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Subwatersheds : Clinton Main

Clinton Main Watershed Map

Clinton Main

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 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.

The following documents are downloadable in PDF format.

(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

Clinton Main Subwatershed Plan

Document Cover Page (579KB)

Table of Contents (339KB)

Chapter 1 - Executive Summary (285KB)

Chapter 2 - Introduction (171KB)

Chapter 3 - Current Conditions (2.99MB)

Chapter 4 - Goals and Objectives (119KB)

Chapter 5 - Best Management Practices (294KB)

Appendices:

Appendix A: Maps (See below)
Appendix B: Clinton Main Riparian Analysis (1.31MB)
Appendix C: Monitoring and Evaluation (119KB)
Appendix D: Public Participation (89KB)
Appendix E: Compiled Plan Evaluation (106KB)

Maps:
(Best viewed in 11x17 format, but can be scaled down to 8.5x11 for printing.)

Map 1 Clinton River Watershed (483KB)
Map 2 River Valley Segment (483KB)
Map 3 Clinton Main Subwatershed Survey Sites (1.12MB)
Map 4 Existing Land Use (3.72MB)
Map 5 Vegetative Land Cover (578KB)
Map 6 Michigan Natural Features Inventory (506KB)
Map 7 Recreational Opportunities (1.15MB)
Map 8 Sanitary Sewer Service Areas (1.08MB)
Map 9 Subwatershed Tour Sites (1.10MB)
Map 10 Defined Ecoregions (1.21MB)
Map 11 Hydrologic Soil Groups (1.61MB)
Map 12 Potential Wetland Map (1.33MB)
Map 13 USGS Gages (1.12MB)
Map 14 Water Level Control Structures (1.12MB)
Map 15 Lake St. Clair Regional Monitoring Sites (1.11MB)
Map 16 Nonpoint Sourse Pollutant Modeling: Total Pollutant Loading (1.12MB)
Map 17 Nonpoint Source Pollutant Modeling: Land Use Designations (3.68MB)
Map 18 Nonpoint Source Pollutant Modeling: Individual Parameter Results (2.56MB)
Map 19 Bank Erosion Hazard Index Survey Results (761KB)
Map 20 Road Stream Crossing Survey Results (799KB)
Map 21 Macroinvertebrate Survey Site (1.12MB)
Map 22 Macroinvertebrate Survey Results
Map 23 Cass Lake (5.69MB)
Map 24 Crystal Lake (1.21MB)
Map 25 Elizabeth Lake (1.05MB)
Map 26 Pine Lake (4.98MB)
Map 27 Orchard Lake (1.29MB)
Map 28 Sylvan Lake (2.03MB)
Map 29 Prioritized Critical Areas (1.27MB)
Map 30 Proposed Pollutant Loading Reductions (2.46MB)
Map 31 Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Topography & Riparian Features (525KB)
Map 32 Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Surface Geologic Landforms (1.51MB)
Map 33 Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Topography (3.15MB)
Map 34 Clinton Main Riparian Slope (615MB)
Map 35 Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Michigan Natural Features Inventory (565MB)
Map 36 Clinton Main Riparian Analysis Land Uses (1.24MB)
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