Looking Glass River Watershed Management Plan - Greater ...

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Subwatershed
Table 2-1 Political Jurisdictions in the Watershed
Bath
Township
DeWitt
Township
Olive
Township
Victor
Township
City of
DeWitt
Riley
Township
Clise Drain 4,066 1,388 24 943 6,420 8%
Faiver Drain 1,098 82 117 3,986 5,283 7%
Graneer Drain 1,452 3,607 5,059 6%
Upper Vermilion 682 5,087 1,910 7,679 10%
Looking Glass A 162 2,888 2,088 5,138 6%
Looking Glass B 3,909 1,487 1,821 35 130 7,382 9%
Lower Remey Chandler 505 4,964 879 39 6,388 8%
Lower Vermilion Creek 1,576 579 578 134 2,867 3%
Mud Creek 5,879 55 5,934 7%
Prairie and Gunderman 3,809 375 297 4,480 6%
Summer Drain 157 5,982 6,139 8%
Turkey Creek 1,910 1,508 3,418 4%
Upper Remey Chandler 3,357 73 3,483 224 87 1,229 8,453 11%
Middle Vermilion Creek 4,201 1,449 5,650 7%
Total 21,717 17,470 5,907 7,272 1,903 152 10,098 7,114 4,363 637 134 384 1,229 1,910 80,290 100%
% of Watershed 28% 22% 7% 9% 2% 0% 13% 9% 5% 1% 0% 0% 2% 2% 100% ---
Area given in acres. Blank boxes indicate that jurisdiction does not exist in subwatershed.
Watertown
Township
Woodhull
Township
City of East
Lansing
Lansing
Township
Sciota
Township
City of
Lansing
Meridian
Township
Williamstown
Township
Total Area
(ac)
% of
Watershed
Watertown, Victor, and Olive Townships are all rural areas with significant
croplands. Woodhull Township is rural with higher portions of pasture and
forest land. Bath and DeWitt Townships are more developed but still have
rural (agricultural and forest) areas that can be protected. The urban areas,
which encompass approximately 11% of the watershed, include the Lansing
metropolitan area (the Cities of Lansing, East Lansing, and Lansing
Township), Meridian Township, and the City of DeWitt. Figure 2-2 presents
a map of these local units of government. Table 2-1 shows the acreage of each
community in the watershed and watershed coverage percentages.
River Quote
“I started out thinking of
America as highways and state
lines. As I got to know it better,
I began to think of it as rivers.”
- Charles Kuralt
Figure 2-2 Local Units of Government
Riley Twp
Olive Twp
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Victor Twp
£¤ 127 Looking Glass River
CLINTON COUNTY
SHIAWASSEE COUNTY
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Sciota Twp
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Watertown Twp
City of
Dewitt
Bath Twp
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Woodhull Twp
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Dewitt Twp
Waters of the State
State Roads
County Boundary
Legend
Municipal Boundaries
Watershed
CLINTON COUNTY
EATON COUNTY
INGHAM COUNTY
Lansing
Twp
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City of
Lansing
2-2 Looking Glass River Watershed April 2007
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City of
East Lansing
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Meridian Twp
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Williamstown Twp
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