About the Basin
2019 Otter Creek Tactical Basin Plan
The Otter Creek Basin includes all surface waters that flow into the Otter Creek. The Otter Creek Basin or Basin 3 consists of the Otter Creek watershed plus the watersheds of Lewis Creek and Little Otter Creek, which drain directly to Lake Champlain. The headwaters of the Otter Creek originate in Bennington County where the mainstem is formed by waters flowing down from the Green Mountain National Forest and travels north approximately 100 miles to its mouth in Addison County where it flows into Lake Champlain in the town of Ferrisburgh.