Streams Sampled by Ohio EPA/Ohio DNR for Fish Tissue as of December 2011 Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water February 29, 2012 Water Body Years Sampled River Miles* County(ies) Description Alum Creek 1996, 1997 23.8 to 3.9 Delaware, Franklin Acorn Farms Nursery to Columbus – Refugee Road Anderson Fork 1998 4.9 Clinton, Greene Old Winchester Road Ashtabula River 1990, 1994, 2002, 2011 23.8 to 0 Ashtabula Kelloggsville – State Road to Lake Erie Auglaize River 1994, 2000 92.6 to 1 Allen, Auglaize, Wapakoneta – Mudsock Road to Defiance Defiance, Paulding, Putnam Beaver Creek 2000 9.7 to 1.5 Mercer Celina – Meyer Road to Burrville Road Beaver Creek 2009 4.0 to 3.48 Sandusky, Seneca Downstream of RV Park Big Creek 2004 0.6 Lake SR 86 Big Darby Creek 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002 76.6 to 3 Champaign, Franklin, North Lewisburg Road to State Route 104 Madison, Pickaway, Union Big Walnut Creek 1996 60.1 to 1.7 Delaware, Franklin, Marengo – Chambers Road to U.S. Route 23 Morrow, Pickaway Black Fork Mohican River 1994, 1997, 2007 18.6 to 0.1 Ashland, Richland Charles Mill Dam to Township Road 541 Black River 1992, 1994, 2002 9.8 to 0.1 Lorain Ford Road Bridge to Lake Erie Blanchard River 1995, 1997, 1999, 2005 87.7 to 0.2 Hancock, Hardin, County Road 183 to Auglaize River Putnam Blue Creek 1993 0.7 Lucas Whitehouse – Finzel Road Blue Creek 1996 6.9 Paulding State Route 613 at Township Road 137 Broken Sword Creek 1996 10.5 to 0.9 Crawford, Wyandot Wyandot-Crawford County Line Road to Nevada – County Road 62 Buck Creek 1994, 2003 6.4 to 1.8 Clark Old Reid Park to Snyder Park at RR Bridge Buffalo Fork 2000 6.2 to 0.3 Guernsey North Iowa Road to bridge at State Route 146 Caesar Creek 1998, 2011 18.05 to 2.7 Clinton, Greene, Downstream State Route 380 to O’Neill Road Warren Captina Creek 1995, 2009 22.1 to 0.5 Belmont Alledonia – State Route 148 to Ohio River Cedar Creek 1993 15.5 to 4.2 Lucas, Ottawa, Wood Drouillard Road to Cousino Road Chagrin River 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002 28.1 to 0.2 Cuyahoga, Lake Chagrin Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant to Lake Erie Chapman Creek 1994 4 to 0.9 Clark Tremont City Landfill to Tremont City Chippewa Creek 2000, 2004 12.3 to 0.2 Medina, Wayne Seville – Seville Road to bridge near mouth Clear Creek 1995, 2004, 2007 4.8 to 0.7 Hocking Downstream Metroparks Clear Creek Office to near mouth Clear Fork Mohican River 1994, 1997, 2007 30.6 to 0.2 Ashland, Richland Clear Fork Reservoir to State Route 3 Conneaut Creek 1995, 2006 23.6 to 1.3 Ashtabula Upstream Furnace Road to Lake Erie Conotton Creek 1997 23.7 to 3.7 Carroll, Harrison State Route 164 to Somervale Road 1 Water Body Years Sampled River Miles* County(ies) Description Cowan Creek 1998, 2007 10.3 to 0.6 Clinton Ireland Road to Clarksville Road Crane Creek 1993 13.1 Ottawa Billman Road Crooked Creek 2000 1.7 Guernsey Cambridge – Pigeon Gap Road Cross Creek 1996, 2000, 2002, 24.8 to 1.3 Jefferson North Branch to adjacent slag 2009, 2010 Cuyahoga River 1992, 1999, 2001, 83.8 to 1 Cuyahoga, Geauga, Horwath’s Landing – Eldon Russell Park to old channel at end 2005, 2008 Portage, Summit Deer Creek 1996, 2011 65.9 to 1.2 Madison, Pickaway, Green Lane to State Route 104 Ross Dicks Creek 1998, 2000, 2002, 2010 5.5 to 0.2 Butler Cincinnati Road to downstream State Route 4 Dry Creek 1993 4.8 Wood Lemoyne Road Duck Creek 1993, 2007 1.4 to 0.1 Lucas Toledo – Millard Road to Maumee River Duck Creek 1995, 1997, 2000, 16.1 to 0 Washington Stanleyville – County Road 42 to Ohio River 2001, 2009 Eagle Creek 1995 12.9 to 0.5 Adams, Brown State Route 763 to Ohio River Eagle Creek 1996 10.5 to 4 Hancock Township Road 25 to State Route 15 at U.S. Route 68 Eagle Creek 2000 14.3 to 7.2 Portage, Trumbull Garrettsville – Silica Sand Road to State Route 534 East Branch Black River 2000, 2002 44.4 to 3.1 Lorain, Medina East Fork East Branch Black River to Elyria – Fuller Road East Branch Huron River 1998 20.9 to 2.2 Huron State Route 162 to Lovers Lane Road East Branch Middle Fork 1990 1.5 Columbiana Leetonia Wastewater Treatment Plant at RR bridge Little Beaver Creek East Branch Nimishillen 1993 8.9 to 0.1 Stark St. Louisville – Meese Road to Canton – Cook Park Creek East Branch Rocky River 1995, 2000 23 to 1.3 Cuyahoga, Medina Hinckley Reservation to Spafford Road East Branch St. Joseph 2000 4.7 to 1.1 Williams County Road S to State Route 15 River East Fork Duck Creek 2000 9.6 Noble Harrietsville East Fork Eagle Creek 1995 4.3 Adams Brier Ridge Road East Fork Little Miami River 1996, 1998 75.3 to 4.8 Brown, Clermont, Canada Road to Lower East Fork Little Miami River Wastewater Clinton, Highland Treatment Plant Federal Creek 1997, 2004 8.7 to 0.1 Athens Armadale – State Route 329 to State Route 144 Fields Brook 1994, 2002 0.1 Ashtabula Ashtabula at Ashtabula River Flatrock Creek 1996 12.6 to 2.8 Paulding Paulding – U.S. Route 127 to State Route 637 Fourmile Creek 1995, 2004, 2007 24.7 to 5.4 Butler, Preble Camden College Road to Eaton Road French Creek 2002 0.1 Lorain Black River Grand River 1994, 1997, 1998, 94.3 to 0 Ashtabula, Geauga, Upstream Hobart Road to Lake Erie 1999, 2002, 2004 Trumbull Grassy Creek 1993, 2006 3 Wood Lime City Road 2 Water Body Years Sampled River Miles* County(ies) Description Great Miami River 1993, 1994, 1998, 148.4 to 1.8 Butler, Hamilton, Logansville – State Route 47 to Downstream Shawnee boat ramp 2002, 2008, 2009, Logan, Miami, 2010, 2011 Montgomery, Shelby, Warren Green Creek 1998, 2009 18.4 to 13.4 Sandusky Dewey Road Greenville Creek 1996 33 to 1.6 Darke, Miami Spring Grove Road to Greenville Falls Hamilton Hydraulic Canal 1998, 2010 3.3 to 0.1 Butler Control Structure to Great Miami River Hellbranch Run 2002 6.1 to 1 Franklin Norton Road to Lambert Road Hocking River 1995, 1997, 1999, 95.2 to 0.5 Athens, Fairfield, Lancaster – Litholopolis Road to Hockingport 2004, 2007 Hocking Holes Creek 1998, 2009 73.3 Montgomery Dayton – McEwen Road Honey Creek 1996 38.3 to 5.3 Seneca Attica – State Route 4 to State Route 231 Honey Creek 2000 3.2 Miami Rudy Road Hurford Run 2000 0.8 Stark Canton – Dueber Road Huron River 1994, 1997 14.7 to 0 Erie, Huron Lover’s Lane to Lake Erie Ice Creek 2010 1.5 Lawrence Ironton Indian Creek 2005 15.1 to 1.6 Butler State Route 732 (Reily) to State Route 128 Indian Guyan Creek 1996, 1997 25.1 to 15.3 Gallia, Lawrence State Route 218 to Scottown Covered Bridge Jelloway Creek 1996 4.2 to 0.1 Knox Howard Danville Road to Kokosing River Jerome Fork Mohican River 1994, 2007 5.6 Ashland Jeromesville – County Road 30A Jonathan Creek 1996 24.2 to 5.9 Muskingum, Perry Mount Perry – State Route 204 to East Fultonham – Carson Road Killbuck Creek 1993, 2009 60.6 to 13.3 Holmes, Wayne Wooster – Ewing Road to downstream Township Road 25 Kings Creek 2000 0.1 Champaign Upper Valley Pike Kokosing River 1996, 1998, 2007 40.5 to 2.7 Knox Lucerne – Lucerne Road to Riley Chapel Road Leatherwood Creek 1996 11.9 Guernsey State Route 285 Licking River 1993, 1997, 2009 28.3 to 5.2 Licking, Muskingum Newark Wastewater Treatment Plant to downstream Dillon Dam Little Auglaize River 1996 36.9 to 2 Paulding, Putnam, Van Middlepoint Road to Melrose – State Route 613 Wert Little Beaver Creek 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001 15 to 4.2 Columbiana State Park to Grimms Bridge Road Little Cuyahoga River 1999 11.2 Summit Akron – Universal Materials Bridge Little Darby Creek 1992, 1997, 2002 34.7 to 0.7 Champaign, Franklin, Mechanicsburg – Irwin Road to Big Darby Creek Madison, Union Little Miami River 1993, 1998, 2006, 83.1 to 3.5 Greene, Hamilton, Yellow Springs – Jacoby Road to Cincinnati -Beechmont Avenue 2007, 2011 Warren Little Muskingum River 1995, 2009 37.6 to 0.4 Monroe, Washington Upstream Knowlton Bridge to upstream State Route 2 Little Raccoon Creek 1995, 1997 29.4 to 1.8 Gallia, Jackson Wellston – Welston Park Road to Koontz-Sailer Road Little Scioto River 1990, 1999, 2009 11.1 to 6.3 Marion Marion – Kenton-Galion Road to Marion Wastewater Treatment Plant 3 Water Body Years Sampled River Miles* County(ies) Description Little Scioto River 1995, 2010 31.4 to 0.5 Jackson, Scioto Johnson Road Covered Bridge to upstream US Route 52 Little Stillwater Creek 1996 10.5 Harrison Tappan Lake dam spillway Little Three Mile Creek 1998 0.9 Clermont Ohio River Meldahl Pool Little Wakatomika Creek 1996, 2003 0.7 to 0.6 Muskingum Cass Irish Ridge Road to Cass Ridge Road Loramie Creek 1994 20.8 to 0.4 Shelby Fort Loramie – State Route 66 to Lockington – Landman Mill Road Lost Creek 2000 3.2 Miami State Route 202 Lytle Creek 1998, 2007 0.6 Clinton Clarksville Road Mad River 1994, 2003 50.9 to 1.6 Champaign, Clark, Pimtown Road to Findley Street Greene, Montgomery Mahoning River 1994, 1999, 2006 70.3 to 12.5 Mahoning, Portage, Berlin Dam to Lowellville Dam Trumbull Massies Creek 1996, 2011 5.6 to 1.2 Greene Charlton-Mill Road to Fawcett Drive Maumee River 1990, 1993, 1995, 2008 107.7 to 0.7 Defiance, Henry, Ohio/Indiana State Line to Toledo Wastewater Treatment Plant Lucas, Paulding, Wood McMahon Creek 1997, 2009 11.3 to 4.0 Belmont Adjacent to State Route 149 to Upstream State Route 149 Meander Creek 1998 12.1 to 0.8 Mahoning, Trumbull Palmyra Road to State Route 46 Meigs Creek 1997 8 to 5.4 Morgan County Road 5 to County Road 11 Middle Branch Nimishillen 2000 8 to 0.1 Stark Werner Church Road to Canton – Cook Park Creek Middle Branch Portage 2000 14.1 to 0.6 Wood Bays Road to Caskie Road River Middle Branch Shade River 1996 14.8 Athens Township Road 227 Covered Bridge Middle Fork Little Beaver 1990, 1997, 1999, 38.4 to 0.5 Columbiana State Route 45 overpass to State Route 7 Creek