BOONE RD
MARKS RD
PROSPECT RD
Topography Map
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West Branch
Getting to Know the West Branch Watershed
Community Map
DRAKE RD
PEARL RD
EMMO NS RD
BOSTON RD
Watershed Topograpy
SUBSTATION RD
MARKS RD
BO STON RD
Columbia
Township
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Strongsville
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Feet Above Sea Le vel
B elow 6 50
6 51 -7 20
9 41 -1 01 0
1 01 1- 10 80
7 21 -7 80
7 81 -8 60
8 61 -9 40
1 08 1- 11 50
1 15 1- 13 20
GRAFT ON RD
GRAFTON RD
Land Cover / Land Use Statistics
Undeveloped
78%
Residential
19%%
Non –
Residential
3%
At this time, approximately 22 % of the land area within the West Branch
watershed has been developed. Medium-density residential housing
occupies 19 % of the land area, while another 3 % is used for commercial,
industrial, or institutional purposes.
The remainder of the West Branch watershed, 78 %, is undeveloped.
Undeveloped lands may include forested areas, open grass areas, ponds, or
wetlands, and their uses may include agriculture or recreation.
For More Information…
Print Date: Dec., 2005
Brunswick
Hills
Township
Liverpool
Township
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has produced this watershed fact sheet using information
gathered during the Regional Intercommunity Drainage Evaluation Study (RIDE Study). The purpose of this
watershed fact sheet is to display planning-level data collected during the RIDE Study. The Northeast Ohio
Regional Sewer District expressly disclaims any liability that may result from the use of the watershed fact
sheets for any other purpose. For more information, please send all correspondence to the Northeast Ohio
Regional Sewer District, 3900 Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH 44115, Attn: Constance Haqq, Director of
Communications & Community Relations, or contact our offices directly at (216) 881-6600.
Community Statistics
West Branch collects drainage from a 4.9 square-mile area, which includes portions
of the following five communities before joining the West Branch of the Rocky River…
Percentage of the West Branch Watershed Located within each Community
Brunswick
Brunswick Hills Township
Columbia Township
1.6%
26.5%
26.9%
Liverpool Township
Strongsville
1.4%
43.6%
Brunswick
The
West Branch
Drainage Network
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The intercommunity drainage
system represents the network of
sewers, culverts, and streams
receiving flow from more than one
community, whereas the
intracommunity drainage system
represents the local portions of
the drainage network receiving
storm water from a single
community.
Strongsville
PROSPECT RO AD
MARKS ROAD
Columbia Township
The RIDE Study identified 23 miles
of total drainage serving the West
Branch watershed, shown on the
adjacent map as either
intercommunity drainage (dark
blue), or intracommunity drainage
(light blue).
Legend
Intercommunity Drainage
Sewers
Culverts
Streams
Intracommunity Drainage
Pipes
Culverts
B OSTON R OAD
Streams
Landbase Features
RIDE Watershed
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Liverpool Township
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Community Boundaries
Federal Highway
Federal Route
State Route
Secondary Road
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Brunswick
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Lake
County
L ake Erie
Geauga
Coun ty
Cleveland
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Cuyahoga
County
Lorain
County West Branch
Watersh ed
Med ina
County
Summi t
County
Portage
County