Middle Wabash-Busseron Watershed

Watersheds: Middle Wabash-Busseron


Middle Wabash-Busseron Watershed map

Middle Wabash-Busseron Watershed map
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The Middle Wabash-Busseron Watershed straddles the Illinois-Indiana border. The Indiana portion is in the west central portion of the state, and drains about 719,000 acres. It drains most of Sullivan County and Vigo County, and small portions of four other Indiana counties. The smaller watercourses in this watershed, including Brouilletts Creek, Sulphur Creek, Honey Creek, and Busseron Creek, drain into the Wabash River.

County
Clay
Greene
Knox
Parke
Sullivan
Vermillion
Vigo
TOTAL

Acreage
40,832
8,840
96,471
17,471
272,984
38,600
243,322
718,520

Source: USDA

The Wabash River flows into the Ohio River. The Ohio then joins the Mississippi River, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico.

The United States Geological Survey has assigned the Lower Wabash-Busseron Watershed an 8-Digit Hydrologic Unit Code of 05120111.