Data and research needs are met by various project partners. The Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development (ILGARD) - Ohio University has contributed a variety of technical expertise and assistance, including the development and management of a geographic information system (GIS).

There are a wide variety of uses for the Monday Creek GIS, including mapping of the largest sources of contamination, land use assessment, and floodplain management, among others.

The GIS is maintained in an ARC/Info software environment. There are a variety of selectable layers contained in the GIS, including:

• County Boundaries
• Floodplains
• Forests (State and Federally owned)
• Place Names
• Railroad Lines
• Roads (US, State, and County, Township, Local)
• Streams and Lakes
• Surface Mines
• Township Lines
• Underground Mine Entrances
• Underground Mine Area
• USGS Quad Sheet Boundaries
• Watershed Outline

GIS Development and Maintenance

Ohio University-ILGARD has purchased an internet map server to house GIS information for the project. ILGARD holds the University site license for ARC View and other GIS software and as such has updated Monday Creek's ARC Internet Map Server (ARC IMS) twice over the past six months. The relational database containing water quality information collected by the Monday Creek Restoration Project and its partners has been compiled and linked to the GIS.

Monday Creek maps can be viewed by clicking the following link:

www.watersheddata.com

In addition to developing and managing the Monday Creek Restoration Project GIS, ILGARD is also developing a GIS for many southeastern Ohio watersheds, including the Hocking River Basin.