Lower Little Darby Creek- Historical Data

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Ohio EPA has sampled the Lower Little Darby  subwatershed 82 times at a total of 10 sites since 1979.   This subwatershed is classified mainly Exceptional Warm Water Habitat(EWH).  Available pictures near each site can be accessed by clicking on the (u) for the upstream view of the site or the (d) for the downstream view next to the site number.  More pictures are available in the Lower Little Darby picture album or map. 

 

Site # 

 Stream(designation) 

River Mile 

 Location Date Sampled  Type 

Drainage Area (mi2) 

 IBIa (Fish)  Mod. Iwbb  ICIc (Bugs)  QHEId  Attainment
1 (u) (d) Little Darby Creeke  17.3 Little Darby Rd. (West) 11/5/1986 Fish  142 52 5.5 -  -  Partial
1 Little Darby Creeke  17.3 Little Darby Rd. (West) 8/4/1987 Fish  142 31 6.5 -  -  Non
1 Little Darby Creeke 17.3/17.2 Little Darby Rd. (West) 8/2007 Fish and Bugs 142 50 10.1 52 87.5 Full
1 Little Darby Creeke  17.0 Little Darby Rd. (West) 2001 Bugs  142 -  -  48 -  Full
 
- Unnamed Tributary to Little Darby Creekh (Rm 16.96) 0.1 Downstream Little Darby Rd. West 8/2007 Bugs 1.2 - - HMFEI= 42g - -
2 (u) (d) Little Darby Creeke  15.6 Upstream US 42 9/7/1984 Fish  151 47 9.1 -  -  Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.6 Upstream US 42 4/19/1985 Fish  151 44 7.4 -  -  Non
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.6 Upstream US 42 6/23/1986 Fish  151 44 6.9 -  -  Non
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.5 Upstream US 42 9/26/1979 Fish  151 48 8.4 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.5 Upstream US 42 9/7/1984 Fish  151 49.8 9.5 -  -  Full
2 Little Darby Creek  15.5 Upstream US 42 4/19/1985 Fish  151 46 8.4 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.5 Upstream US 42 8/21/1986 Fish  151 46.7 6.6 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.4 Upstream US 42 9/26/1979 Fish  151 48 8.3 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.4 Upstream US 42 9/7/1984 Fish  151 46 9.7 -  -  Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.4 Upstream US 42 4/19/1985 Fish  151 40 8 -  -  Non
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.4 Upstream US 42 8/21/1986 Fish  151 46.7 7.3 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.4/15.3  Upstream US 42 9/9/1992 Fish and Bugs  151 55 9.3 40 -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.4/15.3  Upstream US 42 8/7/2001 Fish and Bugs  151 57 9.6 50 95.5 Full
2 Little Darby Creeke 15.3/15.4 Upstream US 42 8/14/2007 Fish and Bugs 151 56 10.4 48 82.0 Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3/15.2  Upstream US 42 7/21/1983 Fish and Bugs  151 50.7 9.2 30 -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 2002 Bugs  151 -  -  46 -  Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 7/16/1979 Fish  151 48 8.5 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creek  15.3 Upstream US 42 6/12/1984 Fish  151 46.8 9 -  -  Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 6/18/1985 Fish  151 47 7.9 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 8/6/1986 Fish  151 48.5 6.5 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 9/5/1990 Fish and Bugs  151 53 9.2 42 -  Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 7/30/1991 Fish  151 52 9.4 -  -  Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 8/3/1993 Fish and Bugs  151 50 9 34 -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 7/12/1994 Fish  151 51 9.1 -  92.5 Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 9/12/1995 Fish  151 54 9.4 -  -  Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.3 Upstream US 42 8/7/1998 Fish  151 52 9 -  90 Full
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.2/14.9  Downstream US 42 6/29/1979 Fish and Bugs  151 49.5 9 36 -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.2 Downstream US 42 7/30/1981 Fish  151 40.4 7.5 -  -  Non
2 Little Darby Creek  15.2 Downstream US 42 9/21/1984 Fish  151 47.3 8.3 -  91 Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.2 Downstream US 42 4/19/1985 Fish  151 46 7.5 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.2 Downstream US 42 8/6/1986 Fish  151 43.3 6.6 -  -  Non
2 Little Darby Creeke 15.2 Downstream US 42 10/10/1997 Fish  151 46 8.6 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.1 Downstream US 42 9/7/1984 Fish  151 47.2 8.3 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.1 Downstream US 42 6/18/1985 Fish  151 48 8.4 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  15.1 Downstream US 42 6/23/1986 Fish  151 46.7 6.1 -  -  Partial
2 Little Darby Creeke  14.9 Downstream US 42 11/21/1985 Fish  151 52 5.9 -  -  Partial
 
-  Little Darby Creeke  9.4 Upstream Taylor Blair Rd. 8/22/1986 Fish  159 52 6 -  -  Partial
-  Little Darby Creeke  9.0 Upstream Taylor Blair Rd. 7/30/1996 Fish  159 56 9.2 -  91 Full
 
-  Little Darby Creeke  8.3 At Taylor Blair Rd. 1979 Bugs  161 -  -  38 -  Non
-  Little Darby Creek  8.2 At Taylor Blair Rd. 1996 Bugs  161 -  -  E  -  Full
 
-  (u) (d) Little Darby Creeke  7.3 Middle Pike 1987 Bugs  162 -  -  E  -  Full
-  Little Darby Creeke  7.3 Middle Pike 1992 Bugs  162 -  -  50 -  Full
-  Little Darby Creeke  7.3 Middle Pike 1996 Bugs  162 -  -  E  -  Full
-  Little Darby Creeke  7.3 Middle Pike 1997 Bugs  162 -  -  52 -  Full
 
3  (u) (d) Little Darby Creeke  6.7 Upstream Main St. (US 40) 5/6/1986 Fish  163 54 6 -  -  Partial
3 Little Darby Creeke  6.5 Upstream Main St. (US 40) 4/22/1985 Fish  163 44 5.2 -  -  Non
3 Little Darby Creeke  6.5 Upstream Main St. (US 40) 5/3/1991 Fish  163 58 6 -  -  Partial
3 Little Darby Creeke  6.5/6.4  Upstream Main St. (US 40) 8/8/2001 Fish and Bugs  163 58 9.3 54 95.5 Full
3 Little Darby Creeke  6.4 Downstream Main St. (US 40) 8/28/1996 Fish  163 52 9.6 -  -  Full
3 Little Darby Creeke  6.4 Downstream Main St. (US 40) 7/16/1997 Fish  163 52 9.6 -  87 Full
3 Little Darby Creeke  6.3 Downstream Main St. (US 40) 7/9/1987 Fish  163 48 8.5 -  -  Partial
3 Little Darby Creeke  6.3 Downstream Main St. (US 40) 10/7/1992 Fish  163 59 10.1 -  95 Full
 
-  Little Darby Creeke  5.3 Upstream Hidden Creek 4/22/1985 Fish  165 38 4.7 -  -  Non
-  Little Darby Creeke  5.2 Upstream Hidden Creek 7/9/1987 Fish and Bugs  165 50 9.1 MG  -  Partial
 
4 (u) (d) Little Darby Creeke  4.1/3.8  Upstream Roberts Rd. 9/19/2001 Fish and Bugs  170 55 9.7 52 99 Full
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0 Upstream Roberts Rd. 7/6/1979 Fish and Bugs  170 47 8.3 26 -  Partial
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0 Upstream Roberts Rd. 10/8/1985 Fish  170 60 6.2 -  -  Partial
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0 Upstream Roberts Rd. 8/20/1987 Fish  170 60 6.2 -  -  Partial
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0 Upstream Roberts Rd. 8/15/1990 Fish  170 56 5.8 -  -  Partial
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0 Upstream Roberts Rd. 10/14/1993 Fish  170 52 9.3 -  -  Full
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0 Upstream Roberts Rd. 7/15/1994 Fish  170 53 9.7 -  94 Full
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0 Upstream Roberts Rd. 8/29/1996 Fish  170 58 9.9 -  95 Full
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0 Upstream Roberts Rd. 8/7/1998 Fish  170 52 9.8 -  -  Full
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0/3.9  Upstream Roberts Rd. 7/30/1991 Fish and Bugs  170 48 9.4 VG  -  Full
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0/3.9  Upstream Roberts Rd. 7/22/1997 Fish and Bugs  170 55 9.9 46 -  Full
4 Little Darby Creeke  4.0/3.5  Upstream Roberts Rd. 9/9/1992 Fish and Bugs  170 57 9.5 44 -  Full
 
-  Little Darby Creeke  2.5 Downstream Gerich Lilly Rd. 1987 Bugs  171 -  -  E  -  Full
 
5 (u) Little Darby Creeke  0.8 Mouth @ Metropark 10/17/1985 Fish  176 54 6.4 -  -  Partial
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.7 Mouth @ Metropark 1997 Bugs  176 -  -  50 -  Full
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.7 Mouth @ Metropark 1998 Bugs  176 -  -  50 -  Full
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.7 Mouth @ Metropark 1998 Bugs  176 -  -  50 -  Full
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.7 Mouth @ Metropark 8/27/1997 Fish and Bugs  176 54 9.7 50 -  Full
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.7/0.6  Mouth @ Metropark 8/27/1997 Fish and Bugs  176 55 9.9 48 82 Full
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.6 Mouth @ Metropark 10/3/2000 Fish  176 44 8.2 -  72 Non
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.5 Mouth @ Metropark 7/17/1997 Fish  176 50 9.3 -  77 Full
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.5/0.2  Mouth @ Metropark 9/20/2001 Fish and Bugs  176 49 9 56 77.5 Full
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.4 Mouth @ Metropark 7/1/1999 Fish  176 48 8.9 -  -  Full
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.3 Mouth @ Metropark 8/19/1992 Fish  176 48 8 -  56 Partial
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.2 Mouth @ Metropark 8/22/1990 Fish  176 42 9.2 -  -  Partial
5 Little Darby Creeke  0.1 Mouth @ Metropark 8/26/1997 Fish  176 51 9 -  63.5 Full

a. IBI=Index of Biotic Integrity

b. Mod. Iwb= Modified Index of Well-being

c. Narrative evaluation is used in lieu of Invertebrate Community Index (ICI) for qualitative samples: E=Excellent, VG= Very Good and MG=Marginally Good

d. QHEI=Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index

e. Exceptional Warm Water Habitat (EWH)

f. Warm Water Habitat (WWH) or WWH recommended

g. HMFEI=Headwater Macroinvertabrate Family Evaulation Index determines the Primary Headwater Habitat (PHWH) Class designation (I, II, or III).  PHWH stream have by defination a drainage area of 1 square mile or less.

h. Class III PHWH recommended

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