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  • USDA Asks Farmers to Show Their Stewardship, Nationwide Survey to Focus on Irrigation
    Water is the source of life and the U.S. agricultural industry depends upon this precious resource to meet the world's growing need for food, feed, fiber and fuel. U.S. agricultural producers will soon have the opportunity to speak out about their water use when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducts the Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey.
  • NASS Gives Thanks to Those Farmers Counted in the 2007 Census of Agriculture This Holiday Season
    This Thanksgiving the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has more than 2 million reasons to be thankful. Having received a record number of responses to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, NASS is giving thanks to all of those farmers and ranchers who fulfilled their responsibility by completing and returning their census forms.
  • USDA Corrects October Crop Acreage Estimates
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture today adjusted its official October acreage and production estimates for six field crops. USDA revised the numbers after discovering discrepancies in a Farm Service Agency (FSA) database of producer-reported crop acreage used by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). NASS published the changes this morning in a corrected version of the Oct. 10 Crop Production.
Alum Creek Watershed
Alum Creek originates near the village of Cardington in Morrow County.  The creek flows through the communities of Kilbourne, Westerville, and Columbus.  Alum Creek junctions with Big Walnut Creek south of Columbus.

Alum Creek Reservoir was completed on Alum Creek in 1976.  This lake was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers for water supply, recreation, and flood protection.

The City of Westerville, which has supplied its own drinking water since 1902, uses Alum Creek, Alum Creek Reservoir, and Westerville Reservoir (also located along Alum Creek) as its primary source of water.

  • Drainage Area:  54,345 acres (85 square miles)
  • 107 miles of streams
  • Contains Alum Creek Reservoir (3305 acres) & Westerville Reservoir (54 acres)


Friends of Alum Creek & Tributaries (FACT) PDF Print E-mail
The friends of Alum Creek are committed to finding ways to preserve and protect Alum Creek as a natural area while providing citizen access for environmentally responsible recreation, educational opportunity, and citizen enjoyment at many levels.

For more information, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , (614) 236-6214, or visit their website.

 
Alum Creek Water Quality Fact Sheet From the Ohio EPA PDF Print E-mail
 


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