Author: Seth Hothem

West Creek

West Creek, located within Cuyahoga County, Ohio is a tributary of the Cuyahoga River, and ultimately, Lake Erie. Because most of its drainage area is residential, the creek can be negatively affected by stormwater runoff and habitat alterations among other things. Recent restoration projects within the West Creek watershed, coordinated by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) and West Creek Conservancy with funding by the Ohio EPA Water Resource Restoration Sponsor Program, have been completed to help address some of those issues.
NEORSD has conducted water chemistry sampling, habitat assessments, and fish and benthic macroinvertebrate community surveys on West Creek to determine the effectiveness of the stream restoration projects. Initial habitat and macroinvertebrate evaluations were conducted in 2006. Studies that also included fish surveys and water chemistry sampling were conducted in 2007 and 2008 prior to completion of the restoration and in 2013 after restoration. In 2010, a study was also completed in the West Creek Reservation to determine impacts from the old Parma Landfill.
Below are links to study plans and reports detailing the work that was completed along with fish and macroinvertebrate taxa lists, habitat evaluation sheets and analysis results for water chemistry sampling.

Click for map of sampling locations

West Creek Reports and Data
2013	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2010	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2008	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2007	Study Plan	Report	Water Chemistry	Fish	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat
2006	——	——	——	——	Macroinvertebrates	Habitat

West Creek Links
West Creek Conservancy
USGS Gage at Pleasant Valley Road
USGS Gage at Ridgewood Road
USGS Gage at Brooklyn Heights

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

Click box to get current conditions in West Creek

Electrofishing at West Creek Reservation

West Creek Downstream of I-480

West Creek at 05/15/14 2:30AM
Bat	12.4	V
Temp	59.99	F
Sp Cond	561	uS/cm
pH	7.78	Standard Units
Turb+	137.80	NTU+
ODOSat	93.3	%
ODO	9.28	mg/L