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Huron-Vermilion Watershed

Updated April 5, 2005

Payments

Stewardship Payments
  Tier I Tier II Tier III
Cropland $.081/acre $3.25/acre $7.31/acre
Irrigated Cropland $1.13/acre $4.50/acre $10.13/acre
Pastureland

$0.35/acre

 $1.40/acre $3.15/acre

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Adobe Acrobat DocumentEnhancement List
Adobe Acrobat DocumentNew Practice Cost List

Benchmark Assessment Checklists and Record Forms

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Adobe Acrobat IconItems to Bring to Your CSP Assessment Interview
Adobe Acrobat IconPastureland Benchmark Assessment
Adobe Acrobat IconOther land Benchmark Assessment
Adobe Acrobat IconWildlife Habitat Benchmark Assessment
Adobe Acrobat IconDrainage Water Management Benchmark Assessment
Adobe Acrobat IconAdditional Resource Concern Assessment
Adobe Acrobat IconPasture Condition Score Sheet
Adobe Acrobat IconCrop/Tillage Field Data Form
Adobe Acrobat IconNutrient Management Field Data Form
Adobe Acrobat IconPest Management Field Data Form
Adobe Acrobat IconLivestock Waste Data Form

Watershed Description

The Huron-Vermilion Watershed covers approximately 453,500 acres in Huron, Erie, Lorain, Ashland, Richland, Crawford and Seneca Counties in north central Ohio. 

Land use in this watershed is primarily cropland, with some forest and urban land.  Recently the watershed has witnessed a dramatic increase in housing development.  The topography in the watershed ranges from flat to rolling terrain in the upper section of the watershed to very rolling terrain in the lower portions of the watershed. 

In the Huron-Vermilion Watershed there are about 1,368 farms covering about 314,657 acres.   The average farm size in the Huron Vermilion watershed is 200 acres.  Primary crops include soybeans, corn and small grains.  Nursery, small fruit, vegetable and greenhouse crops are also important to the economy.

There are about 376 livestock operations in the Huron-Vermilion Watershed including dairy, beef, hogs, horses, goats and chickens.  Pastureland in the watershed consists of about 15,000 acres.  Much of this pasture is fair quality cool season grasses.

Land Cover/Use

Land Cover/Use Chart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties in the Huron-Vermilion Watershed

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Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of watershed in Erie County
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of watershed in Lorain County
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of watershed in Ashland County
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of watershed in Richland County
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of watershed in Crawford County
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of watershed in Seneca County
Adobe Acrobat DocumentMap of watershed in Huron County

Watershed Contacts

County Contact Person Telephone Number e-mail Address
Ashland Wendell Swartzentruber 419-289-2421 wendell.swartzentruber@oh.usda.gov
Crawford Brad VanVoorhis 419-562-2203 brad.vanvoorhis@oh.usda.gov
Erie Dee Waters 419-626-6419 x 106 dee.waters@oh.usda.gov
Huron Mike Patterson 419-668-4113 x 115 mike.patterson@oh.usda.gov
Lorain Karl Schneider 440-326-5800 karl.schneider@oh.usda.gov
Richland Gary Mathes 419-747-8691 gary.mathes@oh.usda.gov
Seneca Johnnie Freeman 419-447-7073 johnnie.freeman@oh.usda.gov

Watershed Coordinator

Dee Waters
Sandusky Service Center
2900 Columbus Avenue
Sandusky, OH  44870
419-626-6419 ext. 106

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