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The Darby Joint Board of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors was
formed in October 2000. The purpose of the Board is to develop an
implementable community-based watershed plan to maintain and enhance the
socio-economic and ecological health of the Darby Creek Watershed. The board is made up of five supervisors
from
Madison, Union, Pickaway and Champaign
Counties. This Board addresses water quality
concerns of landowners in the six counties which make up the Big Darby Creek
Watershed. (Champaign,
Franklin,
Logan, Madison, Pickaway and Union).
In addition to the Joint Board, there is also a Planning team that also works
on this project. The planning team consists of interested volunteer
landowners who reviewed the subwatershed plans prior to Joint Board
approval. These landowners also assist the coordinator as
needed.
- The Darby Joint Board formed in October 2000.
- The Darby Joint Board is comprised of Soil and Water Conservation District
Supervisors
- The planning process began in January 2001.
- The Darby Joint Board meets once per month. Please check the
upcoming
dates for the next Joint Board meeting date.
- The Darby Watershed is
located in central Ohio
and drains 555.6 square miles.
- There are 20
subwatersheds that make up the Darby Watershed
- For planning purposes a few of these subwatersheds were combined to form
17 subwatersheds.
- It primarily in six counties: Champaign(15.6%), Franklin(15.2%),
Logan(4.7%), Madison(31.0%), Pickaway(10.0%) and Union(23.4%)
- The major streams in the watershed are Big and Little Darby Creeks, Flat
Branch, Buck Run, Robinson Run, Sugar Run, Treacle Creek, Proctor Run, Spring Fork
and Hellbranch.
- Cities and villages in watershed include: North Lewisburg, Marysville,
Milford Center, Plain City, Woodstock, Mechanicsburg, West Jefferson,
Darbydale, Harrisburg, Orient and Darbyville
- One of the most
tested and observed watersheds in Ohio
- The Darby supports a wide range of bugs(macroinvertebrates), fish and
mussels, some of which are endangered
- The majority of the land in the watershed is agricultural(74%) and
wooded(22%)
- Eighty-two miles Big and Little Darby Creeks were designated State
Scenic
Rivers in 1984 and in 1994, they were given the national designation
- The Scenic designation includes the following areas:
Big Darby Creek from the Champaign-Union County
line downstream to the US Rt. 40 Bridge, from the northern boundary of
Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park to the confluence with the Little Darby
Creek downstream to the Scioto River and Little Darby Creek from the
Lafayette-Plain City Road Bridge downstream to the confluence with Big Darby
Creek.
- Home to Big Darby
Plains Scenic Byway.
New Website Additions
April 9, 2008
April 24, 2008
May 2, 2008
- Dates have been added to all pictures through Lower
Little Darby Creek. Additional pictures have also been added.
May 5, 2008
- Dates have now been added to Big Darby I-70 to I-71
and pictures have been added to the Hellbranch album and map as well.
May 6, 2008
- Dates have now been added to Middle Lower Big Darby
and Lower Big Darby. Additional pictures for these areas have also been
added
May 7, 2008
- Updated versions of Middle Big Darby, Lower Little
Darby and Big Darby I-70 to I-71 were uploaded and are now available in the
subwatershed plan section.
May 13, 2008
- Madison SWCD Board Meeting-
8:00 AM
- Union SWCD Board Meeting- 7:30 PM
May 15, 2008
- Champaign SWCD Board Meeting
May 21, 2008
- GIS user group meeting-
10:00AM-3:00 PM at Fountain Square in Columbus.
May 26, 2008
- Office closed in
observance of Memorial Day.
May 27, 2008
- Darby Joint Board
Meeting at Madison County Engineers Office. Meeting will begin at
10:00AM.
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