Yellow Creek Online Media Kit
Ohio EPA appreciates your interest in covering the Yellow Creek water quality reports. To facilitate your reporting, we have created this online media kit. If you need more information or would like to schedule an interview to speak with a staff member about the project, please contact Heather Lauer by e-mail or phone at (614) 644-2160.
Background
After sampling water chemistry, macroinvertebrate communities and fish three to five times at 78 locations in the Yellow Creek watershed, Ohio EPA has determined that 90 percent of the watershed meets its aquatic use designation.
More than 100,000 fish from 59 species were studied in order for the Agency to determine that stream health routinely falls in the very good and exceptional ranges. The level of biological performance in the Yellow Creek basin shows greater than 90 percent of streams attaining their expected water quality designations. This watershed ranks among the highest quality in the state.
Associated Documents
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Yellow Creek
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Acid Mine Drainage:
An example of an acid mine drainage seep on the North Fork of Yellow Creek near Irondale. While impacts downstream were not severe, Ohio EPA suspects that another, recurring mine discharge at the mouth of the North Fork is causing problems in Yellow Creek. The macroinvertebrate (bug) community declined from exceptional to fair immediately downstream from the confluence.
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Collapsing Bank:
Ohio EPA intern Megan Zane conducted bug sampling near a collapsing stream bank along Yellow Creek immediately upstream from the confluence with North Fork Yellow Creek near Hammondsville.
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Yellow Creek Collapsing Bank:
The banks along Yellow Creek near Hammondsville show soil being washed into the stream. This contributes to excessive sedimentation and leads to the river not achieving its full potential.
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Trail In Stream:
Dirt bike and ATV trails at the mouth of Rose Run contribute to siltation and habitat destruction. Sampling upstream from the disturbance revealed exceptional quality fish and bugs and coldwater potential.
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Two Sauger:
Ohio EPA intern Jared Renner shows two sauger collected during electro-fishing from lower Yellow Creek. These specimens were just two of more than 100,000 fish distributed among 59 species sampled in the Yellow Creek basin. In comparison to fish community performance across entire watersheds, water quality in the Yellow Creek basin is unrivaled in Ohio.
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Highlandtown Reservoir:
Highlandtown Reservoir was formed when a dam was built on Little Yellow Creek.
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Drinking Water Intake:
Buckeye Water District owns the intake in Wellsville reservoir that is part of the Yellow Creek Watershed.
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