Division of Surface Water Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory - Sampled Waterbodies




2011 Ohio Sport Fish Consumption Advisory

Waterbodies Sampled for Fish Contamination (1969-2010)

Scroll down through the table to see if the lakes and streams where you fish have been sampled and if the fish are safe to eat. For each waterbody:

  • if there is a specific advisory, the link will take you to the Advisory Map page;
  • if there is not a specific advisory, the link will take you to the Overall Advice page.

The table is organized alphabetically by waterbody name. Click on a letter to go directly to waterbodies beginning with that letter.

[ A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z ]

Waterbody Name Specific
Advisory?
Most Recent
Year Sampled
County(ies)
A
Acton Lake No 2005 Butler
Adams Lake Yes 2007 Adams
Alum Creek No 1997 Delaware, Franklin
Alum Creek Reservoir No 2004 Delaware
Amicks Reservoir No 2000 Morrow
Anderson Fork No 1998 Clinton, Greene
Apple Valley Lake No 2007 Knox
Archbold #2 No 2000 Fulton
Ashtabula River Yes 2002 Ashtabula
Atwood Lake No 1994 Tuscarawas
Auglaize River Yes 2000 Allen, Auglaize, Defiance, Paulding, Putnam
B
Barnesville Reservoir #1 No 2010 Belmont
Barnesville Reservoir #2 No 2010 Belmont
Barnesville Reservoir #3 No 2010 Belmont
Beach City Reservoir No 2006 Stark, Tuscarawas
Beaver Creek No 2000 Mercer
Beaver Creek No 2009 Sandusky, Seneca
Beaver Creek Reservoir No 2009 Seneca
Bellevue Reservoir #5 No 2005 Huron
Belmont Lake No 1999 Belmont
Berlin Lake Yes 2005 Portage, Mahoning, Summit
Big Cobb Pond No 1995 Portage
Big Creek No 2004 Lake
Big Darby Creek Yes 2002 Champaign, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway, Union
Big Walnut Creek No 1996 Delaware, Franklin, Morrow, Pickaway
Black Fork Mohican River Yes 2007 Ashland, Richland
Black River Yes 2002 Lorain
Blanchard River No 2005 Hancock, Hardin, Putnam
Blue Creek No 1993 Lucas
Blue Creek No 1996 Paulding
Bresler Reservoir No 1994 Allen
Broken Sword Creek No 1996 Crawford, Wyandot
Buck Creek No 2003 Clark
Buckeye Lake Yes 2008 Licking
Bucyrus Reservoir #2 No 2002 Crawford
Buffalo Fork No 2000 Guernsey
Burr Oak Lake No 2005 Athens
C
C. J. Brown Lake Yes 2005 Clark
Caesar Creek No 1998 Clinton, Greene, Warren
Caesar Creek Reservoir No 2010 Warren
Caldwell Lake No 2006 Noble
Captina Creek No 2009 Belmont
Cedar Creek No 1993 Lucas, Ottawa, Wood
Chagrin River Yes 2002 Cuyahoga, Lake
Chapman Creek No 1994 Clark
Charles Mill Reservoir No 2004 Ashland
Chippewa Creek No 2004 Medina, Wayne
Clark Lake No 2008 Clark
Clear Creek Yes 2007 Hocking
Clear Fork Mohican River No 2007 Ashland, Richland
Clear Fork Reservoir Yes 2008 Richland
Clendening Lake No 1994 Harrison
Conneaut Creek Yes 1995 Ashtabula
Conotton Creek No 1997 Carroll, Harrison
Cowan Creek No 2007 Clinton
Cowan Lake No 2009 Clinton
Crane Creek No 1993 Ottawa
Crooked Creek No 2000 Guernsey
Cross Creek Yes 2010 Jefferson
Cutler Lake No 2008 Muskingum
Cuyahoga River Yes 2008 Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit
D
Daugherty Lake (Fostoria #1) No 2001 Hancock
Dayton Hydrobowl Reservoir No 1989 Montgomery
Deer Creek No 1996 Madison, Pickaway, Ross
Deer Creek Lake No 2005 Pickaway
Deer Creek Reservoir Yes 2008 Stark
Delaware Lake No 2004 Delaware
Delta Reservoir #1 No 2000 Fulton
Delta Reservoir #2 No 2005 Fulton
Dicks Creek Yes 2010 Butler
Dillon Reservoir Yes 2008 Muskingum
Dow Lake Yes 2006 Athens
Dry Creek No 1993 Wood
Duck Creek No 2007 Lucas
Duck Creek Yes 2009 Washington
E
Eagle Creek No 1995 Adams, Brown
Eagle Creek No 1996 Hancock
Eagle Creek No 2000 Portage, Trumbull
East Branch Black River Yes 2002 Lorain, Medina
East Branch Huron River No 1998 Huron
East Branch Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek No 1990 Columbiana
East Branch Nimishillen Creek No 1993 Stark
East Branch Reservoir No 2010 Geauga
East Branch Rocky River No 2000 Cuyahoga, Medina
East Branch St. Joseph River No 2000 Williams
East Fork Duck Creek No 2000 Noble
East Fork Eagle Creek No 1995 Adams
East Fork Lake (Harsha Lake) Yes 2010 Clermont
East Fork Little Miami River Yes 1998 Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland
East Reservoir No 2008 Summit
Eastwood Lake Yes 2005 Montgomery
F
Federal Creek No 2004 Athens
Ferguson Reservoir No 1995 Allen
Fields Brook No 2002 Ashtabula
Findlay Reservoir #1 No 1999 Hancock
Findlay Reservoir #2 No 2006 Hancock
Findley Lake Yes 2009 Lorain
Flatrock Creek No 1996 Paulding
Ford Hydraulic Canal Yes 2010 Butler
Forked Run Lake Yes 2005 Meigs
Fox Lake No 1999 Athens
Four Mile Creek Yes 2007 Butler, Preble
French Creek No 2002 Lorain
Friendship Park Lake No 2008 Jefferson
G
Grand Lake St. Marys Yes 2010 Auglaize, Mercer
Grand River Yes 2004 Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull
Grant Lake No 2006 Brown
Grassy Creek No 2006 Wood
Great Miami River Yes 2010 Butler, Hamilton, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Shelby, Warren
Green Creek No 2009 Sandusky
Greenfield Lake No 2004 Fairfield
Greenville Creek Yes 1996 Darke, Miami
Griggs Reservoir Yes 2010 Franklin
Guilford Lake No 1994 Columbiana
H
Hamilton Hydraulic Canal Yes 2010 Butler
Hammertown Lake No 2007 Jackson
Hargus Lake No 2000 Pickaway
Harrison Lake No 1994 Fulton
Hecklinger Pond No 1998 Lucas
Hellbranch Run No 2002 Franklin
Highlandtown Lake Yes 2003 Columbiana
Hinckley Lake No 2008 Medina
Hocking River Yes 2007 Athens, Fairfield, Hocking
Holes Creek No 2009 Montgomery
Honey Creek No 1996 Seneca
Honey Creek No 2000 Miami
Hoover Reservoir No 2004 Franklin
Hurford Run No 2000 Stark
Huron River Yes 1997 Erie, Huron
I
Ice Creek No 2010 Lawrence
Indian Creek No 2005 Butler
Indian Guyan Creek No 1997 Gallia, Lawrence
Indian Lake Yes 2009 Logan
J
Jackson Lake No 2007 Jackson
Jefferson Lake Yes 1999 Jefferson
Jelloway Creek No 1996 Knox
Jerome Fork Mohican River No 2007 Ashland
Jonathan Creek No 1996 Muskingum, Perry
K
Kelly’s Pond No 1995 Portage
Killbuck Creek No 2009 Holmes, Wayne
Killdeer Pond #30 Yes 2004 Wyandot
Killdeer Reservoir No 1999 Wyandot
Kings Creek No 2000 Champaign
Kipton Reservoir No 1974 Lorain
Kiser Lake Yes 2009 Champaign
Knox Lake No 1999 Knox
Kokosing Lake No 2001 Knox
Kokosing River Yes 2007 Knox
L
LaDue Reservoir No 2010 Geauga
Lake Alma No 2003 Vinton
Lake Ann No 1999 Williams
Lake Erie Yes 2010 Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky
Lake Erie Tributaries Yes 2008 Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky
Lake Girard No 1999 Trumbull
Lake Glacier No 1982 Mahoning
Lake Hamilton No 1999 Mahoning
Lake Hope Yes 2003 Vinton
Lake Isabella No 2009 Muskingum
Lake Jisco No 2007 Jackson
Lake Katherine No 2007 Jackson
Lake La Su An Yes 2002 Williams
Lake LaComte No 1999 Hancock
Lake Lamberjack (Fostoria #3) No 2001 Hancock
Lake Lavere Yes 2002 Williams
Lake Logan No 2004 Hocking
Lake Loramie No 2009 Shelby
Lake Mel No 2000 Williams
Lake Milton Yes 2008 Mahoning
Lake Nesmith Yes 2005 Summit
Lake Newport No 1982 Mahoning
Lake Rockwell No 2010 Portage
Lake Rupert No 2003 Vinton
Lake Snowden No 2001 Athens
Lake Sue Yes 2002 Williams
Lake White No 1995 Pike
Lake Wood Duck No 2000 Williams
Leatherwood Creek No 1996 Guernsey
Leesville Lake No 1994 Carroll
Licking River Yes 2009 Licking, Muskingum
Lima Lake No 2000 Allen
Little Auglaize River No 1996 Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert
Little Beaver Creek Yes 2001 Columbiana
Little Cobb Pond No 1995 Portage
Little Cuyahoga River No 1999 Summit
Little Darby Creek No 2002 Champaign, Franklin, Madison, Union
Little Miami River Yes 2007 Greene, Hamilton, Warren
Little Muskingum River Yes 2009 Monroe, Washington
Little Raccoon Creek No 1997 Gallia, Jackson
Little Scioto River Yes 2009 Marion
Little Scioto River Yes 2010 Jackson, Scioto
Little Stillwater River No 1996 Harrison
Little Three Mile Creek No 1998 Clermont
Little Wakatomika Creek No 2003 Muskingum
Long Lake No 2007 Summit
Loramie Creek No 1994 Shelby
Lost Creek No 2000 Miami
Lost Creek Reservoir No 2000 Allen
Lytle Creek No 2007 Clinton
M
Mad River Yes 2003 Champaign, Clark, Greene, Montgomery
Madison Lake No 2001 Madison
Mahoning River Yes 2006 Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull
Massies Creek No 1996 Greene
Maumee River Yes 2008 Defiance, Henry, Lucas, Paulding, Wood
Maysville Water Supply No 2009 Muskingum
McComb Reservoir #1 No 2000 Hancock
McComb Reservoir #2 No 2000 Hancock
McMahon Creek No 2009 Belmont
Meadowbrook Lake Yes 2002 Summit
Meander Creek No 1998 Mahoning, Trumbull
Meander Creek Reservoir No 2003 Trumbull
Meigs Creek No 1997 Morgan
Metzger Reservoir No 2000 Allen
Middle Branch Nimishillen Creek No 2000 Stark
Middle Branch Portage River No 2000 Wood
Middle Branch Shade River No 1996 Athens
Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek Yes 2005 Columbiana
Middle Fork Salt Creek No 2007 Ross, Vinton
Mill Creek Yes 2010 Hamilton
Mill Creek No 2010 Union
Mill Creek Yes 2007 Ashtabula
Mill Creek No 1994 Mahoning
Mills Creek No 2009 Erie
Mogadore Reservoir No 2007 Portage
Mohican River Yes 2008 Ashland, Coshocton, Holmes, Knox, Richland
Mosier Lake No 2001 Hancock
Mosquito Creek No 1998 Trumbull
Mosquito Creek Reservoir No 2002 Trumbull
Moxahala Creek No 2000 Muskingum
Muchinippi Creek No 2000 Logan
Muddy Creek No 2009 Ottawa, Sandusky
Muddy Fork Mohican River No 2000 Ashland, Wayne
Muskellunge Creek No 2009 Sandusky
Muskingum River Yes 2006 Coshocton, Morgan, Muskingum, Washington
N
Nettle Lake No 2002 Williams
New Lexington Reservoir No 2000 Perry
New London Reservoir No 1999 Huron
New Lyme Lake Yes 2003 Ashtabula
Nimishillen Creek Yes 1997 Stark
Nimisila Reservoir No 2007 Summit
North Baltimore Reservoir No 2000 Wood
North Branch Kokosing River No 2007 Knox
North Branch Portage River Yes 2000 Wood
North Branch Tenmile Creek No 1993 Lucas
North Fork Licking River No 1997 Licking
North Fork Little Beaver Creek No 1999 Columbiana, Mahoning
North Fork Paint Creek No 2006 Ross
North Fork Yellow Creek No 2005 Jefferson
Norwalk Reservoir #3 No 2002 Huron
O
O’Bannon Creek No 2000 Clermont
O’Shaughnessy Reservoir Yes 2010 Delaware
Oakthorpe Lake No 2000 Fairfield
Ohio Brush Creek Yes 2007 Adams
Ohio Canal Yes 1998 Summit
Ohio River Yes 2003 Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Clermont, Columbiana, Gallia, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe, Scioto, Washington
Olentangy River Yes 2001 Crawford, Delaware, Franklin, Marion
Olive Green Creek No 2000 Morgan, Noble
Ottawa River Yes 2000 Lucas
Ottawa River Yes 2009 Allen, Putnam
Otter Creek No 2006 Lucas
Oxbow Lake No 2002 Defiance
P
P.J. Outhwaite Reservoir No 2005 Crawford
Paint Creek Yes 2006 Fayette, Highland, Ross
Paint Creek Lake Yes 2005 Highland
Paulding Reservoir No 2001 Paulding
Pickerel Creek No 2009 Sandusky
Piedmont Lake No 1994 Harrison
Pike Lake No 2003 Pike
Pine Creek No 2010 Lawrence, Scioto
Pine Lake No 1999 Mahoning
Pleasant Hill Lake No 2007 Ashland
Pleasant Run No 1998 Clermont
Portage Canal Yes 1998 Summit
Portage River Yes 2008 Ottawa
Powers Reservoir No 2000 Crawford
Punderson Lake Yes 2002 Geauga
Pymatuning Creek No 2008 Ashtabula, Trumbull
Pymatuning Reservoir Yes 2008 Ashtabula
R
Raccoon Creek No 1997 Gallia
Raccoon Creek No 2009 Sandusky
Raccoon Creek No 1993 Licking
Raccoon Creek Reservoir No 2009 Sandusky
Rattlesnake Creek No 1996 Clinton, Fayette
Rock Mill Reservoir No 2002 Fairfield
Rocky Ford Creek No 2000 Wood
Rocky Fork Licking River Yes 2002 Licking
Rocky Fork Little Scioto River No 2010 Scioto
Rocky Fork Mohican River Yes 2010 Richland
Rocky Fork Paint Creek No 2006 Highland
Rocky Fork Reservoir No 2008 Highland
Rocky River No 2002 Cuyahoga
Rose Lake No 2007 Hocking
Ross Lake Yes 2004 Ross
Rush Creek No 2007 Marion
Rush Creek Lake No 2000 Fairfield
Rush Run Lake No 1995 Preble
S
Salt Creek Yes 2007 Hocking, Pickaway, Ross, Vinton
Salt Creek No 1996 Muskingum
Salt Fork Reservoir No 1994 Guernsey
Salt Lick Creek (Little Salt Creek) Yes 2007 Jackson, Ross
Sandusky River Yes 2009 Crawford, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot
Sandy Creek Yes 2010 Carroll, Stark, Tuscarawas
Savannah Lake No 1998 Ashland
Schoonover Lake Yes 2004 Allen
Scioto Brush Creek No 1995 Scioto
Scioto River Yes 2010 Delaware, Franklin, Hardin, Marion, Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Scioto
Scippo Creek No 2001 Pickaway
Seneca Lake No 2007 Williams
Senecaville Lake No 2007 Guernsey
Sevenmile Creek Yes 2004 Butler, Preble
Shade River No 2002 Meigs
Shank Lake No 1993 Hancock
Shantee Creek No 1993 Lucas
Shelby Reservoir #3 No 2000 Richland
Short Creek No 2010 Jefferson
Shreve Lake No 1996 Wayne
Silver Creek No 1993 Lucas
Sippo Lake No 1990 Stark
South Branch Caesar Creek No 1998 Greene
South Branch Portage River No 2010 Wood
South Branch Wolf Creek No 1996 Montgomery
South Fork Licking River No 1997 Fairfield, Licking
South Fork Sugar Creek No 1998 Stark, Tuscarawas
Spencer Lake No 1995 Medina
Springfield Lake No 1995 Summit
St. Joseph Lake Yes 2004 Perry
St. Joseph River Yes 2002 Defiance, Williams
St. Marys River Yes 1999 Auglaize, Mercer, Van Wert
Still Fork Sandy Creek No 2010 Carroll
Stillwater Creek No 1996 Harrison
Stillwater River Yes 2004 Darke, Miami, Montgomery
Stone Mill Run No 1990 Columbiana
Stonelick Creek No 1996 Clermont
Stonelick Reservoir No 1994 Clermont
Stony Creek No 2000 Logan
Straight Creek No 1998 Brown
Sugar Creek No 1998 Tuscarawas
Sugar Creek No 2000 Allen
Sulfur Springs Brook No 1997 Cuyahoga
Summit Lake Yes 2005 Summit
Sunfish Creek No 2009 Monroe
Sunfish Creek No 1996 Pike
Swan Creek Yes 2008 Lucas
Swift Run Lake No 2009 Miami
Sycamore Creek No 2000 Wyandot
Symmes Creek Yes 1996 Lawrence
T
Tappan Lake No 2003 Harrison
Tawawa Creek No 2009 Shelby
Tenmile Creek No 1993 Lucas
Tiffin River Yes 1997 Defiance, Fulton, Williams
Tinkers Creek No 1998 Cuyahoga, Summit
Todd Fork No 1996 Clinton, Warren
Toussaint Creek Yes 2008 Ottawa, Sandusky
Turkey Creek Lake No 1995 Scioto
Turkeyfoot Lake No 1994 Summit
Turtle Creek No 1995 Ottawa
Tuscarawas River Yes 2004 Coshocton, Stark, Summit, Tuscarawas
Twin Creek Yes 2004 Montgomery, Preble
Tycoon Lake No 1999 Gallia
Tymochtee Creek Yes 2001 Wyandot
U
Upper Sandusky Reservoir No 1999 Wyandot
V
Van Wert Reservoir #1 No 2000 Van Wert
Van Wert Reservoir #2 No 2001 Van Wert
Vermilion River Yes 2002 Erie, Huron, Lorain
Veteran’s Memorial Reservoir Yes 2008 Hancock
Veto Lake No 1999 Washington
W
Wabash Reservoir No 2005 Darke
Wabash River No 1996 Mercer
Wakatomika Creek Yes 2003 Coshocton, Knox, Licking, Muskingum
Walborn Reservoir Yes 2005 Portage, Stark
Walhonding River Yes 2008 Coshocton
Walnut Creek Yes 2007 Fairfield, Franklin, Pickaway
Water Works II No 1995 Portage
Wauseon Reservoir #2 No 1994 Fulton
Wellington Reservoir No 2002 Lorain
Wellington South Reservoir No 1997 Lorain
Wellington Upground Reservoir No 1999 Lorain
Wellston City Reservoir No 1998 Jackson
Wellston Reservoir No 1995 Jackson
West Branch Black River Yes 2002 Lorain
West Branch Huron River No 1998 Erie, Huron
West Branch Mahoning River No 2000 Portage, Trumbull
West Branch Nimishillen Creek No 2000 Stark
West Branch Reservoir Yes 2008 Portage
West Branch Rocky River Yes 2000 Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina
West Branch St. Joseph River No 1995 Williams
West Branch Wolf Creek No 1996 Morgan, Washington
West Fork Duck Creek No 2009 Noble
West Fork Eagle Creek No 1995 Brown
West Fork Little Beaver Creek No 1999 Columbiana
West Fork Mill Creek No 2002 Hamilton
West Fork Mill Creek Lake No 1995 Hamilton
West Fork Paint Creek No 2006 Madison
Westerville Lake No 2007 Delaware
Wheeling Creek Yes 2009 Belmont
Whetstone Creek No 2004 Morrow
White Oak Creek No 1998 Brown
Whitewater River Yes 2010 Hamilton
Willard Reservoir No 1999 Huron
Wills Creek No 1994 Guernsey
Wills Creek Reservoir No 2004 Coshocton
Wingfoot Lake No 2007 Portage
Wolf Creek No 1993 Summit
Wolf Creek Yes 2009 Montgomery
Wolf Run Lake No 1999 Noble
Y
Yellow Creek Yes 2007 Jefferson
Z
Zeppernick Lake No 1998 Columbiana

 


 

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