Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren,

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, and Greene counties. The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on

Caesar Creek Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, Ohio, Waynesville, in Warren County, Ohio, Warren, Clinton County, Ohio, Clinton, and Greene County, Ohio, Greene coun ...

to impound a lake. The total park area, including the lake, is . Fossil collection is allowed at Caesar Creek State Park with the following restrictions: No tools allowed, no fossil collecting for commercial use, all fossils kept must fit in the palm of your hand, and all fossil collection must take place in the designated fossil collection zone.

Amenities

*The park has of hiking trails and of bridle trails. * Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village - a collection of over 15 log cabins and other structures that are open during special events. The village is maintained and operated by a private non-profit organization. The buildings include a

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meetinghouse, a broom shed, a pioneer school house, blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, toll house and many family houses. They do many programs throughout the year including a maple syrup making program. * Caesar Creek Nature Center - Adjacent to the Pioneer Village, the nature center features exhibits on the area's cultural and natural history. Nature education programs are offered year round, including campouts, hikes, cast iron cooking classes, and wildlife education.

Dam

The dam is an earth and rock fill dam high and long. The Army Corps site is an area of . The

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above the dam has an area of . Construction started in 1971 and was finished in 1978. The Army Corps site states: :"Congress authorized Caesar Creek Lake under the

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. The Louisville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed, built, and operates Caesar Creek Lake. :"During the fall and winter months, the lake level is lowered to prepare for the storage of heavy spring rainfall. If heavy rains occur, surface water runoff is stored in the lake until the swollen streams and rivers below the dam have receded. Once they can handle the discharge of the stored water without damage to lives or property, the extra water is released." The site is in the Warren County townships of Massie and Wayne.

Flooding of New Burlington

The construction of the Caesar Creek Lake flooded the small farming village of New Burlington, Ohio in 1973. The history of the community was collected through stories, letters, and journals in the book '' New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village'' by John Baskin.

References

Sources

*John Baskin. ''New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village.'' New York: W. W. Norton, 1976. *Ohio. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Geological Survey. ''Excursion to Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County, Ohio.'' By Douglas L. Shrake. Geological Survey Guidebook No. 12. Columbus, Ohio: The Department, 1992 * United States Department of Agriculture. Natural Resources Conservation Service. ''Caesar Creek Watershed, Miami Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area : Clinton, Greene, and Warren Counties, Ohio''. Fort Worth, Texas: The Service, 1995. *United States. Department of the Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville District. ''Final Updated Environmental Impact Statement: Caesar Creek Lake Project, Ohio''. Louisville, Kentucky: The Corps, 1974. *Art Weber. ''Ohio State Parks''. Saginaw, Michigan: Glovebox Guidebooks, 1995. .

External links

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Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Caesar Creek State Park Map
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Caesar Creek Lake Map
ODNR Division of Wildlife
Caesar Creek Wildlife Area
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve
ODNR Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
Caesar Creek Lake
Louisville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Nature Center Association of Caesar Creek
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