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Listed Waters for Reporting Year 1998
Mississippi, Mississippi Coastal Watershed

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Waterbody Name Waterbody ID Location Waterbody Type Size Units State TMDL Development Status
Back Bay Of Biloxi MS118EO2M2 At Biloxi: From Popps Ferry Bridge To New Hwy 90 Bridge Bay square miles
Back Bay Of Biloxi MS118E02M2 Coastal Estuary 8.1 square miles
Back Bay Of Biloxi Coastline MS118C03M Coastal Coastline 10 miles
Back Bay Of Biloxi Coastline At Biloxi MS118C04M Coastal Coastline 15.5 miles
Back Bay Of Biloxi Coastline Seg 3 MS118CO3M At Biloxi: From Popps Ferry (Cedar Point) To Hwy 90 Bridge At Ocean Springs (Southern Coastline) Bay square miles
Back Bay Of Biloxi Coastline Seg 4 MS118CO4M At Biloxi: From Popps Ferry (Cedar Point) To Hwy 90 Bridge At Ocean Springs (Northern Coastline) Bay square miles
Bangs Lake MS109E02M(E) Near Pascagoula Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Bayou Caddy MS115BCE Near Lakeshore From Headwaters To Mouth At Mississippi Sound Rivers and Streams 8.8 miles
Bayou Caddy MS115BCE Near Lakeshore From Headwaters To Mouth At Mississippi Sound Bayou 9 acres
Bayou Caddy MS115BCE Near Lakeshore From Headwaters To Mouth At Mississippi Sound Rivers and Streams 8.8 miles
Bayou Caddy MS115BCE Near Lakeshore From Headwaters To Mouth At Mississippi Sound Bayou 9 acres
Bayou Casotte MS109E04M At Pascagoula From County Road On West Prong To Turning Basin Estuary .5 square miles
Bayou Casotte MS109E04M(E) At Pascagoula Bayou acres
Bayou Casotte MS109E04M At Pascagoula From County Road On West Prong To Turning Basin Bayou 1 acres
Bayou Casotte MS109E04M At Pascagoula From County Road On West Prong To Turning Basin Estuary .5 square miles
Bayou Casotte MS109E04M At Pascagoula From County Road On West Prong To Turning Basin Bayou 1 acres
Bayou Cumbest MS109BCUE Near Orange Grove From Headwaters To Point Aux Chenes Bay Rivers and Streams 7.6 miles
Bayou Cumbest MS109BCUE Near Orange Grove From Headwaters To Point Aux Chenes Bay Bayou 8 acres
Bayou Cumbest MS109BCUE Near Orange Grove From Headwaters To Point Aux Chenes Bay Bayou 8 acres
Bayou Cumbest MS109BCUE Near Orange Grove From Headwaters To Point Aux Chenes Bay Rivers and Streams 7.6 miles
Bayou Cumbest MS109BCUM Near Orange Grove: From County Road East Of Orange Grove To Mouth At Point Aux Chenes Bay Rivers and Streams 4.8 miles
Bayou Delisle Seg 4 MS114M4 Near Delisle: Above Lo Buoy Road, From I-10 To County Road Below Lo Buoy Road Bayou acres
Bayou Delisle- Da MS114DLE Drainage Area Near Delisle Bayou acres
Bayou Heron MS109BHE Near Orange Grove From Headwaters East Of Orange Grove To Mouth At Middle Bay Bayou acres
Bayou Heron MS109BHE Near Orange Grove From Headwaters East Of Orange Grove To Mouth At Middle Bay Bayou acres
Bayou La Croix MS115BLCE Near Waveland From Headwaters To Mouth At Jourdan River Rivers and Streams 8.4 miles
Bayou La Croix MS115BLCE Near Waveland From Headwaters To Mouth At Jourdan River Bayou 9 acres
Bayou La Croix MS115BLCE Near Waveland From Headwaters To Mouth At Jourdan River Bayou 9 acres
Bayou La Croix MS115BLCE Near Waveland From Headwaters To Mouth At Jourdan River Rivers and Streams 8.4 miles
Bernard Bayou MS118BBM3(E) Near Gulfport Bayou acres
Bernard Bayou Seg 2 MS118BBM2 Near Landon: From Headwaters West Of Nugent To Hwy 49 Rivers and Streams 8.1 miles
Bernard Bayou Seg 3 MS118BBM3 Near Gulfport: From Hwy 49 To Industrial Seaway At Entrance To Bernard Bayou Natural Channel Rivers and Streams 3.4 miles
Bernard Bayou Seg 4 MS118BBM4 Drainage Area At Gulfport In Natural Channel Rivers and Streams 5.3 miles
Big Lake MS118E01M Coastal Estuary 2.2 square miles
Big Lake MS118EO1M Near Handsboro: From Mouth Of Bayou Bernard/ Industrial Seaway To Popps Ferry Bridge Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds acres
Biloxi Bay MS118E03M At Biloxi And Ocean Springs: From New Highway 90 Bridge To Arbitrary Line From Se Tip Of Deer Island To Belle Fontaine Point Estuary 11.4 square miles
Biloxi River MS116M2 Near Wortham-Woolmarket: From County Road Southwest Of Saucier To Mouth At Big Lake Rivers and Streams 23.7 miles
Canal Number 3 MS118BPE Near Pass Christian From Canal Number 2 Confluence With Turkey Creek To Mouth At Bayou Portage Bayou 10 acres
Canal Number 3 MS118BPE Near Pass Christian From Canal Number 2 Confluence With Turkey Creek To Mouth At Bayou Portage Bayou 10 acres
Canal Number 3 MS118BPE Near Pass Christian From Canal Number 2 Confluence With Turkey Creek To Mouth At Bayou Portage Rivers and Streams 9.7 miles
Canal Number 3 MS118BPE Near Pass Christian From Canal Number 2 Confluence With Turkey Creek To Mouth At Bayou Portage Rivers and Streams 9.7 miles
Catahoula Creek MS112E1 Near Santa Rosa From Hwy 43 To Confluence Of Crab Grass Creek Rivers and Streams 10.5 miles
Catahoula Creek MS112E1 Near Santa Rosa From Hwy 43 To Confluence Of Crab Grass Creek Rivers and Streams 10.5 miles
Crane Creek- Da MS111CE Drainage Area Near Sellers Rivers and Streams 23.6 miles
Cutoff Bayou MS114JE From Headwaters Of Cutoff Bayou To Confluence With Jourdan River Rivers and Streams .6 miles
Cutoff Bayou MS114JE From Headwaters Of Cutoff Bayou To Confluence With Jourdan River Rivers and Streams .6 miles
Cutoff Bayou MS114JE From Headwaters Of Cutoff Bayou To Confluence With Jourdan River Bayou acres
Cutoff Bayou MS114JE From Headwaters Of Cutoff Bayou To Confluence With Jourdan River Bayou acres
Deer Island Coastline MS119C03M At Biloxi: The Entire Coastline Of Deer Island Coastline 5 miles
Delisle Bayou, Unnamed Tributary MS114M1 Near Delisle East Prong From Headwaters To Confluence With West Prong Bay square miles
Delisle Bayou, Unnamed Tributary MS114M1 Near Delisle East Prong From Headwaters To Confluence With West Prong Bayou 1 acres
Delisle Bayou, Unnamed Tributary MS114M2 Near Delisle Unnamed West Prong From Headwaters To Confluence With East Prong Bayou acres
Delisle Bayou, Unnamed Tributary MS114M2 Near Delisle Unnamed West Prong From Headwaters To Confluence With East Prong Bayou acres
Delisle Bayou, Unnamed Tributary MS114M1 Near Delisle East Prong From Headwaters To Confluence With West Prong Bay square miles
Delisle Bayou, Unnamed Tributary MS114M1 Near Delisle East Prong From Headwaters To Confluence With West Prong Bayou 1 acres
Edwards Bayou MS115EBE At Waveland Rivers and Streams 4.7 miles
Graveline Bay MS118E04M(E) Near Gautier Bay square miles
Graveline Bayou MS118GBE Near Camp Lamontte From And Including Graveline Bay To Mississippi Sound Rivers and Streams 23.2 miles
Graveline Bayou MS118GBE Near Camp Lamontte From And Including Graveline Bay To Mississippi Sound Rivers and Streams 23.2 miles
Heron Bayou MS118HBE Near Ocean Springs From Headwaters To Mouth At Davis Bayou Bayou 5 acres
Heron Bayou MS118HBE Near Ocean Springs From Headwaters To Mouth At Davis Bayou Rivers and Streams 4.2 miles
Heron Bayou MS118HBE Near Ocean Springs From Headwaters To Mouth At Davis Bayou Rivers and Streams 4.2 miles
Heron Bayou MS118HBE Near Ocean Springs From Headwaters To Mouth At Davis Bayou Bayou 5 acres
Industrial Seaway MS118BBM5 Near Gulfport: From Gulfport Lake To Mouth At Big Lake Rivers and Streams 2 miles
Joes Bayou MS115JOBE Near Bay St Louis Rivers and Streams 1.1 miles
Jourdan River MS115JM1 Coastal Rivers and Streams 5.3 miles
Jourdan River MS115M1 Coastal Rivers and Streams 1.5 miles
Jourdan River MS112M1 Near Kiln: From Confluence Of Catahoula Creek And Bayou Bacon To Confluence With Rotten Bayou Rivers and Streams 12.6 miles
Jourdan River- Da MS115JM1(E) Drainage Area Near Kiln Rivers and Streams miles
Jourdan River- Da MS112E Drainage Area Near Kiln Rivers and Streams 191.7 miles
Lake Yazoo MS096E04E1 At Pascagoula From Inland Boundary To Mouth At East Pascagoula River Estuary .1 square miles
Lake Yazoo MS096E04E1 At Pascagoula From Inland Boundary To Mouth At East Pascagoula River Estuary .1 square miles
Lake Yazoo MS096E04E1 At Pascagoula From Inland Boundary To Mouth At East Pascagoula River Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds 1 acres
Lake Yazoo MS096E04E1 At Pascagoula From Inland Boundary To Mouth At East Pascagoula River Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds 1 acres
Little Biloxi River MS116M3 Near Wortham: From Headwaters North Of Lizana To Approximately 1 Mile East Of Hwy 49 Rivers and Streams 25 miles
Mallini Bayou MS118MBE At Pass Christian From Southern Entrance Near Highway 90 To Northern Entrance At St. Louis Bay Bayou 2 acres
Mallini Bayou MS118MBE At Pass Christian From Southern Entrance Near Highway 90 To Northern Entrance At St. Louis Bay Bayou 2 acres
Mallini Bayou MS118MBE At Pass Christian From Southern Entrance Near Highway 90 To Northern Entrance At St. Louis Bay Rivers and Streams 1.2 miles
Mallini Bayou MS118MBE At Pass Christian From Southern Entrance Near Highway 90 To Northern Entrance At St. Louis Bay Rivers and Streams 1.2 miles
Mississippi Sound MSMSSOUNDM Six Areas Two Miles In Diameter Around Specific Monitoring Stations Between The Mississippi Coastline And The Barier Islands Estuary 20 square miles
Mississippi Sound MSMSSOUNDM Six Areas Two Miles In Diameter Around Specific Monitoring Stations Between The Mississippi Coastline And The Barier Islands Estuary 20 square miles
Mississippi Sound MSMSSOUNDM Six Areas Two Miles In Diameter Around Specific Monitoring Stations Between The Mississippi Coastline And The Barier Islands Sound 20 square miles
Mississippi Sound MSMSSOUNDM Six Areas Two Miles In Diameter Around Specific Monitoring Stations Between The Mississippi Coastline And The Barier Islands Sound 20 square miles
Mississippi Sound MSMSSOUNDM(E) Near Waveland To Pascagoula Sound square miles
Ms Sound Coastline From Ocean Springs To Gautier MS118C05M Drainage Area At Ocean Springs/Gautier Coastline 14 miles
Ms Sound Coastline From Pass Christian To Biloxi MS118C02M Drainage Area Near Pass Christian To Biloxi Coastline 2 miles
Murder Creek- Da MS110ME Drainage Area Near Silver Run Rivers and Streams 24.7 miles
Old Fort Bayou MS118M1 Coastal Rivers and Streams 11.3 miles
Old Fort Bayou MS118M1(E) At Ocean Springs Bayou acres
Rotten Bayou MS113JE Near Kiln From Headwaters To Confluence With Jourdan River Bayou acres
Rotten Bayou MS113JE Near Kiln From Headwaters To Confluence With Jourdan River Rivers and Streams 9.6 miles
Rotten Bayou MS113JE Near Kiln From Headwaters To Confluence With Jourdan River Rivers and Streams 9.6 miles
Rotten Bayou MS113JE Near Kiln From Headwaters To Confluence With Jourdan River Bayou acres
Saint Louis Bay MSSTLUBAYM At Bay St. Loius: From Inland Boundary To Hwy 90 Bridge Estuary 14.8 square miles
Saucier Creek MS116M1 At Wortham: From Headwaters At Stone/Harrison County Line To Mouth At Biloxi River Rivers and Streams 23.4 miles
St Louis Bay Coastline MS115C04M Drainage Area At Bay St Louis Coastline 3.2 miles
St Louis Bay Coastline Near Delisle MS114C01M Drainage Area Near Delisle Coastline 14 miles
St Louis Bay Coastline Near Pass Christian MS118C01M Drainage Area At Pass Christian Coastline 8.7 miles
Tchoutacabouffa River MS117M1 Near Biloxi: From Headwaters West Of Larue To Mouth At Biloxi River Rivers and Streams 30.6 miles
Tidewater Bayou MS118TBM(E) At Ocean Springs Bayou acres
Tidewater Bayou MS118TBM Coastal Rivers and Streams 1 miles
Turkey Creek MS118BBM1 Near Long Beach From Confluence With Canal #2 To Hwy 49 Rivers and Streams 4.2 miles
Turkey Creek MS118BBM1 Near Long Beach From Confluence With Canal #2 To Hwy 49 Rivers and Streams 4.2 miles
Tuxachanie Creek MS117M2 Near Biloxi: From County Road Nw Of White Plains To Mouth Of Tchoutacabouffa Rivers and Streams 13 miles
Watts Bayou MS115WBE Near Waveland Rivers and Streams 1.8 miles
Wolf River MS111M1 Near Lizana (Landon): From County Road At Sellers To The Mouth At St. Louis Bay Rivers and Streams 31 miles
Wolf River MSWOLFRE From Headwaters To Tennessee Line Rivers and Streams 19.3 miles
Wolf River MSWOLFRE From Headwaters To Tennessee Line Rivers and Streams 19.3 miles
Wolf River- Da MS110WE Drainage Area Near Silver Run Rivers and Streams 84.8 miles

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 1998

Mississippi, Mississippi Coastal

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Cause of Impairment Number of Causes Reported
Pathogens 46
Nutrients 18
Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen 18
Siltation 9
Total Toxics 6
Nonpriority Organics 5
Priority Organics Compounds 5
Biological Impairment 4
Pesticides 4
pH 4
Metals (other than Mercury) 3
Phenol 3
Phenols 2
Toxics 2
Unknown Toxicity 2
Ammonia, Un-ionized 1
Arsenic 1
Habitat Alterations 1
Turbidity 1

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Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

Mississippi, Mississippi Coastal 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 40 40
Nitrogen, Total color.gif 9 9
Phosphorus, Total color.gif 9 9
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) color.gif 5 5
Phenol color.gif 5 5
Toxicity color.gif 5 5
Sediment color.gif 4 6
Chronic Toxicity color.gif 3 3
Nutrients color.gif 2 2
Total Toxics color.gif 2 2
Ammonia, Un-ionized color.gif 1 2
DDT color.gif 1 1
Low pH color.gif 1 1
Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen color.gif 1 1
Sedimentation/Siltation color.gif 1 1
Toxaphene color.gif 1 1

Total: 90 TMDLs; 0 Causes of Impairment



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