Fast Facts

• The Honey Creek Watershed comprises 143 square miles.

• It constitutes 70% of the land known as the "Upper Great Miami River."

• Land use is: 77% agriculture, 10% urban, 12% forest, and 1% water.

• The buried valley aquifer within the watershed provides over 36 million gallons of drinking water per day to the Dayton area.

• The Honey Creek was identified by the EPA as being exceptional quality.

• The watershed contains 290 wetlands, with a concentration of high quality wetlands along Honey Creek, between Tipp City and New Carlisle.

• The Honey Creek Watershed Association partnered with local affiliates to preserve over 400 acres of riparian lands.

• 87% of the watershed consists of “prime farmland,” some of the riches and most productive agricultural land in the state.