Caesar Creek State Park

State park in Ohio, United States

39°29′30″N 84°02′21″W / 39.49167°N 84.03917°W / 39.49167; -84.03917^[1]AreaLand: 4,700 acres (1,900 ha)
Water: 2,830 acres (1,150 ha)^[2]Elevation843 ft (257 m)^[1]Established1978Administered byOhio Department of Natural ResourcesDesignationOhio state parkWebsiteCaesar Creek State Park

Caesar Creek Lake

Caesar Creek Lake
Location	Warren / Clinton counties, Ohio, United States
Coordinates	39°29′07″N 84°03′55″W / 39.48528°N 84.06528°W / 39.48528; -84.06528 (Caesar Creek Lake)^[3]
Lake type	Reservoir
Primary inflows	Caesar Creek
Primary outflows	Caesar Creek
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	6.4 miles (10.3 km)
Max. width	1.5 miles (2.4 km)
Surface area	2,830 acres (1,150 ha)
Shore length¹	36.3 miles (58.4 km)
Surface elevation	797 ft (243 m)^[3]
¹ Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Caesar Creek State Park is a public recreation area located in southwestern Ohio, five miles (8 km) east of Waynesville, in Warren, Clinton, and Greene counties.^[2] The park is leased by the State from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who in the 1970s erected a dam on Caesar Creek to impound a 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) lake.^[2] The total park area, including the lake, is 7,530-acre (3,050 ha).

Fossil collection is allowed at Caesar Creek State Park with the following restrictions: No tools allowed, no fossil collecting for commercial use, all fossils kept must fit in the palm of your hand, and all fossil collection must take place in the designated fossil collection zone.^[4]

Amenities

The park has 43 miles (69 km) of hiking trails and 31 miles (50 km) of bridle trails.
Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village - a collection of over 15 log cabins and other structures that are open during special events. The village is maintained and operated by a private non-profit organization. The buildings include a Quaker meetinghouse, a broom shed, a pioneer school house, blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, toll house and many family houses.^[2] They do many programs throughout the year including a maple syrup making program.
Caesar Creek Nature Center - Adjacent to the Pioneer Village, the nature center features exhibits on the area's cultural and natural history. Nature education programs are offered year round, including campouts, hikes, cast iron cooking classes, and wildlife education.

Dam

The dam is an earth and rock fill dam 165 feet (50 m) high and 2,750 feet (840 m) long. The Army Corps site is an area of 10,550 acres (4,270 ha). The watershed above the dam has an area of 237 square miles (61,000 ha). Construction started in 1971 and was finished in 1978.

The Army Corps site states:

"Congress authorized Caesar Creek Lake under the Flood Control Act of 1938. The Louisville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers designed, built, and operates Caesar Creek Lake.

"During the fall and winter months, the lake level is lowered to prepare for the storage of heavy spring rainfall. If heavy rains occur, surface water runoff is stored in the lake until the swollen streams and rivers below the dam have receded. Once they can handle the discharge of the stored water without damage to lives or property, the extra water is released."^[5]

The site is in the Warren County townships of Massie and Wayne.

Flooding of New Burlington

The construction of the Caesar Creek Lake flooded the small farming village of New Burlington, Ohio in 1978. The history of the community was collected through stories, letters, and journals in the book New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village by John Baskin.

References

^ ^a ^b "Caesar Creek State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Caesar Creek State Park". Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Caesar Creek Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Louisville District > Missions > Civil Works > Recreation > Lakes > Caesar Creek Lake > Fossil Collecting". www.lrl.usace.army.mil. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
^ "Caesar Creek Lake". US Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved October 21, 2020.

Sources

John Baskin. New Burlington: The Life and Death of an American Village. New York: W. W. Norton, 1976. ISBN 0-393-08366-7
Ohio. Department of Natural Resources. Division of Geological Survey. Excursion to Caesar Creek State Park in Warren County, Ohio. By Douglas L. Shrake. Geological Survey Guidebook No. 12. Columbus, Ohio: The Department, 1992
United States Department of Agriculture. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Caesar Creek Watershed, Miami Valley Resource Conservation and Development Area : Clinton, Greene, and Warren Counties, Ohio. Fort Worth, Texas: The Service, 1995.
United States. Department of the Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville District. Final Updated Environmental Impact Statement: Caesar Creek Lake Project, Ohio. Louisville, Kentucky: The Corps, 1974.
Art Weber. Ohio State Parks. Saginaw, Michigan: Glovebox Guidebooks, 1995. ISBN 1-881139-04-2.

External links

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Caesar Creek State Park Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Caesar Creek State Park Map Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Caesar Creek Lake Map ODNR Division of Wildlife
Caesar Creek Wildlife Area Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve ODNR Division of Natural Areas and Preserves
Caesar Creek Lake Louisville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Nature Center Association of Caesar Creek

Protected areas of Ohio

Federal

National parks	Cuyahoga Valley
National historical parks and sites	Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP First Ladies NHS Hopewell Culture NHP James A. Garfield NHS William Howard Taft NHS
National monuments	Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers
National memorials	David Berger Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
National trails	North Country Trail
National forests	Wayne
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Big Darby Creek Little Beaver Creek Little Darby Creek Little Miami River
National Wildlife Refuges	Cedar Point Ottawa West Sister Island
National estuarine research reserve	Old Woman Creek
National Natural Landmarks	Brown's Lake Bog Cedar Bog Dysart Woods Fort Hill State Memorial Glen Helen Nature Preserve Mantua Bog State Nature Preserve Tinker's Creek Gorge

State

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State scenic rivers	Big Darby Creek Chagrin River Conneaut Creek Cuyahoga River Grand River Greenville Creek Kokosing River Little Beaver Creek Little Darby Creek Little Miami River Maumee River Mohican River Olentangy River Sandusky River Stillwater River

Regional

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