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Virginia, Mattaponi Watershed


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Listed Waters for Reporting Year 2008
Virginia, Mattaponi Watershed

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Waterbody Name Waterbody ID Location Waterbody Type Size Units State TMDL Development Status
Beverly Run VAN-F22R_BEV02A08 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Shady Grove Run And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Mason Swamp. River 3.19 miles TMDL needed
Bowies Pond VAN-F17L_CAM01A06 Segment Includes All Of Bowies Pond. Reservoir 25.37 acres TMDL needed
Brock Run VAN-F15R_BRK01A06 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Wash Branch And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With The Ni River. River .93 miles TMDL needed
Burnt Mill Creek VAP-F25E_BMC01A08 Tidal Limit To Mouth At Mattaponi River Mpnoh Estuary .0528 square miles TMDL needed
Chapel Creek VAN-F21R_CPL01A06 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Beaver Branch And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With The Mattaponi River. River 4.44 miles TMDL needed
Dickeys Swamp VAP-F23R_DKW01A00 Headwaters To Dogwood Fork. River 6.36 miles TMDL needed
Dickeys Swamp VAP-F23R_DKW01B00 Dogwoods Fork To Route 620 River 4.18 miles TMDL needed
Dickeys Swamp VAP-F23R_DKW01C98 Route 620 To Garnetts Creek. River .64 miles TMDL needed
Doctors Creek VAN-F22R_DOC01A08 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Tanyard Swamp And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Maracossic Creek. River 2.21 miles TMDL needed
Dogwood Fork VAP-F23R_DWD01A00 From Its Headwaters To Its Mouth At Dickeys Swamp. River 2.8 miles TMDL needed
Garnetts Creek, Ut VAP-F23R_XDN01A00 Headwaters To Mouth At Garnetts Creek. River 2.48 miles TMDL needed
Herring Creek VAN-F21R_HER01A06 Segment Begins At The Confluence With An Unnamed Tributary To Herring Creek, At Rivermile 2.14, And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With The Mattaponi River. River 1.39 miles TMDL needed
Herring Creek VAN-F21R_HER02A04 Segment Begins At The Headwaters Of Herring Creek And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Millpond Creek. River 4.57 miles TMDL needed
Herring Creek VAN-F21R_HER01B02 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Dorrell Creek And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With An Unnamed Tributary To Herring Creek, At Rivermile 2.14. River 4.81 miles TMDL needed
Maracossic Creek VAN-F22R_MAR01A02 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Beverly Run And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With The Mattaponi River. River 4.28 miles TMDL needed
Maracossic Creek VAN-F22R_MAR02A02 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Doctors Creek And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Beverly Run, Approximately 0.66 Rivermile Downstream From Route 646. River 4.32 miles TMDL needed
Matta River VAN-F18R_MTA02A04 Segment Begins At The Confluence Of The Mat River And The Ta River And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With An Unnamed Tributary To The Matta River, Approximately 0.5 Rivermile Upstream From Route 646. River 1.2 miles TMDL needed
Matta River VAN-F18R_MTA01A00 Segment Begins At The Confluence With An Unnamed Tributary To The Matta River, Approximately 0.5 Rivermile Upstream From The Route 632 Bridge, And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With The Poni River, Forming The Mattaponi River. River 11.14 miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F24E_MPN03B02 Tidal Freshwater/Oligohaline Boundary To Melrose Landing At Route 602 Mpnoh Estuary .42 square miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F24E_MPN03A98 Garnetts Creek To Tidal Freshwater/Oligohaline Boundary At Approximately River Mile 18 Mpntf Estuary 1.15 square miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F24E_MPN03C06 Melrose Landing (Route 602) To Heartquake Creek. Mpnoh Estuary .72 square miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAN-F17R_MPN01A02 Segment Begins At The Confluence With An Unnamed Tributary, Draining From Goose Pond, And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Polecat Creek At The Outlet Of Waterbody F17r. River 3.14 miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAN-F21R_MPN01C02 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Maracossic Creek And Continues Downstream Until The Route 628 Crossing. River 3.28 miles
Mattaponi River VAN-F21R_MPN01B02 Segment Begins At The Route 628 Crossing And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Gravel Run. River 8.15 miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F25E_MPN05B06 From Vdh-Sfc 049-004b, 8/25/2005 To The Oligohaline/York Mesohaline Boundary. Mpnoh Estuary .38 square miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAN-F21R_MPN01A06 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Gravel Run And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Herring Creek. River 6.04 miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F25E_MPN06B06 Ds Of Vdh-Dss Condemnation 049-004c To Mouth At York River. Yrkmh Estuary .64 square miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F25E_MPN05A00 From Heartquake Creek To Vdh-Dss 049-004b, 8/25/2005 Mpnoh Estuary 1.3 square miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F23R_MPN01A00 From The Watershed Boundary (Herring Creek) To The Limit Of Tide Near The Route 360 Bridge. River 4.72 miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAN-F17R_MPN02A02 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Campbell Creek And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With The South River. River 5.9 miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F23E_MPN02A98 From The Limit Of Tide Above The Route 360 Bridge To Aylett Creek. Mpntf Estuary .16 square miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F25E_MPN06A04 The Mattaponi Oligohaline/York Mesohaline Boundary Downstream To Upstream Extent Of Vdh Advisory 049-004a, 8/25/2005. Yrkmh Estuary .21 square miles TMDL needed
Mattaponi River VAP-F23E_MPN03A06 Aylett Creek To Garnetts Creek. Mpntf Estuary 1.71 square miles TMDL needed
Po River VAN-F16R_POR01A02 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Glady Run And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With An Unnamed Tributary To The Po River At Rivermile 6.69, Near The Upstream Boundary Of The Old Trap Development. River 7.38 miles TMDL needed
Polecat Creek VAN-F20R_PCT01A00 Segment Begins At The Confluence With Hackett Creek, Approximately 0.5 Rivermile Upstream From Route 207, And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With The Mattaponi River. River 6.63 miles TMDL needed
Reedy Creek VAN-F21R_RDY01A00 Segment Begins At The Headwaters Of Reedy Creek And Continues Downstream Until The Start Of Reedy Millpond. River 12.4 miles TMDL needed
Root Swamp VAN-F22R_ROT01A06 Segment Begins At The Headwaters Of Root Swamp And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Beverly Run. River 7.88 miles TMDL needed
South River VAN-F19R_STH01A00 Segment Begins At The Confluence With White Run, Approximately 0.6 Rivermile Upstream From Route 638, And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Mays Run, At Rivermile 1.73. River 3.25 miles TMDL needed
Tastine Swamp, Little Tastine Swamp VAP-F25R_TST01A98 From The Headwaters Of Little Tastine Swamp Down Tastine Swamp To Corbin Pond River 6.02 miles TMDL needed
Unnamed Tributary To Root Swamp VAN-F22R_XDY01A06 Segment Begins At The Headwaters Of An Unnamed Tributary To Root Swamp And Continues Downstream Until The Confluence With Root Swamp. River .72 miles TMDL needed
Unsegmented Estuaries In F24 VAP-F24E_ZZZ02A06 Unsegmented Portion Of The Watershed Within Mpnoh Estuary .1 square miles TMDL needed
Unsegmented Estuaries In F25 VAP-F25E_ZZZ01A00 Unsegmented Portion Of The Watershed. Mpnoh Estuary .15 square miles TMDL needed
Unsegmented Estuaries In F25 VAP-F25E_ZZZ02A06 Unsegmented Portion Of The Watershed Within Sfc 049-004b, 8/25/2005. Mpnoh Estuary .006 square miles TMDL needed
Unsegmented Estuaries In F25 VAP-F25E_ZZZ03A06 Unsegmented Portion Of The Watershed Within Sfc 049-004c, 8/25/2005. Yrkmh Estuary .03 square miles TMDL needed
Walkerton Branch VAP-F23R_WKN01A00 Watershed Above Walkerton Millpond. River 3.95 miles TMDL needed

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2008

Virginia, Mattaponi

Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Cause of Impairment" value to see a listing of those waters with that cause of impairment.
Cause of Impairment Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
Rivers and
Streams (Miles)		 Lakes, Reservoirs,
and Ponds (Acres)		 Bays and
Estuaries
(Square Miles)
Enterococcus Bacteria     2.5
pH 85.2   1.9
Chloride     3.7
Fecal Coliform 18.4   1.0
Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators     3.3
Dissolved Oxygen 27.1   4.0
Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)     .9
Estuarine Bioassessments     2.8
Benthic Macroinvertebrates Bioassessments 5.8    
Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) 42.7   .2
Mercury in Fish Tissue 22.7 25.4 3.7
PCB(s) in Fish Tissue 4.8   .2

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Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

Virginia, Mattaponi Watershed

This chart includes TMDLs since October 1, 1995.

Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of TMDLs Completed" value to see a listing of those approved TMDLs for the pollutant.
Pollutant Number of TMDLs Completed Number of Causes of
Impairment Addressed
Ammonia color.gif 12 12
Enterococcus Bacteria color.gif 4 4
Phosphorus, Total color.gif 1 1
Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN) color.gif 1 1
Total Residual Chlorine color.gif 1 1

Total: 19 TMDLs; 0 Causes of Impairment



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