Upper Kokosing 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.

UPPER KOKOSING Begins in southern Richland County, west of Butler → Kokosing Lake → Walhonding River → Muskingum River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico

Soil Type in the Upper Kokosing Watershed

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

Impervious Areas

Total Impervious Areas Created in the Upper Kokosing Watershed*   497,674 sq. ft.

Residential Permits

(Homes, Pole Barns, Additions, etc.)

PermitsYear
Least Area Created (Above 0)2,640
sq. ft.
2023
Most Area Created45,370
sq. ft.
2002
Exemptions**

(Less than 2,000 square feet created)

PermitsYear
Least Area Created (Above 0)720
sq. ft.
2014
Most Area Created11,380
sq. ft.
2019
Commercial Permits
PermitsYear
Least Area Created (Above 0)2,224
sq. ft.
2011
Most Area Created17,249
sq. ft.
2004

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

Impervious Areas Created in the Upper Kokosing Watershed by Year