My Backyard Stream


1 Hocking River The Hocking River looking downstream during the early morning of Novermber 11, 2015. During this period flow rates where at normal with slighlty lower levels of turbitiy. Hocking River. Hocking Watershed.
2 Unnamed Tributary The confluence of an unnamed tributary and storm run-off flowing towards Emeriti Park.
3 Long Run Downstream view of Long Run and surrounding woods. Low flow and turbidity.
4 Strouds Run Riffle of a stream along Strouds Run Rd. during early spring.
5 Monday Creek Forested stream in late autumn located downstream of water plant and upstream of Shawnee tributary (MC 62) around mile marker 24.3.
6 Unnamed Tributary Two streams with high banks connect near Radar Hill. In between Radar Hill and the Ridges. Accessible via nature walk at the end of Piggery Lane. Site is at the bottom of a valley adjacent to the OU Challenge Course.
7 Sharps Fork Underneath bridge, steep bank, rocky bottom.
8 Unnamed Tributary Spring fed stream in ravine within Zaleski State Forest. Forested area, very clear and clean water with high diversity of plants and aquatic animals. Including rare spring salamander.
9 East Fork Queer Creek From the bottom of Ash Cave overhang. A small stream falls over the edge of the rock and continues along route 56. Photo taken in Feb.
10 Coates Run The stream behind Purple Chopstix Restaurant in Athens. Just before a light rain, during a low flow period.
11 Hewett Fork Active Treatment Doser discharge into Hewett Fork, sampling site HF129.
12 Hewett Fork Active Treatment Doser discharge looking upstream in Hewett Fork, sampling site HF129.
13 Hewett Fork Looking downstream of Hewett Fork. Close to the intersection of King Hollow rd. & Rockcamp rd., sampling site HF039.
14 Burr Oak Lodge (boat dock) water is murky; built up shoreline down slope from lodge; taken from floating dock weather conditions - complete cloud cover, light sprinkles, breezy 59 °F pH: 7.8 Temperature(°C): 14.3 °C
15 Middle Branch Shade River Higher than average flow, 2 lined salamander eggs found, mayflies, and water striders, sandy and rocky stream bed
16 South Fork South Branch Wolf Creek Water level was low, cut banks visible with some erosion.
17 Hamilton Run This small stream is surrounded by mature hemlock forests. The water was crystal clear and flowing slowly between deeper pools. Substrate is very sandy with quartz pebbles and sandstone rocks of a variety of sizes. The stream was packed with leaf litter, which made finding organisms more challenging than in the summer months. We found mottled sculpin, creek chub, western blacknose dace, two-lined salamander, red-backed salamander, dragonfly larvae, mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, craneflies, and crawdads in the stream.
18 Hamilton Run This small stream is surrounded by mature hemlock forests. The water was crystal clear and flowing slowly between deeper pools. Substrate is very sandy with quartz pebbles and sandstone rocks of a variety of sizes. The stream was packed with leaf litter, which made finding organisms more challenging than in the summer months. We found mottled sculpin, creek chub, western blacknose dace, two-lined salamander, red-backed salamander, dragonfly larvae, mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, craneflies, and crawdads in the stream.
19 Hamilton Run This small stream is surrounded by mature hemlock forests. The water was crystal clear and flowing slowly between deeper pools. Substrate is very sandy with quartz pebbles and sandstone rocks of a variety of sizes. The stream was packed with leaf litter, which made finding organisms more challenging than in the summer months. We found mottled sculpin, creek chub, western blacknose dace, two-lined salamander, red-backed salamander, dragonfly larvae, mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, craneflies, and crawdads in the stream.
20 Hamilton Run This small stream is surrounded by mature hemlock forests. The water was crystal clear and flowing slowly between deeper pools. Substrate is very sandy with quartz pebbles and sandstone rocks of a variety of sizes. The stream was packed with leaf litter, which made finding organisms more challenging than in the summer months. We found mottled sculpin, creek chub, western blacknose dace, two-lined salamander, red-backed salamander, dragonfly larvae, mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies, craneflies, and crawdads in the stream.
21 Tributary of North Fork Captina Creek Some livestock access to stream. Smooth turtle leech was found
22 Oldtown Run No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
23 Scott Run No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
24 Newell Run No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
25 Lang Creek No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
26 Glenn Run No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
27 Quaker Spring Run No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
28 Town Run No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
29 Jamison Creek No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
30 Katotawa Creek No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
31 Leidigh Mill Creek No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
32 Orange Creek No unusual observations. Minnows located at many sites.
33 Captina Creek at Bend Fork entrance Ideal riparian area, excessive ATV traffic and many dead crayfish.
34 Piney Creek Shallow creek with driveway running through it and a bend. No noticeable water quality problems
35 North Fork Captina Creek Water was turbid from previous rainfall the night before. No pollution sources present. Great riparian area.
36 Crane Nest Creek, a tributary of South Fork Captina Creek Downstream did show signs of sedimentation. Great riparian corridor with outstanding plant biodiversity. Cattle did have access to stream.
37 Creek at Old River Valley Trail It looked kind of clean but when you put something in it looked dirty.
38 Old Town Run None
39 Newell Run None
40 Glenn Run None
41 Lang Creek None
42 Quaker Spring Run None
43 Town Run None
44 Jamison Creek None
45 Katotawa Creek None
46 Leidigh Mill Creek None
47 Orange Creek None
48 East Fork Four Mile Creek Flowing water, little pollution, mainly rocky substrate, small amount of silt on bottom, riffles, relatively clear.
49 Camp Hervida This is one of the highest quality southeast ohio streams I've been in, although the camp did quite a lot of logging last year (removed all trees over 18 or 20 inch DBH, I believe, which has resulted in more light reaching the stream and also some slash piles were left in or near the stream. A lot of wildlife present, including a magnificent rainbow darter, two-lined and dusky salamanders, aquatic snails, several large crawdads, and several chub/dace/minnow species. Also observed mayflies hatching before our eyes, and caddisfly and stonefly larvae present. I used to find long-tailed salamanders in/near this creek but have not found them since the logging was done.
50 Raccoon Creek Watershed Drizzle and Duckweed
51 Turkey Creek neat Shawnee St. Pk. Lodge Macroinvertebrates: Mayfly, stonefly, dragonfly larva, water strider, Caddisfly, water penny, crayfish. Other: Northern water snake, sunfish, two striped salamander, darters. Very clear water, riffles, no odors, fish present. Most common substrate type: pebble
52 Chickamauga Creek at SWCD Office Clear moving water with rocks and pebbles in the bottom. Found many insects, fish, Minions, and crawdad, etc. There was lots of plant life and wildlife.
53 Land Lab Pond The water was pretty clear with fish jumping. There were a lot of dragonflies, insects, turtles, and birds singing. There was a tiny bit of algae and some pollen was floating.
54 Stream near Jackson High School (parallel to 139) Water from the stream is mostly clear, some sediment present in the flowing water, and gently meandering. No pollution observed within eyesight. Lots of birds present and signs of deer tracks. Some insects as well. Flowing water. Tall grass on both sides of the stream - one side of the stream is a flat field and the other side is a steep forested incline.
55 Bear Creek at Camp Molly Lauman Higher water than normal due to storm the previous night. Deer, blue heron, and other signs of wildlife.
56 Prairie Ditch @Raab Rd. Cloudy water, very slow moving, debris on top of water. Surrounding vegetation mainly invasive grasses. No visible wildlife in area at time of sampling.
57 Big Sandy Run Zaleski State Forest Stream velocity: 1.037 Macros: Crayfish, cranefly, Caddisfly, Alderfly, Dragonfly, damselfly, riffle beetle, midge, hellgrammite, water boatman. Other: 2 lined salamander, southern red bellied dace, creek chub, stripped shiner.
58 Land Lab Pond (New Fairgrounds End) Pond with water that was very clear with little to no pollen or derby floating on top. The water was clear to see the bottom of the pond floor near the edges about 5 feet out toward the middle. The surrounding vegetation was strong, healthy, and very green. The wildlife was also strong for the day with birds signing, fish jumping, turtles, dragonflies, frogs, and minnows were sited.
59 Chickamauga Creek Land Lab Bridge Creek was running higher than usual due to rain the evening before. Water was dirty and muddy from the rain and flowing faster than usual with riffles. The surrounding vegetation was strong, healthy, and very green. The wildlife was also strong for the day with birds signing, crawdad, water spiders, minnows, insects, and raccoon tracks.
60 Turkey Creek upstream of old dam Clear and flowing freely. Trees surrounding river banks. Found: Crawfish, dobsinfly, waterpenny, damselfly, mayfly, stonefly, cranefly, snails, dragonfly, diving beetle, caddisfly, midges, water boatman, riffle beetles, whirligig beetle, leeches, aquatic worm, Johnny Darter, and Stripped shiner.
61 Spruce Run Bend Between two riffles, bend in creek, small fish present, clear water. substrate type that was dominate is pebble.
62 Prairie Ditch No Rain, Sunny, Humid, Semi cloudy water, moving slow
63 Rose Run Park, by Fodor Rd intersection Water is clear, fish visible, vegetation right up to banks, water flow slow over riffles
64 Ohio Brush Creek- Creeks Bend steady flow, murky brown water, rocky riffles exposed, in creek vegetation, erosion on banks
65 Creek near st rt 664 Clear water, trees/shrubs good source of shade, slow flowing, many boulders. Crayfish, snails, mayflies, caddisflies, cranefly, stonefly, damselfly, back swimmer, small fish.
66 Bliss Pond Silt bottom of pond, observed many orb snails and water striders
67 Grand River Launch CQHEI-52, mucky bottom with smothering and silting, mostly straight, deep pools, slow flow/no Flow. water strider, unable to get good sample for macros
68 Spruce Run Pool clean, clear, series of pools, very little flow , highly eroded banks. Pebble is major substrate type. Identified water strider, frog, creek chub, water beetle, crayfish, minnow.
69 Oldtown Run Bubble formations floating down stream
70 Orange Creek N/A
71 Lang Creek Cloudy, Bubbles, Water is a yellowish color in the bottom of the bucket
72 Town Run Water is slow Lots of minnows and sediment is visible
73 Quakerspring Run Downstream from barn, no animals just hay
74 Glenn Run N/A
75 Scott Run Lots of minnows
76 Katotawa Creek N/A
77 Newell Run N/A
78 Jamison Creek N/A
79 Leidigh Mill Creek N/A
80 Big Darby Headwaters Restoration Corridor Low flow, no pollution, water is not clear, deep in bend
81 Big Darby Headwaters Trib Water is moving and clear, bottom all rocks- cobble size, shallow, forest cover
82 Oak Hill stream near Southern school Usually, a great stream in the quality of the macros. The water is clear and flows well. Contained more bad quality macros and less or none of the good quality. Great vegetation surrounding the area.
83 Rutland Conservation Area We always get great results when it comes to the kids locating specimens to look at. Great vegetation and home to many creatures.
84 French Park, Amberley, OH In this stream, the water was extremely clear. There was lots of substrate, dried leaves, and other dead matter in the stream and around the stream. The dominate substrate were pebbles. There was lots of dead vegetation around the stream. I saw one small fish in the water but no other animals/wildlife. The water was flowing extremely slow.
85 JHS Stream (Rt 139 Hill) Sediment is present in the water making the water brown and cloudy water. No active pollution with small bits of trash, some cinderblocks and a few pieces of wood found in the stream. Roadway nearby (Rt 139) at the bottom of the hill near the bridge, and we see evidence of birds, foxes, deer, spiders, insects, worms, frogs, and owls nearby in the woods. Moderate speed and medium flow of stream - because it recently rained a large amount (we did testing two days after a large rain). There are trees, fallen leaves, frosted/brown grass of multiple lengths, fallen logs, and bushes nearby. The stream bottom is a mix of sand, gravel, and mud. Slight bends in the stream, but mostly straight and some parts of the stream flowed faster than others. Small island in the middle of the stream (we were able to stand on it).
86 California Woods Nature Preserve The conditions of the stream were fairly fast moving water, semi-clear water and a high amount of water. There was little to no trash nearby and the substrate was mostly dried leaves and rocks. There were also lots of rocks and dead vegetation along the stream bed. There was no wildlife present.
87 Unnamed tributary to Dairy Lane small riffles and pools, no odor