................................................................... 22 Fish Community Overview .......................................................................................................................... 29 Fish Community Trends .............................................................................................................................. 39 Stream Physical Habitat .............................................................................................................................. 48 Macroinvertebrate Community Overview .................................................................................................. 61 Surface Water Chemistry ............................................................................................................................ 82 NPDES Permitted Facilities........................................................................................................................ 118 Sediment chemistry .................................................................................................................................. 127 Recreation Use .......................................................................................................................................... 128 Public Drinking Water Supplies ................................................................................................................. 134 Lake Sampling ........................................................................................................................................... 137 Fish Tissue Contamination ........................................................................................................................ 140 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................... 145 References ................................................................................................................................................ 146 i DSW/EAS 2015-06-04 Tiffin River Watershed 2012-14 December 15th, 2015 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Tiffin River basin sampling locations and biological community performance, 2012-13. Site numbers correspond to Table 1. ............................................................................................... 7 Figure 2. Streams within the Tiffin River watershed assessed 2012-14. ............................................... 21 Figure 3. Vegetation and land use cover types for the Tiffin River watershed, Ohio, 2012. ................. 26 Figure 4. STATSGO general soil groups in the Tiffin River watershed, 2012. ........................................ 27 Figure 5 . Relative percent (#/0.3 km) of tolerant fish composition of total catch by river mile for Brush Creek sampling locations, 2013. ............................................................................................. 32 Figure 6. Longitudinal (left) and aggregate (right) performance of IBI and MIwb scores for the Tiffin River mainstem, 1992 and 2012-13. The shaded portions represent applicable biocriteria and areas of non-significant departure from said values. Only data collected using boat methods are displayed. ........................................................................................................... 41 Figure 7. Performance of IBI (left) and MIwb (right) scores at selected locations in the Tiffin River mainstem through time, 1984, 1992, and 2013. The shaded portions represent applicable biocriteria and areas of non-significant departure from said values. ..................................... 42 Figure 8. Relative Abundance (#/km) for selected characteristic fish groups and common carp from the Tiffin River mainstem, 1992 and 2013. ............................................................................. 43 Figure 9. Percent biomass (%kg/km) of common carp compared to round-bodied suckers, freshwater drum, channel catfish, and carpsuckers and bufflalo fish species from Tiffin River mainstem, 1992 and 2013......................................................................................................................... 43 Figure 10. Longitudinal performance of IBI scores for Mill Creek, 2013, 1997, and 1992. The shaded portions represent applicable biocriteria and areas of non-significant departure from said values. ..................................................................................................................................... 44 Figure 11. Longitudinal performance of IBI and MIwb scores for Beaver Creek (left), Brush Creek (middle), and Lick Creek (right), 2013 and 1997. The shaded portions represent applicable biocriteria and areas of non-significant departure from said values. ..................................... 46 Figure 12. Longitudinal performance of IBI and MIwb scores for Mud Creek, 1997 and 2013. Shaded areas represent respective applicable biocriteria and areas of non-significant departure from biocriteria. ...................................................................................................................... 47 Figure 13. Longitudinal and aggregated QHEI performance for the Tiffin River mainstem, 1992 and 2012-13. Only QHEI scores collected in conjunction with boat fish sampling methods are displayed. ................................................................................................................................ 48 Figure 14. Individual QHEI metric distributions for the Tiffin River mainstem, 1992 and 2012-13. Only QHEI scores collected in conjunction with boat sampling methods are displayed. ............... 50 Figure 15. Percentage of agricultural area in conservation tillage in the Maumee River basin by hydrologic unit, 1996-98, from Myers et al. 2000. ................................................................ 53 Figure 16. Longitudinal trend of the Invertebrate Community Index (ICI), number of EPT taxa (EPT) in the qualitative sample, and number of sensitive taxa (ST) in the qualitative sample in the Tiffin River, 1984-2013. ........................................................................................................... 65 Figure 17. Longitudinal trend of the number of EPT taxa (EPT) in the qualitative sample and number of sensitive taxa (ST) in the qualitative sample in Mill Creek, 1992-2013. ................................. 66 Figure 18. Longitudinal trend of the Invertebrate Community Index (ICI), number of EPT taxa (EPT) in the qualitative sample, and number of sensitive taxa (ST) in the qualitative sample in Beaver Creek, 1983-2013. ................................................................................................................... 67 ii DSW/EAS 2015-06-04 Tiffin River Watershed 2012-14 December 15th, 2015 Figure 19. Longitudinal trend of the Invertebrate Community Index (ICI), number of EPT taxa (EPT) in the qualitative sample, and number of sensitive taxa (ST) in the qualitative sample in Brush Creek, 1984-2013. ................................................................................................................... 68 Figure 20. Longitudinal trend of the Invertebrate Community Index (ICI), number of EPT taxa (EPT) in the qualitative sample, and number of sensitive taxa (ST) in the qualitative sample in Lick Creek, 1984-2013. ..................................................................................................................
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