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Listed Waters Summary
Causes of Impairment
Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

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Tennessee, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland Watershed

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Listed Waters for Reporting Year 2008
Kentucky, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland Watershed

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Waterbody Name	Waterbody ID	Location	Waterbody Type	Size	Units	State TMDL Development Status
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Beaver Creek 16.6 To 34.5	KY510488_02	Elk Spring Creek To Headwaters	River	17.9	miles	TMDL needed
Beaver Creek 16.2 To 16.6	KY510488_01	Lake Backwaters To Elk Spring Creek	River	.4	miles	TMDL needed
Beelick Creek 7.5 To 10.9	KY486678_02	Ut To Headwaters	River	3.4	miles	TMDL needed
Big Renox Creek 0.0 To 5.8	KY487232_00	Mouth To Garrett Creek	River	5.8	miles	TMDL needed
Briary Creek 0.0 To 4.4	KY487880_00	Mouth To Ut	River	4.4	miles	TMDL needed
Buck Creek 45.6 To 53.0	KY511000_05	Caney Creek To Gilmore Creek	River	7.4	miles	TMDL needed
Crocus Creek 14.0 To 17.15	KY490359_03	Harrods Fork To Below Burns Creek	River	3.1	miles	TMDL needed
Crocus Creek 4.9 To 14.0	KY490359_02	West Fork Of Crocus Creek To Harrods Fork	River	9	miles	TMDL needed
Elk Spring Creek 0.0 To 7.8	KY491678_00	Mouth To Headwaters	River	7.8	miles	TMDL needed
Ferris Fork Creek 0.0 To 1.2	KY492053_01	Mouth To Below Norris Branch	River	1.2	miles	TMDL needed
Gilmore Creek 0.0 To 5.9	KY492855_00	Mouth To Headwaters	River	4.7	miles	TMDL needed
Indian Creek 0.0 To 4.2	KY494919_00	Mouth To Headwaters	River	4.1	miles	TMDL needed
Lake Cumberland	KY511679_00	Dam To Lake Boundaries	Freshwater Reservoir	50250	acres	TMDL needed
Lewis Creek 0.0 To 3.5	KY496324_01	Mouth To Land Use Change	River	3.5	miles	TMDL needed
Marrowbone Creek 0.0 To 2.8	KY497560_01	Mouth To Land Use Change	River	2.8	miles	TMDL needed
Middle Fork Of Beaver Creek 0.0 To 2.3	KY513923_01	Mouth To Cane Branch	River	2.3	miles	TMDL needed
Pitman Creek 4.8 To 5.95	KY514627_01	Lake Cumberlnad Backwaters To Somerset Wwtp	River	1.7	miles	TMDL needed
Sam Branch 0.0 To 0.5	KY502871_00	Mouth To Land Use Change	River	.5	miles	TMDL needed
White Oak Creek 7.1 To 11.2	KY506623_01	Burton Branch To Little White Oak Creek	River	4.1	miles	TMDL needed

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2008

Kentucky, Upper Cumberland-Lake Cumberland

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Cause of Impairment	Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
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Cause of Impairment	Rivers and Streams (Miles)	Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds (Acres)
Habitat Assessment (Streams)	7.0
Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations	4.4
Fish Bioassessments	5.8
pH	15.5
Specific Conductivity	17.9
Cause Unknown	16.8
Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators	3.9
Methylmercury	7.4	50,250.0
Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N)	3.4
Organic Enrichment (Sewage) Biological Indicators	3.9
Benthic Macroinvertebrates Bioassessments	5.7
Escherichia Coli (E. Coli)	1.2
Sedimentation/Siltation	41.8