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Paint Creek, Ohio
11.9 mapped river miles, draining 30 square miles, in the Walhonding basin watershed.
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.
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.
Questions about this river
- Paint Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- Paint Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
Ohio EPA classification
Ohio EPA classifies this water as Coldwater 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 →
Species
Ohio EPA designates this as trout water — Coldwater Habitat — without naming the species. No fish survey or stocking record for this water is in the files this site reads.
Tributaries and watershed
2 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Killbuck Creek 86.5 mi · RM 0.0
- Coffee Run 3.2 mi · RM 0.7
Paint Creek sits in HUC 8 05040003, the Walhonding basin, and drains 30 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 35 NHD reaches carry the name for 12.0 miles in total — more than the 11.9 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.