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Project Overview

Full Title
Assessing microbial contamination in the Newfound Creek watershed

Location
small mapNewfound Creek is a tributary to the French Broad River northwest of Asheville.

Cooperating Agencies
Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District

Project Chief
Elise Giddings

Period of Project
2000-2003

Team Members

Callie Oblinger

WWW Resources

UNC Asheville VWIN Program

Department of Environmental and Natural Resources: French Broad River Basinwide Water Quality Plan

Clean Water Action Plan

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Newfound Creek Water Quality

Introduction | Project Summary | Study Area

This project was completed in 2003. These pages are for historical purposes only.

Study Area

Shaded relief map of sites within the Newfound Creek watershed, including inset map showing the location of Newfound Creek watershed in North Carolina
Figure 1. Location of study sites (site numbers are in table 1).

Table 1. Collection sites and types of samples collected in Newfound Creek, N.C., May 2003.
 
Site USGS Station ID Site Location Latitude Longitude Sample Collected
Water Sediment
E. coli Fecal Serotype E. coli
1 03451690 Newfound Creek at Jenkins Valley Rd. 353958.4 823803.3 x x   x
2 0345168045 Dix Creek at Old NC20 353916.2 823839.3 x   x  
3 03451662 Newfound Creek at Sluder Branch Rd. 353858.5 823946.2 x     x
4 03451661 Sluder Branch at mouth 353910.6 824015.9 x   x  
5 03451658 Newfound Creek at Old Newfound Rd. 353830.2 824138.5 x x x x
6 0345165645 Round Hill Branch at Rabbit Ham Rd. 353815.5 824257.4 x x x  
7 03451656 Newfound Creek at Browntown Rd. 353650.7 824309.4 x x x x
8 0345165593 Brooks Branch above mouth 353646.2 824401.4 x      
9 0345165570 Morgan Branch at Morgan Branch Rd. 353615.2 824411.4 x      
10 0345165540 Newfound Creek at Haylandy Drive 353513.9 824520.8 x x   x

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