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2005 Conservation Security Program - River Raisin Watershed

The River Raisin Watershed has been selected for the 2005 Conservation Security Program (CSP). The watershed boundaries include 680,617 acres in Southeast Lower Michigan and a section of Ohio. The watershed is located in Lenawee, Washtenaw, Monroe, Jackson, Hillsdale counties in Michigan and Fulton county in Ohio.

The land uses in this watershed consist of cropland and pastureland. The topography ranges from rolling hills to outwash plains. The soils consist of rolling sandy loams to plains of clay.

The characteristics of surface geology were formed during the Great Ice Age, about one million years ago, when a succession of four ice caps or continental glaciers moved southward from the Canadian Highlands to the Ohio River shaping the surface of the land. These surface formations include outwash plains and glacial channels. The outwash plains and glacial channels were formed when the glacier melted very rapidly and great streams of water cut across the till plains and moraines. The formation consist of sorted glacial drift deposits including boulders which were left near the moraines and gravel, sand, and clay which were deposited further down stream by the flow of water.
 
In the cropland areas of the Watershed there are about 2051 farms covering about 405,389 acres. The average size farm is 244 acres. Primary crops include corn, wheat, soybeans and hay.

Land Cover/Use

Land Use River Raisin Acres
Cropland           405,389                 
Pasture 2,637
Forest 96,230
Developed 15,191
Water 10,914
Other 150,256
Total 680,617

 

Watershed Map and Current Land Use Map

These documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader

Adobe Acrobat DocumentWatershed Map
Adobe Acrobat DocumentLand Use Map

 

Informational Meetings & Contact Information

National 2005 CSP Watershed Page
Contact Information
County, State Contact Person Telephone Number Address e-mail
Lenawee County, Michigan Tom VanWaner 517-265-5887 x 123 1100 Sutton Road, Adrian, MI 49221 thomas.vanwagner@mi.usda.gov
Washtenaw County, Michigan Steve Olds 734-761-6722 7203 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 steve.olds@mi.usda.gov
Monroe County, Michigan Alfonso Norwood 734-241-7755  x 104 1137 S. Telegraph, Monroe, MI 48161 alfonso.norwood@mi.usda.gov
Jackson County, Michigan Julius Pigott 517-784-2800 x 1212  

 

 211 West Ganson St., Jackson, MI 49201 julius.pigott@mi.usda.gov
Hillsdale County, Michigan Dennis Haskins 517-849-9890 x 3 588 Olds Street, Bldg. 2, Jonesville, MI 49250 dennis.haskins@mi.usda.gov
Fulton County, Ohio Lynn Stuckey 419-337-9112 8770 State R. 108, Suite B, Wauseon, Ohio 43567 lynn.stuckey@oh.usda.gov

River Raisin Watershed CSP Coordinator
Tom Van Wagner
Lenawee County, Michigan
517-265-5887 x123

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