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Middle Wabash-Busseron-Watershed

Description of Watershed

The total estimated area of the watershed in Indiana covers 718,412 acres. This watershed is located in southwest Indiana in Clay, Greene, Knox, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo counties; as well as portions of Vermilion, Edgar, Clark, Crawford, and Lawrence counties in Illinois.

The watershed area is a combination of Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift, and the Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes resource areas in the eastern parts; Indiana and Ohio Till Plain and Southern Illinois Thin Loess and Till Plain resource areas in the western parts. The topography ranges from steep dissected valley and hills to level upland, outwash plains, and flood plains throughout. The soils range from moderately deep/very deep silt soils to sand soils throughout.

Land/Use

The land uses in this watershed consist of cropland, irrigated cropland, pastureland, woodland, and surface mining.There are 1,199 farms in the Indiana portion of the watershed, covering about 435,921 acres. The average farm size is 370 acres with the average in Greene, Clay, and Vigo counties under 300 acres; and Knox and Vermillion averages 591 and 497 acres respectively. Primary crops include corn, soybeans, wheat, confined livestock (hogs and dairy), and some cattle and sheep on pasture.

Cropland	Irrigated Cropland	Pasture
Tier 1 - $1.11	Tier 1 - $1.16	Tier 1 - $0.40
Tier 2 - $4.45	Tier 2 - $4.65	Tier 2 - $1.60
Tier 3 - $10.01	Tier 3 - $10.46	Tier 3 - $3.60

New Practices:

Practice Name	Unit_Type	Unit_Cost	Cost_Type	Share_Rate
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment	Feet	1.45	AC	50
Riparian Forest Buffer	Acre	380.00	AC	50
Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats	Acre	340.00	AC	50
Wetland Restoration	Acre	475.00	AC	50

CSP 2005 Enhancement List for Indiana Watersheds

Indiana Counties in Middle-Wabash-Busseron Watershed

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Local Contacts--Indiana

County	Contact	Phone	Address
Clay	Doris Scully	812-446-8986 Ext. 3	955 W. Craig Avenue Brazil, IN 47834
Greene	Dan Luczynski	812-384-4634 Ext. 3	104 CR 70E Bloomfield, IN 47424
Knox	Tom Held	812-882-8210 Ext. 3	2015 Hart Street Vincennes, IN 47591
Parke	Don Donovan	765-569-3551 Ext. 3	252 South Ridgewood Dr. Rockville, IN 47872
Sullivan	Tamara Swihart	812-268-5157 Ext. 3	2316 N. Section Street Sullivan, IN 47882
Vermillion	Don Donovan	765-569-3551 Ext. 3	252 South Ridgewood Dr. Rockville, IN 47872
Vigo	Eddy Adams	812-232-0193 Ext. 3	3241 S. 3rd Place Terre Haute, IN 47802

Illinois Counties in Middle-Wabash-Busseron Watershed

Clark

Crawford

Edgar

Lawrence

Vermilion

Local Contacts--Illinois

County	Contact	Phone	Address
Clark	Karen Maddox	217-382-4123 Ext. 3	1001 N York Street Martinsville, IL 62442
Crawford	John Pearse	618-544-7517 Ext. 3	1212 N Allen Street Robinson, IL 62454
Edgar	Raymond Coombes	217-465-5325 Ext. 3	11757 IL Highway 1 Paris, IL 61944
Lawrence	James Moye	618-943-2621 Ext. 3	2812 W Haven Road Lawrenceville, IL 62439
Vermilion	Glen Franke	217-422-8511 Ext. 3	1905A US Route 150 Danville, IL 61832

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