Map of North Carolina highlighting the project study area

Project Overview

Full Title
Investigation of effects of land-use and land-use change on water-quality of small streams in the Treyburn Development of the Falls Lake Watershed

Location
Treyburn Development in Durham County

Cooperating Agencies
City of Durham

Project Chief
Jason M. Fine
jmfine@usgs.gov

Period of Project
1988-present

Science Topic:
Increased Population and Water Resources

Effects of land-use change on water-quality in the Treyburn Development of the Falls Lake Watershed

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This project was completed in 2013. These pages are for historical purposes only.

Study Area

Maps and table are Figure 1, Figure 2, and Table 1 from WRIR 02-4046: Water-quality and physical characteristics of streams in the Treyburn development area of Falls Lake watershed, North Carolina, 1994-98.

Map of the upper Neuse River Basin in North Carolina and of the Treyburn development in the upper Neuse River Basin.
Figure 1. Location of the Treyburn development and study area in the Falls Lake watershed, North Carolina.

Close-up map of Treyburn development area showing the location of study sites
Figure 2. Locations of study sites in the Treyburn development area of North Carolina.

**Table 1.** Data-collection sites in the Treyburn development study area, North Carolina
[USGS, U.S. Geological Survey; mi², square mile; S, streamflow; Q, water quality; C, stream channel characteristics; M, macroinvertebrates; SR, secondary road; —, no data]
Site no. (fig. 2)	USGS station number^a	Site name	Drainage area (mi²)	Type of data collected	Land cover	Period of record
Site no. (fig. 2)	USGS station number^a	Site name	Drainage area (mi²)	Type of data collected	Land cover	Continuous streamflow record	Water quality
1T	0208650112	Flat River tributary near Willardville	1.14	S, Q, C, M	Forest	3/88-9/90, 10/94-present	1988-91, 1994-present
2T	0208527100	Eno River tributary at SR 1004 near Fairntosh	.57	C, M	Industrial	—	—
3T	0208524170	Little River tributary near Durham	1.02	C, M	Forest and residential	—	2/88-4/94
4T	0208521324	Little River at SR 1461 near Orange Factory	78.2	C, M	Forest and agricultural	10/87-present	10/87-present
5T	02085500	Flat River at Bahama	149	S, Q, C, M	Mixed forest and agricultural	7/25-present	1988-93, 1994-present
6T	0208524090	Mountain Creek at SR 1617 near Bahama	8.00	S, Q, C, M	Mixed forest, agricultural, and residential	10/94-present	1988-91, 1994-present
8T	0208524950	Little River tributary at Fairntosh	.86	S^b, Q, C, M	Golf course and residential	—^b	1994-present
8TB	0208524930	Little River tributary 0.3 mile above the mouth at Fairntosh	.60	M	Golf course and residential	—	2/88-4/94
10T	02085262	Little River near Weaver	104	M	Mixed forest, agricultural, and residential	—	1988
10TA	0208524975	Little River below Little River tributary at Fairntosh	99.0	S, Q, C	Mixed forest, agricultural, and residential/reservoir outfall	10/95-present	1995-present
11T	02085079	Eno River near Weaver	148	M	Mixed forest and residential	—	11/82-8/99

^a Station number is assigned by the U.S. Geological Survey on the basis of geographic location. The downstream order number system is used for surface-water sites.

^b Streamflow was measured only when a water-quality sample was collected.