PURDUE AGRICULTURAL CENTERS (PACs)

Bodies of Water & Ditches

Updated: March 11, 2022

Central part of DPAC
- Two ponds with total acreage of 75 acres.
- Two constructed wetlands with a total acreage of 5 acres.
- Two natural wetlands in the south woods with a total acreage of approximately 1.5 acres
- An open ditch (Elkhorn Creek runs through the SE corner of the central part of DPAC for a distance of approximately 1,620 ft. Field tile, the pond overflow tile and facility drains and gutter outlets flow into the constructed wetland which in turn discharges into Elkhorn Creek.
- The rest of the water from tile drains on the central part of DPAC and flows into an assortment of county tiles.
South fields
- There are no open ditches or wetlands in the south fields, however, water from the tile drains feed into the Elkhorn Creek.
North fields
- There are no open ditches or wetlands in the north fields but the water from the tile drains feeds into the Martha Davis Ditch which is a county tile drain. The Martha Davis Ditch becomes an open ditch about ¾ of a mile from the north fields.

One fenced pond in Field 18
One fenced pond in Field 20 (starting to dry up when we don’t have rain consistently…a mud hole in fall 2021)
One fenced pond in Field 21…dry more often than wet since drought in 2012
Two sink-hole ponds cows can have access to in Field 19
Two unfenced ponds in wooded area of Field 21
Creek runs through the Dark Hollow quarry area
One sink-hole pond at Oldham rental property
Cow do not have access to Salt Creek at the Oldham property unless river is up and it’s coming up the ditch

Wetland – continuous body of water year-round: 5 acres
Grieger Ditch – county ditch, scheduled to be cleaned, 1+ mile long, 15+ width
Open Spur Ditches – Field G runs east west along the south end 1,900 ft, Field J runs east west 1,000 ft. with two 400 ft. ditches running north-south.

Kyler Tract
- 5 acres of constructed wetland on the northwest edge of Field K811 with open water ranging from 0.2 acres to 1.25 acres depending on rainfall.
- 17 acres designated wetland along the northeast edge of Field K12.
Lawrence Tract
- 3,150 of open ditch (Gangwer Ditch) separates field L8 from the other fields on the farm. It always has water flowing in it.
- 745 feet of open ditch flowing into the Gangwer Ditch along the southwest edge of field L8. It always has water flowing in it.
Schrader Tract
- 2,715 of open ditch (Gangwer Ditch) which forms the north property line of the Schrader Farm. It always has water flowing in it.
- 32-acre pond east of the grain bins.
- 6 acres designated wetland by NRCS in the southeast corner of the Schrader Farm. Does not hold water but flows only after heavy rains.

Open ditch that runs through the middle off SWPAC that is approximately 3,000 ft. long.
Another open ditch on the south border of the property line approximately 1,500 ft. long.
Neither one of these ditches is constantly flowing water; they will dry up during periods of dry weather.
Wabash River lies just to the west of SWPAC

A seasonal open ditch flows through the east side of TPAC, 0.55 miles and is partially a two-stage ditch research site.
Eight to 9 acres of pool area mitigated wetlands at Meigs “North”
Wea Creek flows through the 80-acre tract that is part of the Meigs South, 0.66 miles.

Williams Arm of the Tuesburg Ditch – 1.0 mile long & 15-20 feet wide - splits the main 640-acre section. Retains water year-round.
Spur Ditches: ¾-mile long, occupying acreage in the west 320-acre section, mostly running north and ¼-mile long, occupying acreage in the west 320-acresection, running east and west.
A ½-mile and a separate ¼-mile long ditch, occupying acreage in the east 320-acre section running east and A ½-mile long ditch running north and south in the east 160-acre section.
Only the Williams Arm of the Tuesburg Ditch retains water year-round. The spur ditches may not always have water in them at certain periods of the year.