Upper Vermillion 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 VERMILLION Starts in the northeastern corner of Richland County → Lake Erie at Vermillion

Soil Type in the Upper Vermillion Watershed

  • Shoals-Chili-Wheeling
  • Fitchville-Luray-Bennington
  • Pewamo-Bennington
  • Bennington-Cardington
  • Cardington-Alexandria

Impervious Areas

Total Impervious Areas Created in the Upper Vermillion Watershed*   409,302 sq. ft.

Residential Permits

(Homes, Pole Barns, Additions, etc.)

PermitsYear
Least Area Created0
sq. ft.
Multiple
Most Area Created44,538
sq. ft.
2002
Exemptions**

(Less than 2,000 square feet created)

PermitsYear
Least Area Created0
sq. ft.
Multiple
Most Area Created110,328
sq. ft.
2013
Commercial Permits
PermitsYear
Least Area Created0
sq. ft.
Multiple
Most Area Created99,840
sq. ft.
2008

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

Impervious Areas Created in the Upper Vermillion Watershed by Year