Clinton Main
Clinton Main Subwatershed Planning Process
The Clinton Main subwatershed management plan was put in place August 2006. Since that time (and before the plan’s approval), local governments, community leaders, citizens’ groups, businesses, and environmental organizations have worked together to implement their plan.
At A Glance
- Area:
- Approximately 70 square miles
- Counties:
- Oakland
- Population:
- Approximately 243,000
- Primary Land Uses:
- 27% Residential
15% Industrial/Commercial- Open Water:
- 10% of land area including Pontiac Creek, Galloway Creek and the Clinton River
Municipalities
- Auburn Hills
- Bloomfield Township*
- Keego Harbor
- Lake Angelus
- Oakland Township*
- Oakland University
- Orchard Lake Village
- Orion Township*
- Pontiac
- Rochester
- Rochester Hills
- Sylvan Lake Village
- Waterford Township
- West Bloomfield Township*
Clinton Main Subwatershed Plan
- Chapter 1 -Document Cover Page
- Chapter 2 - Table of Contents
- Chapter 3 - Existing Conditions
- Chapter 4 - Goals and Objectives
- Chapter 5 - Part 1: Best Management Practices
- Chapter 5 - Part 2: 319 Approval
- Appendix B: Clinton Main Riparian Analysis
- Appendix C: Monitoring and Evaluation
- Appendix D: Public Participation
- Appendix E: Compiled Plan Evaluation
- Map 1 - Clinton River Watershed
- Map 2 - River Valley Segment
- Map 3 - Clinton Main Subwatershed Survey Sites
- Map 4 - Existing Land Use
- Map 5 - Vegetative Land Cover
- Map 6 - Michigan Natural Features Inventory
- Map 7 - Recreational Opportunities
- Map 8 - Sanitary Sewer Service Areas
- Map 9 - Subwatershed Tour Sites
- Map 10 - Defined Ecoregions
- Map 11 - Hydrologic Soil Groups
- Map 12 - Potential Wetland Map
- Map 13 - USGS Gages
- Map 14 - Water Level Control Structures
- Map 15 - Lake St. Clair Regional Monitoring Sites
- Map 16 - Nonpoint Sourse Pollutant Modeling: Total Pollutant Loading
- Map 17 - Nonpoint Source Pollutant Modeling: Land Use Designations
- Map 18 - Nonpoint Source Pollutant Modeling: Individual Parameter Results
- Map 19 - Bank Erosion Hazard Index Survey Results
- Map 20 - Road Stream Crossing Survey Results
- Map 21 - Macroinvertebrate Survey Site
- Map 23 - Cass Lake
- Map 24 - Crystal Lake
- Map 25 - Elizabeth Lake
- Map 26 - Pine Lake
- Map 27 - Orchard Lake
- Map 28 - Sylvan Lake
- Map 29 - Prioritized Critical Areas
- Map 30 - Proposed Pollutant Loading Reductions
- Map 31 - Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Topography & Riparian Features
- Map 32 - Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Surface Geologic Landforms
- Map 33 - Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Topography
- Map 34 - Clinton Main Riparian Slope
- Map 35 - Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Michigan Natural Features Inventory
- Map 36 - Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Land Uses











