Beneficial Use Support Document Conotton Creek Basin 2016

Conotton Creek at New Cumberland Road, RM 11.4 Division of Surface Water Ecological Assessment Section

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Introduction

Ohio EPA conducted a comprehensive biological, habitat and water quality survey of the Conotton Creek watershed in 2016. While some limited sampling has previously been conducted on the Conotton Creek mainstem, most of the existing data date back to the 1980s. Few tributaries within the basin have ever been sampled by Ohio EPA prior to 2016. Most (22) of the 25 streams designated within the Ohio water quality standards are, therefore, not verified based on survey data. In addition, other tributaries within the basin remain undesignated. Figure 1 depicts the 2016 Conotton Creek basin study area and locations where sampling occurred, which included eleven locations arranged along the 43-mile long mainstem. Additional sampling occurred in twenty-five tributaries throughout the Conotton Creek watershed, which drains an area of 286 mi2 in Figure 1. The 2016 Conotton Creek Basin Study Area. Carroll, Harrison and Tuscarawas counties and which lies entirely within the Western Allegheny Plateau ecoregion in eastern Ohio. Conotton Creek is a major tributary of the Tuscarawas into which it discharges at river mile 65.5.

Conotton Creek has been previously surveyed by Ohio EPA and it carries a verified warmwater habitat aquatic life use designation in the Ohio WQS that was validated by the 2016 survey once again. Most of the designated waterbodies in the Conotton Creek drainage basin are based on the original 1978 and 1985 state water quality standards. The techniques in use at that time did not include standardized approaches to the collection of in-stream biological data or numeric biocriteria. The 2016 study used biological field data consisting of an assessment of biological communities, a habitat assessment and water quality data to assess current conditions to either verify the existing ALU or recommend a new ALU (Table 2). Results of the biological and habitat assessment for each station sampled in 2016 are presented in Table 3 and the macrohabitat features are found in Table 5. The biological criteria for the WAP ecoregion are summarized in Table 4.

Recommendations

A total of 12 sites were sampled on the Conotton Creek mainstem from SR 151 (RM 41.6) to near the mouth (RM 0.2). The biological and habitat data collected during the 2016 survey continued to support the current WWH designation. All but one site near the mouth fully attained the WWH biocriteria (Table

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3) with some individual scores reaching into the very good to exceptional range, though not in a consistent fashion.

Aside from the Conotton Creek mainstem, twenty-five tributaries were also surveyed for aquatic life use potential in 2016. The biological and habitat data for eleven streams or stream segments supported the verification of the current WWH designation, denoted in Table 2 as (*/+). These include the following streams: Huff Run, Beggar Run, Indian Fork, Elliott Run, Willow Run, Pleasant Valley Run, Cold Spring Run, Gantz Creek, Thompson Run, McGuire Creek and Dining Fork from Kirby Run (RM 1.78) to the mouth. In addition, seven Figure 2. Irish Creek at RM 3.02 previously undesignated streams were documented to support, or have the potential to support the WWH use designation, including unnamed tributaries to Conotton Creek at RMs 7.67, 11.37, 17.22 and 28.20, Honey Run, Friday Creek, and the unnamed tributary to Indian Fork at RM 3.30.

Five streams in the upper portion of the watershed that are either undesignated or currently designated WWH support a coldwater habitat (CWH) use recommendation based on the cold water adapted fauna residing within (Table 1). These streams include Bear Hole Run, Long Creek, Lick Fork, Dining Fork (headwaters to Kirby Run (RM 1.78) and Irish Creek (headwaters to Lick Fork (RM 3.09). Bear Hole Run, Kirby Run, Long Creek, North Fork McGuire Creek and McGuire Creek from its headwaters downstream to the unnamed tributary at RM 7.57 are recommended to be designated EWH based on the exceptional biological communities that were documented within these streams (Table 3). The two highest habitat scores within the entire Conotton Creek study area were recorded in North Fork McGuire Creek (Table 5).

Table 1. Cold Water Adapted Fauna Documented within Tributaries of Conotton Creek. Stream Macroinvertebrates Fish Leuctra sp, Nigronia fasciata, Dolophilodes distinctus Goera Mottled Sculpin Bear Hole Run sp.,Oligostomis pardalis,Dicranota sp., Trissopelopia ogemawi, Redside Dace Zavrelimyia (Z.) sp., Parametriocnemus sp., Polypedilum Southern Redbelly Dace (Uresipedilum) aviceps Leuctra sp., Ceratopsyche slossonae, Oligostomis pardalis, Mottled Sculpin Lick Fork Lepidostoma sp., Zavrelimyia (Z.) sp., Parametriocnemus sp., Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) aviceps, Micropsectra sp. Irish Creek - headwaters to Ceratopsyche slossonae, Dicranota sp., Meropelopia sp., Mottled Sculpin Lick Run (RM 4.63) Parametriocnemus sp., Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) aviceps Dining fork - headwaters to Ceratopsyche slossonae, Anchytarsus bicolor, Dicranota sp., Mottled Sculpin Kirby Run (RM 1.78) Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) aviceps, Oligostomis pardalis Redside Dace Leuctra sp., Ceratopsyche slossonae, Dicranota sp., Mottled Sculpin Long Creek Dixa sp., Parametriocnemus sp., Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) Redside Dace aviceps Southern Redbelly Dace All evaluated streams were consistent with the current Agricultural and Industrial Water Supply and the Primary Contact Recreation use designations and are recommended where not otherwise already designated or verified.

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Table 2. Waterbody use designations and recommendations for the Conotton Creek study area. Designations based on the 1978 and 1985 Ohio Water Quality Standards are indicated with asterisks (*) while designations based on the results of a previous biological field assessment performed by Ohio EPA are symbolized using a plus sign (+). Verification of current designations based on this study are symbolized as (*/+) while a triangle (▲) denotes a new/revised recommendation use based on the findings of this study. Streams not assessed in this study are highlighted in gray.

Use Designations

Aquatic Life Water Recreation Habitat Supply Water Body Segment Comments S 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

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Conotton creek + + + */+

Huff run */+ */+ */+ */+

Beggar run */+ */+ */+ */+ Unnamed tributary (Conotton Creek RM 7.67) ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

Dog run * * * * Unnamed tributary (Conotton Creek RM 11.37) ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

Indian fork - at RMs 3.0 and 3.7 */+ o */+ */+ */+ PWS intakes - Atwood park (RM 3.0) and Atwood resort (RM 3.7)

- all other segments */+ */+ */+ */+ Unnamed tributary (Indian fork RM 3.30) ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

Elliott run */+ */+ */+ */+

Dellroy creek * * * *

Willow run (Messer run) */+ */+ */+ */+

Pleasant Valley run */+ */+ */+ */+

Cold Spring run */+ */+ */+ */+ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ Honey run Town creek * * * *

Gant creek */+ */+ */+ */+

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Use Designations

Aquatic Life Water Recreation Habitat Supply Water Body Segment Comments S 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

Thompson run */+ */+ */+ */+ Unnamed tributary (Conotton creek RM 17.22) ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

Holmes run * * * *

McGuire creek – headwaters to unnamed tributary (RM 7.57) ▲ */+ */+ */+

- all other free flowing segments */+ */+ */+ */+

North fork ▲ */+ */+ */+

Bear Hole run ▲ ▲ */+ */+ */+ Long creek ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ Unnamed tributary (Conotton creek RM 28.20) ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

Scott run * * * *

Dining fork – headwaters to Kirby run (RM 1.78) ▲ ▲ */+ */+ */+ - Kirby run (RM 1.78) to the mouth ▲ */+ */+ */+

Kirby run ▲ */+ */+ */+

Irish creek – headwaters to Lick fork (RM 3.09) ▲ + + */+ - Lick fork (RM 3.09) to the mouth + + + */+

Lick fork ▲ */+ */+ */+ Snow Creek is the same stream as Irish Cr. Snow creek * * * *

Unnamed tributary * * * *

Jefferson creek + + + */+

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.

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Table 3. Aquatic life use attainment status for stations sampled in the Conotton Creek basin based on data collected June-October 2016. The Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI), Modified Index of well-being (MIwb), and Invertebrate Community Index (ICI) are scores based on the performance of the biotic community. The Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index (QHEI) is a measure of the ability of the physical habitat to support a biotic community. The table is organized by stream name (River Code) – Ecoregion1 – Aquatic life use (ALU)2. Assessments are based on criteria for the recommended Aquatic Life Use Designations. Refer to “Beneficial Use Designations & Recommendations” within this report for additional details about use recommendations.

River Drain. Area Attain Station Location Assessment Unit IBI MIwbb ICIc QHEI Milea (mi2) Status Conotton Creek (17-100-000) – WAP- WWH 303623 adj. SR 151, Jewett-Hopedale Rd. 05040001 07 01 41.6H 3.8 48 - G 48.5 Full R08S04 CR 50, New Rumley Rd. 05040001 07 04 37.81H 17.5 50 - MGns 48.3 Full R08K05 CR 80, Leffler Rd. 05040001 07 04 32.5W 48.0 45 9.5 G 61.3 Full R08S01 CR 25, Conotton Rd. 05040001 07 07 28.94W 70.0 43ns 8.9 46 54.3 Full R08W05 SR 164, Amstedam Rd. 05040001 07 07 23.68W 87.0 51 10.3 46 72.1 Full R08K03 CR 22, Azalea Rd. 05040001 07 07 22.0B 89.0 41 9.3 48 45.0 Full 303578 SR 39, Church St, Sherrodsville 05040001 08 03 17.0W 156.2 44 8.9 50 77.5 Full 303579 TR 394, Miller Hill Rd. 05040001 08 03 13.9W 165.3 45 9.0 40 53.0 Full R08S14 CR 90, New Cumberland Rd. 05040001 08 05 11.36B 241.0 36ns 8.8 40 59.0 Full 303580 from TR 399, Marsh Rd. 05040001 08 05 6.7B 261.8 40 8.9 40 58.5 Full 303581 Zoarville Station trail TR 390 05040001 08 05 0.2B 286.0 33* 7.9* - 56.0 (Non)d Huff Run (17-101-000) – WAP – WWH 300601 TR 170, Heritage Rd. 05040001 08 04 7.85H 3.3 40ns - G 70.5 Full 300599 CR 36, Brass Rd. 05040001 08 04 5.46H 6.5 35* - F* 59.6 Non 300595 CR 90, New Cumberland Rd. 05040001 08 04 1.3H 11.8 28* - F* Non Beggar Run (17-102-000) – WAP – WWH 303653 CR 90, New Cumberland Rd. 05040001 08 05 0.5H 4.0 33* - MGns 47.0 Partial Trib. to Conotton Creek (RM 7.67) (17-100-005) – WAP – undesignated – WWH Recommended 303654 TR 388, Brown Hill Rd. 05040001 08 05 2.9H 3.8 32* - F* 60.5 Non Trib. To Conotton Creek (RM 11.37) (17-100-004) – WAP – undesignated - WWH Recommended 303614 TR 320, Dawn Rd. 05040001 08 05 0.3H 4.6 44 - F* 48.5 Partial Indian Fork (17-110-000) – WAP – WWH R08W03 SR 332, Scio Rd. 05040001 08 01 13.96H 12.3 36* - MGns 71.0 Partial 303543 from SR 39, Roswell Rd. 05040001 08 02 9.0W 33.5 30* 8.5 46 55.0 Partial R08S15 dst. Atwood Lake dam @ SR 212 05040001 08 02 0.53W 70.0 34* 7.2* 8* 53.1 Non

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River Drain. Area Attain Station Location Assessment Unit IBI MIwbb ICIc QHEI Milea (mi2) Status Tributary to Indian Fork (RM 3.30) (17-110-004) – WAP – undesignated - WWH Recommended 303651 SR 542 05040001 08 02 1.4 H 3.4 28* - F* 41.3 Non Elliott Run (17-111-000) – WAP – WWH 303702 CR 69, Clay Rd. 05040001 08 02 1.4H 3.5 30* - E 32.0 Partial Willow Run (17-113-000) – WAP – WWH 303649 CR 29, Bedrock Rd. 05040001 08 02 1.5H 7.7 30* - E 43.0 Partial Pleasant Valley Run (17-114-000) – WAP – WWH 303646 TR 147, Folsam Rd. 05040001 08 01 1.5H 6.5 42ns - E 56.5 Full Cold Spring Run (17-115-000) – WAP – WWH 303644 from SR 39, Roswell Rd. 05040001 08 01 0.6H 5.9 36* - G 56.0 Partial Honey Run (17-110-001) – WAP – undesignated - WWH Recommended R08P01 ust. Carrollton WWTP/ tributary 05040001 08 01 0.63H 3.4 44 - G 75.5 Full 303642 dst. Carrolton WWTP 05040001 08 01 0.5H 3.8 36* - F* 78.3 Non Gantz Creek (17-117-000) – WAP – WWH 303639 TR 354, Pebble Rd. 05040001 08 01 1.2H 7.3 44 - E 65.8 Full Friday Creek (17-117-001) – WAP – undesignated - WWH Recommended 303640 CR 66, Chase Rd. 05040001 08 01 1.2H 3.5 46 - G 51.5 Full Thompson Run (17-104-000) – WAP – WWH 303615 from SR 39, Roswell Rd. 05040001 08 03 0.7H 3.7 50 - G 59.0 Full Trib. to Conotton Creek (RM 17.22) (17-100-003) – WAP –undesignated – WWH Recommended 303635 pipeline 05040001 08 03 1.0H 6.3 44 - VG 72.6 Full McGuire Creek (17-106-000) – WAP – EWH Recommended from headwaters to Vo-Ash Lake outlet (RM 7.92) 303616 adj. CR 17, Aster Rd. 05040001 07 06 9.9H 2.7 52 - E 57.0 Full 303617 TR 374, Plymouth Rd. 05040001 07 06 8.3H 7.1 47 ns - VGns 62.0 Full McGuire Creek (17-106-000) – WAP – WWH R08W04 dst. Leesville Lake dam 05040001 07 06 1.38W 48.0 38* 7.86* 12* 53.6 Non North Fork McGuire Creek (17-107-000) – WAP – EWH Recommended 303632 TR 354, Pebble Rd. 05040001 07 05 9.4H 4.1 50 - E 79.5 Full 303633 CR 19, Autumn Rd. 05040001 07 05 7.7H 6.9 50 - E 85.5 Full 303542 SR 322, Scio Rd. 05040001 07 05 6.0 H 11.3 52 - E 68.0 Full Bear Hole Run (17-108-000) – WAP – EWH and CWH Recommended 303634 CR 54, Canyon Rd. 05040001 07 05 1.7H 1.4 50 - E 59.0 Full 6

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River Drain. Area Attain Station Location Assessment Unit IBI MIwbb ICIc QHEI Milea (mi2) Status Long Creek (17-106-001) – WAP – Undesignated – EWH and CWH Recommended 303631 CR 8, Alamo Rd. 05040001 07 06 0.7H 1.7 48ns - E 58.0 Full Trib. to Conotton Creek (RM 28.20) (17-100-002) – WAP – WWH Recommended 303618 CR 43, Bower Rd. 05040001 07 07 0.6H 3.8 48 - MGns 49.5 Full Dining Fork (17-118-000) – WAP – WWH; EWH recommended (entire length); CWH recommended from headwaters to Kirby Run (RM 1.78) 303626 from TR 382, Pontiff Rd. 05040001 07 03 6.3H 3.1 40* - E 54.0 Partial 303627 TR 645, Tartan Rd. 05040001 07 03 4.3H 6.3 48 ns - E 61.0 Full 303628 SR 151, Scio-Bowerston Rd. 05040001 07 03 0.2H 14.7 46 ns - VG ns 57.0 Full Kirby Run (17-119-000) – WAP – EWH Recommended 303629 adj. SR 332, Scio Rd. 05040001 07 03 0.7H 3.4 48ns - E 65.5 Full Irish Creek (17-120-000) – WAP – WWH; CWH recommended from headwaters to Lick Fork (RM 3.09) 303624 from CR 35, Branch Rd. 05040001 07 02 5.0H 6.7 44 - G 48.0 Full R08S13 SR 646, Scio New Rumley Rd. 05040001 07 02 2.5H 14.9 46 - G 51.0 Full Lick Fork (17-121-000) – WAP – CWH Recommended 303625 TR 135, Burrier Rd. 05040001 07 02 0.2H 5.0 40ns - E 55.3 Full Jefferson Creek (17-123-000) – WAP – WWH R08S07 High St., Jewett Park 05040001 07 01 0.12H 6.5 46 - F* 44.0 Partial a River Mile (RM) represents the Point of Record (POR) for the station, and may not be the actual sampling RM. b MIwb is not applicable to headwater streams with drainage areas < 20 mi2. c A narrative evaluation of the qualitative sample based on attributes such as EPT taxa richness, number of sensitive taxa, and community composition was used when quantitative data were not available or considered unreliable. VP=Very Poor, P=Poor, LF=Low Fair, F=Fair, MG=Marginally Good, G=Good, VG=Very Good, E=Exceptional d Macroinvertebrate assessment was precluded by deep & periodically impounded stream flow conditions. Attainment status represented by one organism group is shown in parentheses. ns Nonsignificant departure from biocriteria (<4 IBI or ICI units, or <0.5 MIwb units). * Indicates significant departure from applicable biocriteria (>4 IBI or ICI units, or >0.5 MIwb units). Underlined scores are in the Poor or Very Poor range. H Headwater site (draining ≤20 miles2) W Wading site (non-boat site draining >20 miles2) B Boat site (large or deep waters, necessitating the use of Boat sampling methods) 1 Level III Ecoregions: Western Alleghany Plateau (WAP) 2 Aquatic Life Use (ALU) designations: Exceptional Warmwater Habitat (EWH), Warmwater Habitat (WWH), Modified Warmwater Habitat (MWH), Coldwater Habitat (CWH)

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Table 4. Narrative ranges and biocriteria for the Western Allegheny Plateau (WAP) ecoregion. Headwater Wading Boat IBI IBI MIwb IBI MIwb ICI Narrative Evaluation 50-60 50-60 ≥9.4 48-60 ≥9.6 46-60 Exceptional 46-49 46-49 8.9-9.3 44-47 9.1-9.5 42-44 Very Good 44-45 44-45 8.4-8.8 40-43 8.6-9.0 36-40 Good 40-43 40-43 7.9-8.3 36-39 8.1-8.5 32-34 Marginally Good 28-39 28-39 5.9-7.8 26-35 6.4-8.0 14-30 Fair 18-27 18-27 4.5-5.8 16-25 5.0-6.3 8-12 Poor 12-17 12-17 0-4.4 12-15 0-4.9 ≤6 Very Poor

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Table 5. Matrix of QHEI scores and macrohabitat features of streams contained within the Conotton Creek study area, 2016.

Key QHEI Components WWH Attributes MWH Attributes

Mod.Influence Modified Attributes

High

Boulder/Cobble/Gravel Substrates

Low/NormalRiffle E

High/Mod.Riffle Embeddedness

High/Moderate Embeddedness

Influence ModifiedAttributes

NotChannelized orRecovered

Good/ExcellentDevelopment

MWHH.I.+1 /WWH+1 Ratio

Low/NormalEmbeddedness

Heavy/Moderate Substrates

Extensive/ModerateCover

Channelized/NoRecovery

HardpanSubstrate Origin

Moderate/High Sinuosity

Only 1 Only orCover2 Types

MWHM.I. WWH / Ratio

SandSubstrates (Boat)

Fair/PoorDevelopment

Intermittent/PoorPools

Silt/Muck Substrates

RecoveringChannel

FastCurrent/Eddies

MaxDepth > 40cm MaxDepth < 40cm

Silt FreeSilt Substrate

Sparse/NoCover

WWHAttributes

NoFastCurrent

mbeddedness

LowSinuosity

NoSinuosity

NoRiffle Grad- River Drain. ient Station Mile Area QHEI (ft/mi)

Jefferson Creek (17-123-000) Year: 2016 R08S07 0.1 6.5 44.0 31.25 X X 2 X X X 3 X X X X X 5 1.33 2.33 Lick Fork (17-121-000) Year: 2016 303625 0.2 5.0 55.3 133.33 X X X X X X 6 X 1 X X X X X 5 0.29 0.86 Irish Creek (17-120-000) Year: 2016 303624 5.0 6.7 48.0 17.39 X X 2 X 1 X X X X X X X X 8 1.00 3.33 R08S13 2.5 14.9 51.0 14.18 X X X 3 0 X X X X X X X X 8 0.50 2.50 Kirby Run (17-119-000) Year: 2016 303629 0.7 3.4 65.5 22.22 X X X X X X 6 0 X X X X 4 0.14 0.86 Dining Fork (17-118-000) Year: 2016 303626 6.3 3.1 54.0 28.57 X X X X 4 X X 2 X X X X X X X 7 0.80 1.60 303627 4.3 6.3 61.0 15.75 X X X X X X 6 0 X X X X X X 6 0.14 1.14 303628 0.2 14.7 57.0 8.75 X X X X 4 0 X X X X X X X 7 0.40 1.80

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Key QHEI Components WWH Attributes MWH Attributes

Mod.Influence Modified Attributes

High

Boulder/Cobble/Gravel Substrates

Low/NormalRiffle E

High/Mod.Riffle Embeddedness

High/Moderate Embeddedness

Influence ModifiedAttributes

NotChannelized orRecovered

Good/ExcellentDevelopment

MWHH.I.+1 /WWH+1 Ratio

Low/NormalEmbeddedness

Heavy/Moderate Substrates

Extensive/ModerateCover

Channelized/NoRecovery

HardpanSubstrate Origin

Moderate/High Sinuosity

Only 1 Only orCover2 Types

MWHM.I. WWH / Ratio

SandSubstrates (Boat)

Fair/PoorDevelopment

Intermittent/PoorPools

Silt/Muck Substrates

RecoveringChannel

FastCurrent/Eddies

MaxDepth > 40cm MaxDepth < 40cm

Silt FreeSilt Substrate

Sparse/NoCover

WWHAttributes

NoFastCurrent

mbeddedness

LowSinuosity

NoSinuosity

NoRiffle Grad- River Drain. ient Station Mile Area QHEI (ft/mi)

Friday Creek (17-117-001) Year: 2016 303640 1.2 3.5 51.5 133.33 X X X X 4 X 1 X X X X X X X X 8 0.40 1.80 Gant Creek (17-117-000) Year: 2016 303639 1.2 7.3 65.8 23.87 X X X X X 5 0 X X X X X X 6 0.17 1.17 Cold Spring Run (17-115-000) Year: 2016 303644 0.6 5.9 56.0 28.17 X X X X X 5 X 1 X X X X X X 6 0.33 1.17 Pleasant Valley Run (17-114-000) Year: 2016 303646 1.5 6.5 56.5 17.24 X X X X 4 0 X X X X X X 6 0.20 1.60 Willow Creek (17-113-000) Year: 2016 303649 1.5 7.7 43.0 15.15 X 1 X X X 3 X X X X X X 6 2.00 4.00 Elliott Run (17-111-000) Year: 2016 303702 1.4 3.5 32.0 12.57 0 X X X X 4 X X X X X X X X 8 6.00 10.00 Trib. To Indian Fork (Rm 3.30) (17-110-004) Year: 2016 303651 1.4 3.4 41.3 10.00 X X X 3 X X 2 X X X X X X X X X 9 0.75 2.75

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Key QHEI Components WWH Attributes MWH Attributes

Mod.Influence Modified Attributes

High

Boulder/Cobble/Gravel Substrates

Low/NormalRiffle E

High/Mod.Riffle Embeddedness

High/Moderate Embeddedness

Influence ModifiedAttributes

NotChannelized orRecovered

Good/ExcellentDevelopment

MWHH.I.+1 /WWH+1 Ratio

Low/NormalEmbeddedness

Heavy/Moderate Substrates

Extensive/ModerateCover

Channelized/NoRecovery

HardpanSubstrate Origin

Moderate/High Sinuosity

Only 1 Only orCover2 Types

MWHM.I. WWH / Ratio

SandSubstrates (Boat)

Fair/PoorDevelopment

Intermittent/PoorPools

Silt/Muck Substrates

RecoveringChannel

FastCurrent/Eddies

MaxDepth > 40cm MaxDepth < 40cm

Silt FreeSilt Substrate

Sparse/NoCover

WWHAttributes

NoFastCurrent

mbeddedness

LowSinuosity

NoSinuosity

NoRiffle Grad- River Drain. ient Station Mile Area QHEI (ft/mi)

Honey Run (17-110-001) Year: 2016 R08P01 0.6 3.4 75.5 58.80 X X X X X X 6 0 X X X X 4 0.14 0.71 303642 0.5 3.8 78.3 58.80 X X X X X X 6 0 X X X X 4 0.14 0.71 Indian Fork (17-110-000) Year: 2016 R08W03 14.0 12.3 71.0 10.69 X X X X X X 6 0 X X X X X 5 0.14 1.00 303543 9.0 33.5 55.0 1.59 X X X X 4 X 1 X X X X X X 6 0.40 1.60 R08S15 0.5 70.0 53.1 39.21 X X X X 4 0 X X X X X X X 7 0.20 1.80 Bear Hole Run (17-108-000) Year: 2016 303634 1.7 1.4 59.0 58.82 X X X X X 5 0 X X X X X X 6 0.17 1.17 North Fork McGuire Creek (17-107-000) Year: 2016 303632 9.4 4.1 79.5 31.25 X X X X X X X 7 0 X X X X 4 0.13 0.63 303633 7.7 6.9 85.5 35.09 X X X X X X X X 8 0 X X X 3 0.11 0.44 303542 6.0 11.3 68.0 16.95 X X X X X X X 7 0 X X X X X X 6 0.13 0.88 Long Creek (17-106-001) Year: 2016 303631 0.7 1.7 58.0 52.63 X X X X 4 X 1 X X X X X 5 0.40 1.20 McGuire Creek (17-106-000)

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Key QHEI Components WWH Attributes MWH Attributes

Mod.Influence Modified Attributes

High

Boulder/Cobble/Gravel Substrates

Low/NormalRiffle E

High/Mod.Riffle Embeddedness

High/Moderate Embeddedness

Influence ModifiedAttributes

NotChannelized orRecovered

Good/ExcellentDevelopment

MWHH.I.+1 /WWH+1 Ratio

Low/NormalEmbeddedness

Heavy/Moderate Substrates

Extensive/ModerateCover

Channelized/NoRecovery

HardpanSubstrate Origin

Moderate/High Sinuosity

Only 1 Only orCover2 Types

MWHM.I. WWH / Ratio

SandSubstrates (Boat)

Fair/PoorDevelopment

Intermittent/PoorPools

Silt/Muck Substrates

RecoveringChannel

FastCurrent/Eddies

MaxDepth > 40cm MaxDepth < 40cm

Silt FreeSilt Substrate

Sparse/NoCover

WWHAttributes

NoFastCurrent

mbeddedness

LowSinuosity

NoSinuosity

NoRiffle Grad- River Drain. ient Station Mile Area QHEI (ft/mi)

Year: 2016 303616 9.9 2.7 57.0 38.46 X X 2 X X 2 X X X X X X 6 1.33 2.33 303617 8.3 7.1 62.0 20.61 X X X 3 X 1 X X X X X X 6 0.50 2.00 R08W04 1.4 48.0 53.6 37.73 X X X X X 5 0 X X X X X X X X 8 0.17 1.67 Thompson Run (17-104-000) Year: 2016 303615 0.7 3.7 59.0 12.35 X X X X X X 6 X 1 X X X X X X X 7 0.29 1.29 Beggar Run (17-102-000) Year: 2016 303653 0.5 4.0 47.0 19.80 X X X X 4 X X 2 X X X X X X X 7 0.60 1.80 Huff Run (17-101-000) Year: 2016 300601 7.9 3.3 70.5 22.50 X X X X X X 6 0 X X X X X 5 0.14 0.86 300599 5.5 6.5 59.6 25.64 X X X X X 5 X 1 X X X X X X X 7 0.33 1.33 Trib. To Conotton Creek (Rm 7.67) (17-100-005) Year: 2016 303654 2.9 3.8 60.5 19.05 X X X X X X 6 X 1 X X X X X X 6 0.43 1.14 Trib. To Conotton Creek (Rm 11.37) (17-100-004) Year: 2016 303614 0.3 4.6 48.5 28.17 X X 2 X 1 X X X X X X X 7 1.00 3.00 Trib. To Conotton Creek (Rm 17.22) (17-100-003)

Ohio EPA:DSW/EAS Conotton Creek Basin Use Support 2016 May 25, 2021

Key QHEI Components WWH Attributes MWH Attributes

Mod.Influence Modified Attributes

High

Boulder/Cobble/Gravel Substrates

Low/NormalRiffle E

High/Mod.Riffle Embeddedness

High/Moderate Embeddedness

Influence ModifiedAttributes

NotChannelized orRecovered

Good/ExcellentDevelopment

MWHH.I.+1 /WWH+1 Ratio

Low/NormalEmbeddedness

Heavy/Moderate Substrates

Extensive/ModerateCover

Channelized/NoRecovery

HardpanSubstrate Origin

Moderate/High Sinuosity

Only 1 Only orCover2 Types

MWHM.I. WWH / Ratio

SandSubstrates (Boat)

Fair/PoorDevelopment

Intermittent/PoorPools

Silt/Muck Substrates

RecoveringChannel

FastCurrent/Eddies

MaxDepth > 40cm MaxDepth < 40cm

Silt FreeSilt Substrate

Sparse/NoCover

WWHAttributes

NoFastCurrent

mbeddedness

LowSinuosity

NoSinuosity

NoRiffle Grad- River Drain. ient Station Mile Area QHEI (ft/mi)

Year: 2016 303635 1.0 6.3 72.6 18.02 X X X X X 5 0 X X X X X X 6 0.17 1.33 Trib. To Conotton Creek (Rm 28.20) (17-100-002) Year: 2016 303618 0.6 3.8 49.5 25.00 X X X 3 X X 2 X X X X X X 6 0.75 1.75 Conotton Creek (17-100-000) Year: 2016 303623 41.6 3.8 48.5 14.05 X X X X X 5 X 1 X X X X X X X 7 0.33 1.50 R08S04 37.8 17.5 48.3 5.70 X X X 3 X X 2 X X X X X X 6 1.00 2.00 R08K05 32.5 48.0 61.3 7.69 X X 2 0 X X X X X X X 7 0.67 3.00 R08S01 29.1 70.0 54.3 5.75 X X 2 0 X X X X X X X 7 0.67 3.00 R08W05 23.7 87.0 72.1 4.49 X X X X X X X 7 0 X X X 3 0.13 0.63 R08K03 22.0 89.0 45.0 3.00 X X X X 4 X 1 X X X X X X 6 0.40 1.60 303578 17.0 156.2 77.5 2.96 X X X X X X X X X 9 0 X X 2 0.10 0.40 303579 13.9 165.3 53.0 2.12 X X X X 4 0 X X X X X X 6 0.40 1.60 R08S14 11.4 241.0 59.0 2.12 X X X X X 5 0 X X X X X 5 0.17 1.17 303580 6.7 261.8 58.5 1.34 X X X X 4 0 X X X X X X 6 0.20 1.40 303581 0.2 286.0 56.0 1.34 X X X X 4 X 1 X X X X X X 6 0.40 1.60