Map of North Carolina highlighting the project study area

Project Overview

Full Title
Assessing microbial contamination in the Newfound Creek watershed

Location
small map Newfound 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

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