CCPC - Active Stream Areas (Cuyahoga County)

Working with several partners, including the Cleveland Metroparks and the Chagrin River Watershed Partners, the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission (CCPC) developed a predictive series of buffer areas - areas to be preserved for protection - around various types of water features highlighted in the map. The methods utilized are patterned on well-established modeling approaches and use a particular feature's drainage area to delineate its buffer or active stream area. The maps show buffered water areas, by feature, as determined by the CCPC: Lake Erie Shore: 300 feet buffer Navigable River (Cuyahoga): 300-foot buffer Navigable River (Chagrin, Rocky): 120-foot buffer Stream Bank (Larger Watershed): 120-foot buffer Stream Bank (Smaller Watershed): 75-foot buffer Ponds, Lakes, Other Water bodies: 120-foot buffer Wetland (National Wetland Inventory): 120-foot Wetland (Soil and Water Inventory): 120-foot Small Stream Centerline: 25 foot buffer When viewing these modeled buffer areas on the map, users can click within any given buffer area and "View Details" to see the reasoning behind that particular buffer area size. Note: These riparian buffers were generated only for above-ground water features and exclude culverted portions streams Vintage:2024 Data Sources: Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, Cleveland Metroparks, Chagrin River Watershed Partners Coverage: Cuyahoga County Update Frequency: Not Regularly Updated Last Update: August, 2024