Rocky Fork Watershed

Note: Impervious surface permit icons, land use icons, and livestock icons do not necessarily indicate exact locations. They are approximate locations on the same land parcel.

ROCKY FORK Begins near Mansfield/Ontario → goes through Mansfield → joins Black Fork River East of Lucas

Soil Type in the Rocky Fork Watershed

  • Shoals-Chili-Wheeling
  • Fitchville-Luray-Bennington
  • Pewamo-Bennington
  • Rittman-Wadsworth
  • Bennington-Cardington
  • Wooster-Loudonville
  • Lordstown-Loudonville
  • Wooster-Canfield

Impervious Areas

Total Impervious Areas Created in the Rocky Fork Watershed*   2,705,851 sq. ft.

Residential Permits

(Homes, Pole Barns, Additions, etc.)

PermitsYear
Least Area Created1,680
sq. ft.
2000
Most Area Created264,353
sq. ft.
2003
Exemptions**

(Less than 2,000 square feet created)

PermitsYear
Least Area Created6,390
sq. ft.
2008
Most Area Created32,448
sq. ft.
2015
Commercial Permits
PermitsYear
Least Area Created0
sq. ft.
2004, 2012
Most Area Created314,885
sq. ft.
2009

*This figure does not include impervious areas from prior to 2000
**Agriculture is included in permit exemptions

Impervious Areas Created in the Rocky Fork Watershed by Year