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Montana, Big Hole Watershed


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Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2008
Montana, Big Hole Watershed

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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
American Creek MT41D003_060 American Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (California Creek), T3n R11w Waterbody Map River 6.5 Miles Good  
Big Hole River MT41D001_010 Big Hole River, Divide Creek To The Mouth (Jefferson River) Waterbody Map River 51.4 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Big Hole River MT41D001_020 Big Hole River Between Divide Creek And Pintlar Creek Waterbody Map River 43.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Big Hole River MT41D001_030 Big Hole River Above Pintlar Creek Waterbody Map River 55.5 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Birch Creek MT41D002_090 Birch Creek, Headwaters To The National Forest Boundary Waterbody Map River 12.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Birch Creek MT41D002_100 Birch Creek, National Forest Boundary To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 10.4 Miles Impaired Non-pollutant impairment
California Creek MT41D003_070 California Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (French Creek-Deep Creek) Waterbody Map River 10.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Camp Creek MT41D002_020 Camp Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 14.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Canyon Creek MT41D002_030 Canyon Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 17.8 Miles Impaired Non-pollutant impairment
Charcoal Creek MT41D002_150 Charcoal Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 3.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Charcoal Gulch MT41D003_010 Charcoal Gulch, Headwaters To Mouth (Charcoal Creek, Mt41d002_150) Waterbody Map River 2.6 Miles Good  
Corral Creek MT41D003_130 Corral Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Deep Creek) Waterbody Map River 5.1 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Deep Creek MT41D003_040 Deep Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 7.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Delano Creek MT41D003_030 Delano Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Jerry Creek) Waterbody Map River 2.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Divide Creek MT41D002_040 Divide Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 12.2 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Doolittle Creek MT41D004_220 Doolittle Creek, Tributary To The Big Hole River T1s, R14w Waterbody Map River 4.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Elkhorn Creek MT41D003_220 Elkhorn Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Jacobson Creek-Wise River) Waterbody Map River 7.2 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Fishtrap Creek MT41D003_160 Fishtrap Creek, Confluence Of West & Middle Forks To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 5.1 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Fox Creek MT41D004_170 Fox Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Governor Creek) Waterbody Map River 6.6 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Francis Creek MT41D004_200 Francis Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Steel Creek) T3s R15w Waterbody Map River 7.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
French Creek MT41D003_050 French Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Deep Creek) Waterbody Map River 9.4 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Gold Creek MT41D003_230 Gold Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Wise River) Waterbody Map River 4.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Governor Creek MT41D004_150 Governor Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River-South Of Jackson) Waterbody Map River 17.5 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Grose Creek MT41D002_060 Grose Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 3.4 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Jerry Creek MT41D003_020 Jerry Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 12.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Johnson Creek MT41D004_030 Johnson Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (North Fork Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 13.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Joseph Creek MT41D004_090 Joseph Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Trail Creek-North Fork Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 6.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
La Marche Creek MT41D003_150 La Marche Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 7.2 Miles Good  
Lake Agnes MT41D005_080 Lake Agnes T4s R10w Sec 04 Waterbody Map Freshwater Lake 98.8 Acres Good  
Little Lake Creek MT41D004_130 Little Lake Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 17.6 Miles Good  
Lost Creek MT41D002_180 Lost Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Located In The Lower Big Hole Watershed) T4s R9w Sec 17 Waterbody Map River 7.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Maclean Creek MT41D002_130 Maclean Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Moose Creek) Waterbody Map River 3.1 Miles Good  
Mc Vey Creek MT41D004_210 Mc Vey Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River), T1s R15w Waterbody Map River 8.6 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Miner Creek MT41D004_140 Miner Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 18.5 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Moose Creek MT41D002_050 Moose Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River At Maiden Rock) Waterbody Map River 12.3 Miles Impaired Non-pollutant impairment
Mussigbrod Creek MT41D004_020 Mussigbrod Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (North Fork Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 12.7 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
North Fork Big Hole River MT41D004_010 North Fork Big Hole River, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 23.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Oregon Creek MT41D003_080 Oregon Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (California Creek-French Creek-Deep Creek) Waterbody Map River 1.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Pattengail Creek MT41D003_210 Pattengail Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Wise River) Waterbody Map River 18.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Pine Creek MT41D004_160 Pine Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Andrus Creek-Governor Creek) Waterbody Map River 6.6 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Pintlar Creek MT41D003_170 Pintlar Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 18.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Rochester Creek MT41D002_160 Rochester Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) T3s R7w Waterbody Map River 15.7 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Rock Creek MT41D004_120 Rock Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 20.5 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Ruby Creek MT41D004_100 Ruby Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (North Fork Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 15.8 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Sassman Gulch MT41D002_070 Sassman Gulch, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map Ephemeral Stream 6.5 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Sawlog Creek MT41D004_230 Sawlog Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 5.0 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Schultz Creek MT41D004_040 Schultz Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Johnson Creek) Waterbody Map River 3.4 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Seven Springs Creek MT41D002_080 Seven Springs Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Browns Gulch-Big Hole River) Waterbody Map Ephemeral Stream 3.3 Miles Good  
Sevenmile Creek MT41D003_110 Sevenmile Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Deep Creek) Waterbody Map River 6.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Seymour Creek MT41D003_140 Seymour Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 15.2 Miles Good  
Sixmile MT41D003_090 Sixmile Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (California Creek) Waterbody Map River 3.1 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Soap Creek MT41D002_140 Soap Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) T1s R9w S 23 Waterbody Map River 8.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Steel Creek MT41D004_190 Steel Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 15.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Swamp Creek MT41D004_110 Swamp Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 15.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Tie Creek MT41D004_060 Tie Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (North Fork Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 15.2 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Trail Creek MT41D004_070 Trail Creek, Headwaters To Joseph Creek Waterbody Map River 11.5 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Trail Creek MT41D004_080 Trail Creek, Joseph Creek To Mouth (North Fork Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 10.1 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Trapper Creek MT41D002_010 Trapper Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 17.4 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Twelvemile Creek MT41D003_120 Twelvemile Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Deep Creek) Waterbody Map River 8.9 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Warm Springs Creek MT41D004_180 Warm Springs Creek, Headwaters To The Mouth (Big Hole River-Near Jackson) Waterbody Map River 17.3 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Wickiup Creek MT41D002_120 Wickiup Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Camp Creek) T1s R8w Waterbody Map River 4.1 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Willow Creek MT41D002_110 Willow Creek, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) T4s R9w Waterbody Map River 21.0 Miles Impaired Non-pollutant impairment
Wise River MT41D003_200 Wise River, Headwaters To Mouth (Big Hole River) Waterbody Map River 25.7 Miles Impaired Non-pollutant impairment

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2008

Montana, Big Hole

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)
Low Flow Alterations 505.9  
Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations 372.6  
Cadmium 73.9  
Other Flow Regime Alterations 21.4  
Turbidity 10.9  
Zinc 76.0  
Arsenic 78.6  
Excess Algal Growth 12.3  
Lead 173.2  
Phosphorus, Total 167.5  
Copper 193.3  
Bottom Deposits 4.1  
Iron 10.9  
Nitrogen, Total 79.7  
Other Anthropogenic Substrate Alterations 68.6  
Solids (Suspended/Bedload) 14.3  
Temperature, Water 180.9  
Alteration in Stream-Side or Littoral Vegetative Covers 476.2  
Mercury 19.8  
Sedimentation/Siltation 376.5  
Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN) 43.4  

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Probable Sources Contributing to Impairments for Reporting Year 2008

Montana, Big Hole 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)
Acid Mine Drainage 164.1  
Agriculture 288.1  
Atmospheric Deposition - Toxics 22.1  
Channelization 62.1  
Contaminated Sediments 20.3  
Crop Production (Crop Land Or Dry Land) 3.4  
Dam Construction (Other Than Upstream Flood Control Projects) 70.2  
Dam Or Impoundment 10.4  
Dredge Mining 17.6  
Erosion From Derelict Land (Barren Land) 1.8  
Flow Alterations From Water Diversions 17.3  
Forest Roads (Road Construction And Use) 43.6  
Grazing In Riparian Or Shoreline Zones 466.0  
Habitat Modification - Other Than Hydromodification 84.2  
Highway/Road/Bridge Runoff (Non-Construction Related) 74.7  
Highways, Roads, Bridges, Infrastructure (New Construction) 226.1  
Impacts From Abandoned Mine Lands (Inactive) 265.1  
Impacts From Hydrostructure Flow Regulation/Modification 191.1  
Irrigated Crop Production 498.7  
Loss Of Riparian Habitat 237.5  
Mill Tailings 7.2  
Mine Tailings 34.2  
Natural Sources 59.8  
On-Site Treatment Systems (Septic Systems And Similar Decentralized Systems) 12.3  
Placer Mining 10.9  
Rangeland Grazing 244.0  
Silviculture Activities 109.1  
Silviculture Harvesting 33.0  
Site Clearance (Land Development Or Redevelopment) 12.3  
Streambank Modifications/Destabilization 104.9  
Subsurface (Hardrock) Mining 19.8  
Unspecified Unpaved Road Or Trail 128.4  

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TMDL Alternatives by Cause of Impairment for Reporting Year 2008


Montana, Big Hole Watershed


No TMDL Alternatives reported.

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Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

Montana, Big Hole 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
Sedimentation/Siltation color.gif 27 28
Sediment color.gif 20 21
Copper color.gif 10 10
Arsenic color.gif 7 7
Nitrogen, Total color.gif 7 7
Phosphorus, Total color.gif 7 7
Lead color.gif 5 5
Temperature color.gif 4 4
Cadmium color.gif 3 3
Zinc color.gif 2 2
Mercury color.gif 1 1

Total: 93 TMDLs; 0 Causes of Impairment



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