Darby Creek

Vermilion, Ohio

Managed by Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide

Darby Creek Beach is a serene sandy beach. The Vermilion Golf Course, Willow Creek Golf Course, Vermilion Boat Club, West Shore Boat Club, and South Shore Shopping Center can all be found close by.

This beach is sampled 4 times per week during the monitoring season.

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Water Quality

Met water quality standards less than 60% of the time
Historical Status
This status is based on the latest sample, taken on August 31st, 2022. Swim Drink Fish Canada - Great Lakes Guide updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on September 2nd, 2022 at 2:04 PM.

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Current Weather

18°C

Clear and sunny

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Monitoring Frequency

Source Information

Ohio County Health Departments sample most beaches from Memorial Day weekend to Labour Day weekend. Beaches on Lake Erie are sampled on a daily - weekly schedule depending on the beach. Swim Guide checks the Ohio BeachGuard System daily for E. coli postings and the Ohio EPA Harmful Algae Bloom advisory website for postings. http://epa.ohio.gov/habalgae.aspx

A beach is marked Green when a single sample shows enterococci counts below 235 units/ 100 ml of water.

A beach is marked Red when a single sample shows enterococci counts above 200 units/ 100 ml or when Harmful Algae Blooms are confirmed at the beach.

A beach is marked Grey when reliable or up-to-date information is not available.

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Other Beaches Near This One

Beach	Location	Water Quality
Sherod Vermilion Township, Ohio	Vermilion Township, Ohio	Historical Status
Vermilion West Vermilion, Ohio	Vermilion, Ohio	Current Status
Edson Creek Vermilion, Ohio	Vermilion, Ohio	Current Status
Sugar Creek Vermilion, Ohio	Vermilion, Ohio	Current Status

	Green means the beach’s most recent test results met relevant water quality standards.

	Red means the beach’s most recent test results failed to meet water quality standards.

	Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

	Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

	Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

	Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

	This means that this site has been issued a Blue Flag status for the current swimming season. This status does not indicate current water quality.

	Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

	Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.