Middle Wabash-Deer Watershed

Watersheds: Middle Wabash-Deer


Middle Wabash-Deer Watershed map

Middle Wabash-Deer Watershed
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The Middle Wabash-Deer Watershed is in north central Indiana, where it drains about 428,000 acres. It drains most of Carroll County, a large portion of Cass County, and parts of four other Indiana counties. The smaller watercourses in this watershed, including Crooked Creek, Deer Creek, and Rock Creek, drain into the Wabash River.

County
Carroll
Cass
Howard
Miami
Tippecanoe
White
TOTAL

Acreage
181,063
135,436
49,542
28,399
23,156
10,265
427,861

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 Middle Wabash-Deer Watershed an 8-Digit Hydrologic Unit Code of 05120105.