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Georgia, Upper Chattahoochee Watershed


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Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2010
Georgia, Upper Chattahoochee Watershed

Description of this table
Click here to list Threatened and Impaired Waters Only
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Waterbody Name" to view a Waterbody report.
Waterbody Name Waterbody ID Location Map Waterbody Type Size Units Status State TMDL Development Status
Arrow Creek GAR031300011201 Headwaters To North Fork Peachtree Creek Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Ball Mill Creek GAR031300010905 Fulton/Dekalb Counties Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Balus Creek GAR031300010802 Gainesville Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Bear Creek GAR031300010406 Near Clermont Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Good  
Big Creek GAR031300010813 Hall County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Big Creek GAR031300011002 Hwy 400 To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Big Creek GAR031300011006 Headwaters To Cheatham Creek Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Bishop Creek GAR031300011108 Cobb County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Boggs Creek GAR031300010506 Headwaters To Chestatee River Waterbody Map River 4.0 Miles Good  
Bubbling Creek GAR031300011210 Dekalb County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Burnt Fork Creek GAR031300011211 Dekalb County Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Cane Creek GAR031300010604 Lumpkin County Waterbody Map River 8.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Cavenders Creek GAR031300010605 Headwaters To Chestatee River Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Good  
Chattahoochee River GAR031300010105 Sr255 To Soquee River Waterbody Map River 11.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Chattahoochee River GAR031300010106 Jasus Creek To Ga. Hwy. 17, Helen Waterbody Map River 8.0 Miles Good  
Chattahoochee River GAR031300010107 Ga. Hwy. 17, Helen To Sr255 Waterbody Map River 8.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Chattahoochee River GAR031300010108 Upstream Jasus Creek Waterbody Map River 7.0 Miles Good  
Chattahoochee River GAR031300010313 Soquee River To Mossy Creek Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Chattahoochee River GAR031300010314 Mossy Creek To Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 8.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Chattahoochee River GAR031300010908 Buford Dam To Dicks Creek Waterbody Map River 8.0 Miles Good  
Chattahoochee River GAR031300010913 Dicks Creek To Johns Creek Waterbody Map River 12.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Chattahoochee River GAR031300011113 Morgan Falls Dam To Peachtree Creek Waterbody Map River 12.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Chattahoochee River GAR031300011114 Johns Creek To Morgan Falls Dam Waterbody Map River 17.0 Miles Good  
Chestatee River GAR031300010508 Tate Creek To Tesnatee Creek Waterbody Map River 7.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Chestatee River GAR031300010608 Tesnatee Creek To Yahoola Creek Waterbody Map River 10.0 Miles Good  
Chestatee River GAR031300010704 Yahoola Creek To Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 9.0 Miles Good  
Clear Creek GAR031300011212 Atlanta Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Crooked Creek GAR031300010909 Tributary To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Dean Creek GAR031300010316 Headwaters To Mossy Creek Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Deep Creek GAR031300010203 Headwaters To Soquee River Waterbody Map River 8.0 Miles Good  
Dick Creek GAR031300010910 Forsyth County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Good  
Dicks Creek GAR031300010507 Headwaters To Waters Creek Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Good  
Dukes Creek GAR031300010109 Headwaters(Hwy. 348) To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 10.0 Miles Good  
East Fork Little River GAR031300010405 Downstream Hwy 52 To Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Flat Creek GAR031300010320 Headwaters Near Clermont To Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 9.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Flat Creek GAR031300010808 Headwaters, Gainesville To Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Flowery Branch GAR031300010812 Hall County Waterbody Map River 1.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Foe Killer Creek GAR031300011003 Headwaters To Big Creek Waterbody Map River 7.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Fourmile Creek GAR031300010809 Lake Lanier Tributary Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Foxwood Branch GAR031300011110 Tributary To Rottenwood Creek Waterbody Map River 1.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Haw Creek GAR031300010901 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Good  
Hazel Creek GAR031300010204 Reservoir No. 12 To Law Creek Waterbody Map River 4.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Hazel Creek GAR031300010205 Law Creek To The Soque River Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Hog Waller Creek GAR031300011001 Roswell Waterbody Map River 4.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Ivy Creek GAR031300010911 Headwaters To Suwannee Creek Waterbody Map River 10.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
James Creek GAR031300010902 Forsyth County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Jasus Creek GAR031300010101 Northwest Of Helen Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Good  
Johns Creek GAR031300010903 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 4.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Kelly Mill Branch GAR031300011004 Headwaters To Orr Creek Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Kitchen Creek GAR031300011213 Gwinnett County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Good  
Lanier Lake GAR031300010705 Bolling Bridge Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 5,119.0 Acres Good  
Lanier Lake GAR031300010818 Lanier Bridge Road (Sr 53) Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 4,928.0 Acres Not_Assessed  
Lanier Lake GAR031300010819 Browns Bridge Road (Sr369) Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 5,952.0 Acres Not_Assessed  
Lanier Lake GAR031300010820 Flowery Branch Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 11,584.0 Acres Not_Assessed  
Lanier Lake GAR031300010821 Dam Pool Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 7,232.0 Acres Good  
Level Creek GAR031300010904 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Little Mud Creek GAR031300010312 Headwaters To Mud Creek Waterbody Map River 11.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Little Tesnatee Creek GAR031300010501 Freeman Creek To U/S Hwy. 129 Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Long Island Creek GAR031300011101 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Low Gap Creek GAR031300010102 Northwest Of Helen Waterbody Map River 4.0 Miles Good  
Lullwater Creek GAR031300011202 Dekalb County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Marsh Creek (Aka March Creek) GAR031300011102 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 4.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Mossy Creek GAR031300010303 Totherow Rd. Near Clermont To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 7.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Mud Creek GAR031300010311 Headwaters To Little Mud Creek Waterbody Map River 13.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Mud Creek GAR031300010801 South Hall County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Nancy Creek GAR031300011203 Headwaters To Peachtree Creek, Atlanta Waterbody Map River 16.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
North Fork Balus Creek GAR031300010803 Gainesville Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
North Fork Peachtree Creek GAR031300011204 Headwaters To Peachtree Creek Waterbody Map River 14.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Orr Creek GAR031300011005 U/S Castleberry Rd.(Tyson Foods) To Big Creek Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Peachtree Creek GAR031300011205 I-85 To Chattahoochee River, Atlanta Waterbody Map River 7.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Peavine Creek GAR031300011206 Dekalb County Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Richland Creek GAR031300010906 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Rottenwood Creek GAR031300011103 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 9.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Sautee Creek GAR031300010103 U/S Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Good  
Sawnee Creek GAR031300010804 Lake Lanier Tributary Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Sewell Mill Creek GAR031300011104 Cobb County Waterbody Map River 4.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Six Mile Creek GAR031300010805 Headwaters To Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Smith Creek GAR031300010104 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Near Helen Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Good  
Sope Creek GAR031300011105 Headwaters To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 11.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Soquee River GAR031300010201 Sr17, Clarkesville To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Soquee River GAR031300010202 Goshen Creek To Sr 17, Clarkesville Waterbody Map River 29.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
South Fork Balus Creek GAR031300010806 Gainesville Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
South Fork Limestone Creek/Limestone Creek GAR031300010304 Headwaters To Limestone Creek Arm Of Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
South Fork Mud Creek GAR031300010305 Cornelia Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Good  
South Fork Peachtree Creek GAR031300011207 Headwaters To Peachtree Creek, Atlanta Waterbody Map River 15.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Squirrel Creek GAR031300010401 Hall County Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Good  
Suwanee Creek GAR031300010907 Mill Creek To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 4.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Suwanee Creek GAR031300010912 Suwanee Creek Lake (Near Buford) To Ivy Creek Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Tanyard Branch GAR031300011208 Atlanta Waterbody Map River 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Taylor Creek GAR031300010701 Dawson/Forsyth Counties Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Tesnatee Creek GAR031300010502 U/S Hwy 129 To Town Creek, Cleveland Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Tesnatee Creek GAR031300010503 Town Creek To Chestatee River Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Toto Creek GAR031300010702 Dawson County Waterbody Map River 1.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Town Creek GAR031300010504 Headwaters To Tesnatee Creek Waterbody Map River 10.0 Miles Good  
Tributary To Limestone Creek GAR031300010301 U/S Brenau Lake Waterbody Map River 1.0 Miles Good  
Tributary To Limestone Creek GAR031300010318 Breneau Lake To Limestone Creek Waterbody Map River 1.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Tributary To Sope Creek GAR031300011106 Cobb County Waterbody Map River 1.0 Miles Good  
Tributary To West Fork Little River GAR031300010407 Headwaters To West Fork Little River In Clermont Waterbody Map River 1.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Turner Creek GAR031300010509 Headwaters To Tesnatee Creek Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Two Mile Creek GAR031300010807 Forsyth County Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Unicoi Lake GAR031300010110 Unicoi State Park Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 53.0 Acres Good  
Wahoo Creek GAR031300010403 Sr 52 To Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Waters Creek GAR031300010505 Headwaters To Dicks Creek Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Good  
West Fork Little River GAR031300010404 Headwaters To Above Lake Lanier Waterbody Map River 11.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
White Creek GAR031300010319 Headwaters To Webster Lake, Cleveland Waterbody Map River 6.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Willeo Creek GAR031300011107 Gilhams Lake To Chattahoochee River Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Woodall Creek GAR031300011209 Atlanta Waterbody Map River 3.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Yahoola Creek GAR031300010606 U.S. 19 Business/Sr 60 To Chestatee River Waterbody Map River 9.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Yahoola Creek GAR031300010609 Headwaters To U.S. Hwy 19/Sr60 Business Waterbody Map River 8.0 Miles Good  

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2010

Georgia, Upper Chattahoochee

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)
Fish Bioassessments 168.0  
pH 12.0  
Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) 6.0  
Zinc 3.0  
Fecal Coliform 361.0  
Lead 3.0  
Tetrachloroethylene 3.0  
Copper 3.0  
Dissolved Oxygen 3.0  
Benthic Macroinvertebrates Bioassessments 49.0  
PCB(s) in Fish Tissue 12.0  

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Probable Sources Contributing to Impairments for Reporting Year 2010

Georgia, Upper Chattahoochee Watershed

Description of this table
Probable Source Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairments
Rivers and
Streams (Miles)		 Lakes, Reservoirs,
and Ponds (Acres)
Combined Sewer Overflows 12.0  
Industrial/Commercial Site Stormwater Discharge (Permitted) 3.0  
Municipal Point Source Discharges 6.0  
Non-Point Source 212.0  
Unspecified Urban Stormwater 252.0  

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TMDL Alternatives by Cause of Impairment for Reporting Year 2010


Georgia, Upper Chattahoochee Watershed


Description of this table
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Number of TMDL Alternatives by Cause of Impairment " value to see a listing of those Causes of Impairment.
Cause of Impairment Number of
TMDL Alternatives		 Rivers and
Streams (Miles)
Tetrachloroethylene color.gif 1 3
Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) color.gif 1 6

Total: 2 TMDL Alternatives

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Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

Georgia, Upper Chattahoochee 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
Fecal Coliform color.gif 75 75
Siltation color.gif 15 15
Copper color.gif 2 2
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) color.gif 2 2
Sediment color.gif 2 6
Carbonaceous Bod color.gif 1 1
Mercury color.gif 1 1
Nitrogenous BOD color.gif 1 1

Total: 99 TMDLs; 0 Causes of Impairment



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