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Big Creek, Ohio
17.6 mapped river miles, draining 36 square miles, in the Grand basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 5.3 miles away, and it is the only temperature evidence on this page — what Ohio EPA publishes is the aquatic life use below — a habitat designation under Ohio Administrative Code 3745-1, which describes the assemblage the water holds rather than the temperature it runs at.
50°F and colder is cold, through cold-transitional and cool, to warm above 70°F — the same four bands, breaking at 58, 64 and 70°F, that the app paints. Grey is water nobody has measured.
The nearest live reading
The nearest gauge is 26.0 miles away, at Mosquito Creek Near Greene Center Oh — not a reading of this water, but of what the region is doing today. A closer gauge has stopped reporting — its water-temperature series is empty, and was last stamped 28 September 2026, so no number here comes from it.
Thermal classification
There isn't one. Ohio EPA publishes no temperature classification for any water in Ohio. What it publishes is the aquatic life use below — a habitat designation under Ohio Administrative Code 3745-1, which describes the assemblage the water holds rather than the temperature it runs at — so this river draws grey on the map above, and grey here means unmeasured rather than warm. The only temperature on this page is the live reading from the nearest USGS gauge, 5.3 miles away; it is a reading of that water, not this one.
Questions about this river
- Big Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Big Creek — access, parking and public land
- Big Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
Ohio EPA classification
Ohio EPA classifies this water as Warmwater Habitat. This is Ohio EPA's description of the aquatic community the water supports, assigned under OAC 3745-1 on fish and macroinvertebrate survey scores. It is not the season and creel rules — those are the ODNR Division of Wildlife's, change yearly, and live with that agency.
Ohio EPA water quality standards, OAC 3745-1 →
Public land on the river
6 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 910 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Park | county land | 644 |
| Mountain Run Station | regional agency | 32 |
| Helen Hazen Wyman Park | county land | 57 |
| Mel Harder Park | city land | 12 |
| Woodin Road Park | county land | 3 |
| Maple Highlands Bike Trail | county land | 162 |
Species
Ohio EPA designates this as trout water — Warmwater Habitat — without naming the species. No fish survey or stocking record for this water is in the files this site reads.
Tributaries and watershed
7 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Kellogg Creek 8.2 mi · RM 0.0
- East Creek 6.2 mi · RM 6.4
- Aylworth Creek 4.7 mi · RM 8.2
- Jenks Creek 3.8 mi · RM 11.6
- Jordan Creek 3.7 mi · RM 2.7
- Cutts Creek 3.0 mi · RM 16.1
- Taber Creek 0.9 mi · RM 0.4
Big Creek sits in HUC 8 04110004, the Grand basin, and drains 36 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 51 NHD reaches carry the name for 17.9 miles in total — more than the 17.6 miles of drawn mainstem, because NHD counts side channels and braids as their own reaches.
Other water nearby
The closest 6 rivers on this site, straight-line from the middle of this one — not drive time.