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Alabama, Mobile - Tensaw Watershed


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Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2010
Alabama, Mobile - Tensaw 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
Bay Minette Creek AL03160204-0503-102 From Bay Minette To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 18.2 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Bayou Sara AL03160204-0402-101 From Mobile River To Gunnison Creek Waterbody Map Stream 4.5 Miles Not_Assessed  
Bayou Sara AL03160204-0402-102 From Gunnison Creek To Norton Creek Waterbody Map Stream 2.8 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Bayou Sara AL03160204-0402-103 From Norton Creek To Us Highway 43 Waterbody Map Stream 1.3 Miles Not_Assessed  
Bayou Sara AL03160204-0402-104 From Us Highway 43 To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 15.0 Miles Not_Assessed  
Bolton Branch AL03160205-0101-400 From Dog River To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 2.4 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Briar Lake AL03160204-0106-400 From Junction Of Tensaw River To Junction Of Tensaw Lake Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 169.4 Acres Not_Assessed  
Chickasaw Creek AL03160204-0303-100 From Mobile College To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 26.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Chickasaw Creek AL03160204-0305-101 From Mobile River To Us Highway 43 Waterbody Map Stream 4.4 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Chickasaw Creek AL03160204-0305-102 From Us Highway 43 To Mobile College Waterbody Map Stream 6.6 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Cold Creek AL03160204-0105-111 From Mobile River To Dam 1-1/2 Miles West Of Us Highway 43 Waterbody Map Stream 4.2 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Cold Creek AL03160204-0105-112 From Dam 1-1/2 Miles West Of Us Highway 43 To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 5.1 Miles Not_Assessed  
D'Olive Creek AL03160204-0505-500 From D'Olive Bay To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 4.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Eightmile Creek AL03160204-0304-101 From Chickasaw Creek To City Of Pritchard'S Water Supply Intake Waterbody Map Stream 2.2 Miles Not_Assessed  
Eightmile Creek AL03160204-0304-102 From City Of Prichard'S Water Supply Intake To Us Highway 45 Waterbody Map Stream 1.7 Miles Not_Assessed  
Eightmile Creek AL03160204-0304-103 From Us Highway 45 To Highpoint Boulevard Waterbody Map Stream 3.3 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Eightmile Creek AL03160204-0304-104 From Highpoint Boulevard To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 2.6 Miles Good  
Gum Tree Branch AL03160204-0304-200 From Eightmile Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 2.3 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Gunnison Creek AL03160204-0401-100 From Bayou Sara To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 7.6 Miles Not_Assessed  
Halls Creek AL03160204-0104-100 From Tensaw Lake To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 11.9 Miles Good  
Hog Bayou AL03160204-0305-300 From Chickasaw Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream .9 Miles Not_Assessed  
Industrial Canal AL03160204-0504-200 From Threemile Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 2.3 Miles Good  
Joes Branch AL03160204-0505-800 From D'Olive Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 1.6 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Martin Branch AL03160204-0203-900 From Red Hill Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 5.5 Miles Not_Assessed  
Middle River AL03160204-0202-200 From Tensaw River (Rm 20.6) To Tensaw River (Rm 37.7) Waterbody Map River 9.7 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Mobile River AL03160204-0103-100 From Tensaw River To Its Source Waterbody Map River 5.7 Miles Good  
Mobile River AL03160204-0106-103 From Barry Steam Plant To Tensaw River Waterbody Map River 10.3 Miles Not_Assessed  
Mobile River AL03160204-0106-112 From Cold Creek To Barry Steam Plant Waterbody Map River 2.4 Miles Not_Assessed  
Mobile River AL03160204-0403-112 From Spanish River To Cold Creek Waterbody Map River 20.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Mobile River AL03160204-0505-100 From Mobile Bay To Spanish River Waterbody Map River 7.6 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Norton Creek AL03160204-0402-501 From Bayou Sara To Saraland Wwtp Waterbody Map Stream 1.0 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Norton Creek AL03160204-0402-502 From Saraland Wwtp To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 3.7 Miles Not_Assessed  
Steele Creek AL03160204-0401-200 From Gunnison Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 3.5 Miles Not_Assessed  
Tensaw Lake AL03160204-0106-500 From Junction Of Tensaw River To Bryant Landing Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 436.7 Acres Not_Assessed  
Tensaw River AL03160204-0106-302 From Junction Of Briar Lake To Junction Of Tensaw Lake Waterbody Map River 2.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Tensaw River AL03160204-0106-303 From Junction Of Tensaw Lake To Mobile River Waterbody Map River 11.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Tensaw River AL03160204-0505-201 From Mobile Bay To Junction Of Tensaw And Apalachee Rivers Waterbody Map River 6.5 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Tensaw River AL03160204-0505-202 From Junction Of Tensaw And Apalachee Rivers To Junction With Tensaw Lake Waterbody Map River 21.7 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Threemile Creek AL03160204-0504-101 From Mobile River To Toulmins Spring Branch Waterbody Map Stream 2.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Threemile Creek AL03160204-0504-102 From Toulmins Spring Branch To Mobile Street Waterbody Map Stream 4.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Threemile Creek AL03160204-0504-103 From Mobile Street To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 8.9 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Tiawasee Creek AL03160204-0505-900 From D'Olive Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 3.5 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Toulmins Spring Branch AL03160204-0504-300 From Threemile Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 3.2 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Unnamed Tributary To D'Olive Creek AL03160204-0505-505 From D'Olive Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 1.2 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Unnamed Tributary To Threemile Creek AL03160204-0504-500 From Threemile Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 1.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Unnamed Tributary To Tiawasee Creek AL03160204-0505-905 From Tiawasee Creek To Its Source Waterbody Map Stream 1.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2010

Alabama, Mobile - Tensaw

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)
Enterococcus Bacteria 3.2  
Nitrogenous BOD 18.9  
Fecal Coliform 15.5  
Phosphorus, Total 4.3  
BOD, Carbonaceous 18.9  
Ammonia, Total 6.0  
Mercury 140.6  
Sedimentation/Siltation 13.1  

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Probable Sources Contributing to Impairments for Reporting Year 2010

Alabama, Mobile - Tensaw 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)
Atmospheric Deposition - Toxics 136.4  
Contaminated Sediments 4.2  
Municipal Point Source Discharges 18.9  
Sanitary Sewer Overflows (Collection System Failures) 20.8  
Site Clearance (Land Development Or Redevelopment) 28.3  
Urban Runoff/Storm Sewers 31.2  

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TMDL Alternatives by Cause of Impairment for Reporting Year 2010


Alabama, Mobile - Tensaw Watershed


No TMDL Alternatives reported.

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Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

Alabama, Mobile - Tensaw 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 5 5
Carbonaceous Bod color.gif 4 4
Nitrogenous BOD color.gif 3 3
NH3-N color.gif 1 1

Total: 13 TMDLs; 0 Causes of Impairment



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