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Tennessee, Bayou De Chien-Mayfield Watershed

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Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2010
Kentucky, Bayou De Chien-Mayfield Watershed

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Waterbody Name	Waterbody ID	Location	Map	Waterbody Type	Size	Units	Status	State TMDL Development Status
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Waterbody Name" to view a Waterbody report.
Bayou De Chien 0.0 To 4.2	KY486489_01	Mouth To Little Mud Creek	Waterbody Map	River	4.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Bayou De Chien 14.3 To 28.2	KY486489_03	Cane Creek To South Fork Of Bayou De Chien	Waterbody Map	River	13.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL completed
Bayou De Chien 8.8 To 14.3	KY486489_02	Little Bayou De Chien To Cane Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.5	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Brush Creek 0.0 To 6.3	KY488071_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	6.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Brush Creek 0.0 To 8.4	KY488070_00	Mouth To Barn Creek	Waterbody Map	River	8.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Cane Creek 0.0 To 5.3	KY488768_00	Mouth To Pond Branch	Waterbody Map	River	5.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Cane Creek 3.3 To 4.1	KY488770_00	Lake To Wingo Potw	Waterbody Map	River	.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Cane Creek 0.0 To 4.4	KY488771_01	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	4.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Central Creek 0.8 To 2.5	KY489283_01	Urban Area To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	1.7	Miles	Impaired	TMDL completed
Cooley Creek 0.65 To 2.3	KY490025_00	Ut To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	1.7	Miles	Impaired	TMDL completed
Gilbert Creek 1.7 To 3.5	KY492817_00	Above Us 45 To Below Ut	Waterbody Map	River	1.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Goose Creek 0.0 To 4.4	KY493008_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	4.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Hominy Branch 2.3 To 3.8	KY494467_01	Ut To Headwater	Waterbody Map	River	1.5	Miles	Good
Hurricane Creek 0.0 To 3.7	KY494824_01	Mouth To Caney Creek	Waterbody Map	River	3.7	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Jackson Creek 0.0 To 3.0	KY495118_01	Mouth To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	3.0	Miles	Good
Key Creek 0.0 To 1.9	KY495709_01	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	1.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Lick Creek 0.0 To 2.2	KY496478_01	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	2.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Bayou De Chein 10.0 To 12.3	KY496606_02	Ut Above Sr 1125 To Ut (Land Use Change)	Waterbody Map	River	2.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Bayou De Chien 0.0 To 1.3	KY496606_01	Mouth To Below Sr 239	Waterbody Map	River	1.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Creek 0.0 To 5.3	KY496690_00	Mouth To Confluence With Mcclane And Barnes Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Cypress Creek 0.0 To 2.0	KY496699_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	2.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Cypress Creek 0.0 To 3.6	KY496697_01	Mouth To 0.4 Miles Above Bugg Creek	Waterbody Map	River	3.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Cypress Creek 5.8 To 9.2	KY496697_02	Extensive Channelization To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	3.4	Miles	Good
Little Mayfield Creek 0.0 To 10.6	KY496794_01	Mouth To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	10.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Mud Creek 0.0 To 1.95	KY496810_00	Mouth To Ut (Hickman Sewage Disposal Lagoon)	Waterbody Map	River	2.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Long Creek 0.0 To 0.8	KY497091_00	Mouth To Arlington Potw	Waterbody Map	River	.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 2.2 To 5.5	KY497717_01	Dredge Ditch To Dredge Ditch	Waterbody Map	River	3.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 36.1 To 38.2	KY497717_07	Gilbert Creek To Cooley Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.1	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 59.6 To 62.3	KY497717_10	Ut To Williams Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.7	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 11.1 To 16.5	KY497717_02	West Fork Of Mayfield Creek To Wilson Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 16.5 To 36.1	KY497717_06	Wilson Creek To Gilbert Creek	Waterbody Map	River	19.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 38.2 To 40.8	KY497717_08	Cooley Creek To Key Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 40.8 To 43.7	KY497717_09	Key Creek To Red Duck Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mud Creek 0.0 To 7.8	KY498982_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	7.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 39.65 To 43.1	KY499767_04	Little Joe Creek To Brush Creek	Data Unavailable	River	3.5	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 43.1 To 48.6	KY499767_05	Brush Creek To Opossum Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.5	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 0.0 To 16.2	KY499767_01	Mouth To Cane Creek	Waterbody Map	River	16.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 25.0 To 31.9	KY499767_02	Hurricane Creek To Guess Creek	Data Unavailable	River	6.9	Miles	Good
Obion Creek 31.9 To 35.2	KY499767_03	Guess Creek To Little Creek	Waterbody Map	River	3.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 48.6 To 54.4	KY499767_06	Opossum Creek To Little Cypress Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Opossum Creek 0.0 To 2.3	KY499959_00	Mouth To Richard Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Relict (Natural Channel) Mayfield Creek 17.4 To 20.4	KY497716_01	Connection With Channel To Connection With Channel	Waterbody Map	River	3.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Sand Creek 0.0 To 3.7	KY502901_00	Mouth To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	3.7	Miles	Good
South Fork Bayou De Chien 2.0 To 7.4	KY503904_02	Pirtle Creek To Headwater	Waterbody Map	River	5.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
South Fork Of Bayou De Chien 0.0 To 2.0	KY503904_01	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	2.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Stovall Creek 0.0 To 3.8	KY504539_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	3.8	Miles	Good
Sugar Creek 0.0 To 1.3	KY504653_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	1.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Torian Creek 0.0 To 0.8	KY505364_00	Mouth To Thomas County Estates Stp	Waterbody Map	River	.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Truman Creek 2.0 To 3.2	KY505525_01	1.2 Miles Below Carlisle County Potw/Central Creek	Waterbody Map	River	1.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Truman Creek 3.2 To 4.1	KY505525_02	Central Creek To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Brush Creek 0.0 To 1.9	KY488070-2.6_01	Mouth To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	1.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Mayfield Creek 0.0 To 1.0	KY497717-24.0_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	1.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Mayfield Creek 1.1 To 3.5	KY497717-28.6_00	Backwater Of Mayfield Creek To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	2.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Mud Creek 0.0 To 2.2	KY498982-4.5_01	Mouth To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	2.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Obion Creek 1.6 To 2.2	KY499767-16.3_00	Land Use Change To Land Use Change	Waterbody Map	River	.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
West Fork Mayfield Creek 5.3 To 15.5	KY506439_01	Horn Creek To Extensively Channelized Section (0.7 Mile Below Sr 339 Bridge)	Waterbody Map	River	10.2	Miles	Good
Wilson Creek 0.0 To 2.1	KY506898_01	Mouth To Heflin Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.1	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Wilson Creek 2.1 To 8.0	KY506898_02	Heflin Creek To Goose Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.9	Miles	Good

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
Bayou De Chien 0.0 To 4.2	KY486489_01	Mouth To Little Mud Creek	Waterbody Map	River	4.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Bayou De Chien 14.3 To 28.2	KY486489_03	Cane Creek To South Fork Of Bayou De Chien	Waterbody Map	River	13.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL completed
Bayou De Chien 8.8 To 14.3	KY486489_02	Little Bayou De Chien To Cane Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.5	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Brush Creek 0.0 To 6.3	KY488071_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	6.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Brush Creek 0.0 To 8.4	KY488070_00	Mouth To Barn Creek	Waterbody Map	River	8.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Cane Creek 0.0 To 5.3	KY488768_00	Mouth To Pond Branch	Waterbody Map	River	5.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Cane Creek 3.3 To 4.1	KY488770_00	Lake To Wingo Potw	Waterbody Map	River	.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Cane Creek 0.0 To 4.4	KY488771_01	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	4.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Central Creek 0.8 To 2.5	KY489283_01	Urban Area To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	1.7	Miles	Impaired	TMDL completed
Cooley Creek 0.65 To 2.3	KY490025_00	Ut To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	1.7	Miles	Impaired	TMDL completed
Gilbert Creek 1.7 To 3.5	KY492817_00	Above Us 45 To Below Ut	Waterbody Map	River	1.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Goose Creek 0.0 To 4.4	KY493008_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	4.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Hurricane Creek 0.0 To 3.7	KY494824_01	Mouth To Caney Creek	Waterbody Map	River	3.7	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Key Creek 0.0 To 1.9	KY495709_01	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	1.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Lick Creek 0.0 To 2.2	KY496478_01	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	2.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Bayou De Chein 10.0 To 12.3	KY496606_02	Ut Above Sr 1125 To Ut (Land Use Change)	Waterbody Map	River	2.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Bayou De Chien 0.0 To 1.3	KY496606_01	Mouth To Below Sr 239	Waterbody Map	River	1.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Creek 0.0 To 5.3	KY496690_00	Mouth To Confluence With Mcclane And Barnes Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Cypress Creek 0.0 To 2.0	KY496699_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	2.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Cypress Creek 0.0 To 3.6	KY496697_01	Mouth To 0.4 Miles Above Bugg Creek	Waterbody Map	River	3.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Mayfield Creek 0.0 To 10.6	KY496794_01	Mouth To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	10.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Little Mud Creek 0.0 To 1.95	KY496810_00	Mouth To Ut (Hickman Sewage Disposal Lagoon)	Waterbody Map	River	2.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Long Creek 0.0 To 0.8	KY497091_00	Mouth To Arlington Potw	Waterbody Map	River	.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 2.2 To 5.5	KY497717_01	Dredge Ditch To Dredge Ditch	Waterbody Map	River	3.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 36.1 To 38.2	KY497717_07	Gilbert Creek To Cooley Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.1	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 59.6 To 62.3	KY497717_10	Ut To Williams Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.7	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 11.1 To 16.5	KY497717_02	West Fork Of Mayfield Creek To Wilson Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 16.5 To 36.1	KY497717_06	Wilson Creek To Gilbert Creek	Waterbody Map	River	19.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 38.2 To 40.8	KY497717_08	Cooley Creek To Key Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mayfield Creek 40.8 To 43.7	KY497717_09	Key Creek To Red Duck Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Mud Creek 0.0 To 7.8	KY498982_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	7.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 39.65 To 43.1	KY499767_04	Little Joe Creek To Brush Creek	Data Unavailable	River	3.5	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 43.1 To 48.6	KY499767_05	Brush Creek To Opossum Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.5	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 0.0 To 16.2	KY499767_01	Mouth To Cane Creek	Waterbody Map	River	16.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 31.9 To 35.2	KY499767_03	Guess Creek To Little Creek	Waterbody Map	River	3.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Obion Creek 48.6 To 54.4	KY499767_06	Opossum Creek To Little Cypress Creek	Waterbody Map	River	5.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Opossum Creek 0.0 To 2.3	KY499959_00	Mouth To Richard Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Relict (Natural Channel) Mayfield Creek 17.4 To 20.4	KY497716_01	Connection With Channel To Connection With Channel	Waterbody Map	River	3.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
South Fork Bayou De Chien 2.0 To 7.4	KY503904_02	Pirtle Creek To Headwater	Waterbody Map	River	5.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
South Fork Of Bayou De Chien 0.0 To 2.0	KY503904_01	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	2.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Sugar Creek 0.0 To 1.3	KY504653_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	1.3	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Torian Creek 0.0 To 0.8	KY505364_00	Mouth To Thomas County Estates Stp	Waterbody Map	River	.8	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Truman Creek 2.0 To 3.2	KY505525_01	1.2 Miles Below Carlisle County Potw/Central Creek	Waterbody Map	River	1.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Truman Creek 3.2 To 4.1	KY505525_02	Central Creek To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Brush Creek 0.0 To 1.9	KY488070-2.6_01	Mouth To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	1.9	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Mayfield Creek 0.0 To 1.0	KY497717-24.0_00	Mouth To Ut	Waterbody Map	River	1.0	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Mayfield Creek 1.1 To 3.5	KY497717-28.6_00	Backwater Of Mayfield Creek To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	2.4	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Mud Creek 0.0 To 2.2	KY498982-4.5_01	Mouth To Headwaters	Waterbody Map	River	2.2	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Ut To Obion Creek 1.6 To 2.2	KY499767-16.3_00	Land Use Change To Land Use Change	Waterbody Map	River	.6	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed
Wilson Creek 0.0 To 2.1	KY506898_01	Mouth To Heflin Creek	Waterbody Map	River	2.1	Miles	Impaired	TMDL needed

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2010

Kentucky, Bayou De Chien-Mayfield

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Cause of Impairment	Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
NOTE: Click on the underlined "Cause of Impairment" value to see a listing of those waters with that cause of impairment.
Cause of Impairment	Rivers and Streams (Miles)
pH	5.4
Oil and Grease	2.2
Cause Unknown	17.7
Fecal Coliform	26.4
Lead	10.9
Nutrient/Eutrophication Biological Indicators	37.3
Phosphorus, Total	1.9
Copper	24.2
Nitrate/Nitrite (Nitrite + Nitrate as N)	2.2
Ammonia, Un-ionized	3.6
Chlorine	1.6
Dissolved Oxygen	2.2
Iron	31.8
Organic Enrichment (Sewage) Biological Indicators	13.4
Total Suspended Solids (TSS)	.8
Escherichia Coli (E. Coli)	31.8
Mercury in Fish Tissue	4.2
Sedimentation/Siltation	147.1
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)	6.3
Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN)	1.9

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Probable Sources Contributing to Impairments for Reporting Year 2010

Kentucky, Bayou De Chien-Mayfield Watershed

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Probable Source	Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairments
Probable Source	Rivers and Streams (Miles)
Agriculture	109.6
Channel Erosion/Incision From Upstream Hydromodifications	2.0
Channelization	97.3
Crop Production (Crop Land Or Dry Land)	28.7
Dredging (E.G., For Navigation Channels)	10.4
Grazing In Riparian Or Shoreline Zones	4.4
Highway/Road/Bridge Runoff (Non-Construction Related)	3.7
Impacts From Hydrostructure Flow Regulation/Modification	18.2
Industrial Point Source Discharge	1.7
Loss Of Riparian Habitat	85.5
Municipal Point Source Discharges	6.3
Non-Irrigated Crop Production	53.4
Package Plant Or Other Permitted Small Flows Discharges	15.1
Rural (Residential Areas)	13.2
Source Unknown	57.0
Upstream/Downstream Source	3.3