Several tributaries to the Ohio River in southeast Ohio are being studied during 2010. Cross, Short and Wheeling Creeks are the largest tributaries in the study area and they flow into the Ohio River near Steubenville, Rayland, and Bridgeport, respectively. This TMDL project area is divided into five subwatersheds, as follows:

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  Salem Creek – Cross Creek
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  King Creek – Ohio River
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  Piney Fork – Short Creek
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  Crabapple Creek – Wheeling Creek
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  Short Creek – Ohio River

Each of these subwatersheds contains smaller areas that form the assessment units used in Ohio’s Integrated Report (see www.epa.ohio.gov/dsw/tmdl/2010IntReport/
assessment_summaries.aspx).

The majority of the TMDL area is in Jefferson, Belmont and Harrison Counties, with smaller proportions in Columbiana and Monroe Counties. Fifty-eight percent of the area is forested while pasture and cropland accounts for eighteen and eight percent of the area, respectively. Open space to high intensity development account for about four percent while the remaining twelve percent of the land area is distributed across other land classifications.

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