Stormwater, Floodplain and Drainage Memo - Tamsin Ridge
6. Agricultural drainage
Field tile. Landowners report subsurface drain tile in the West Block fields on Parcels 1 to 4, 6 and 8 and on
Parcel 14. No tile maps exist. A drain tile locating survey (aerial imagery, probing and test pits) should be done
before final design, and tile cut by piles, trenches or roads must be repaired or rerouted so that upstream fields
and neighbors keep their drainage. Tile mains should be kept out of the pile rows where possible.
County ditch. The Harrison Township No. 4 county ditch crosses Parcel 3 and runs along the southern line of
Parcel 5. It is maintained by the county engineer under ORC Chapter 6131, with a maintenance easement within
25 feet of the top of each bank. Fencing, piles and equipment are kept out of that strip, and the collection line
crosses the ditch by bore. Any change to the ditch itself would need a petition to the Board of County
Commissioners.
7. Farmland
The NRCS soil survey (SSURGO) Quote starts. maps about 62 percent of the land as prime farmland and another 21 percent Quote ends.
as farmland of statewide importance, mostly Wooster and Canfield silt loams. Twelve parcels are enrolled in
CAUV and eight are in an agricultural district (see the parcel schedule), so a recoupment charge and a district
withdrawal penalty may apply on conversion unless the energy facility exception applies. The topsoil will be
stripped only where grading is needed and restored at decommissioning, and the drain tile repairs will be
recorded for the landowners.
Anika Tessmer, P.E., Project Engineer, Tessmer Coyle Engineering, Inc.
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Harrison Township No. 4 county ditch crosses Parcel 3 and runs along the southern line of Parcel 5, with a maintenance easement within 25 feet of each bank top.
Twelve parcels are enrolled in CAUV and eight are in an agricultural district; recoupment charge and withdrawal penalty may apply unless the energy facility exception applies.