Huff Run is a 9.9 mile (15.9 km) long

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of the

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in eastern

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within Sandy Township (

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) and Rose Township ( Carroll County). Conotton Creek is a tributary of the

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via the

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and the Muskingum River. Mineral City is the only incorporated town within the Huff Run Watershed. The mouth of the stream is at 875 feet altitude. Dover Dam ,GNIS Entry Dover Dam
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/ref> This can cause flooding and closure of Route 800 south of Mineral City and other roads out of the village. The

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south of Mineral City is at 886.98 feet, and is rendered inoperable when reservoir elevation exceeds that.

History

The first recognized settler of Sandy Township was Godfrey Huff, who Huff Run was named after. Records show that he was from Bedford County, Pennsylvania. In May 1805 he purchased a tract of 1,000 acres (4 km²) in the southwest corner of the third quarter of Township 10, Range 1, or the southwest corner of Sandy Township, embracing also the corner of Lawrence across the river from

Godfrey Haga Godfrey Haga (born in Isingen, Duchy of Württemberg, 30 November 1745; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5 February 1825) was a United States merchant, politician and philanthropist. Biography After emigrating to the United States, he settled i ...

, for $1,062.50. Old settlers have assigned the year 1803 as the date of his emigration to this tract, but historical societies have found evidence that he was here in 1801. Mr. Huff was a man of large frame, and wore the broad-brimmed hat and the garb of the Dunkard Brethren church, of which he was a member. He is said to have raised many hogs on the river bottoms, driven them to Detroit, Michigan for sale, and used the proceeds to pay for his land. He had five sons—Michael, Henry, Samuel, Frederick and Andrew. Most of the boys subsequently emigrated to Iowa. Godfrey Huff died in Sandy Township about 1825. See Native American History and additional early settlement history at the

Wikipedia entry.

Pollution

Huff Run has been badly affected by acid mine drainage (AMD) as well as illegal

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ing, raw sewage entering the stream due to improperly maintained septic systems and sewer systems, poor riparian buffer zones, some poor agriculture land management practices and over extraction of oil and gas within the watershed. The Huff Run Watershed Restoration Partnershi

sponsored by

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has been working since 1996 to address water quality issues in the Huff Run watershed. As of 2009, the partnership had received and spent about 6.2 million dollars in state and federal grant money to reduce the impact of acid mine drainage on the watershed. They currently oversee the development and management of over 16 major acid mine drainage reclamation projects.

References

External links

*Huff Run Watershed Restoration Partnershi

*Real-time water flow data for Huff Run from the United States Geological Surve

*Watershed Groups of Ohi

*US EPA Targeted Watershed Grant to restore Huff Ru

*Ohio Department of Natural Resources Applied Research Conference Awards for HRWR

*Pollution: Huff Run Watershed Pla

*Histor

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