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South Dakota, Cedar Watershed

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North Dakota, Cedar Watershed


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Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2010
North Dakota, Cedar Watershed

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Alkali Creek Watershed ND-10130205-014-S_00 Alkali Creek And Tributaries Located In Grant County. Waterbody Map River 16.7 Miles Good  
Brushy Creek Watershed ND-10130205-012-S_00 Brushy Creek And Tributaries Located In Grant County. Waterbody Map River 50.0 Miles Good  
Cedar Creek ND-10130205-001-S_00 Cedar Creek From Its Confluence With Hay Creek, Downstream To Its Confluence With The Cannonball River. Located On Border Of Grant And Sioux Counties. Waterbody Map River 40.3 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Cedar Creek ND-10130205-008-S_00 Cedar Creek From Its Confluence With Timber Creek Downstream To Its Confluence With Hay Creek. Border Of Sioux And Grant County. Waterbody Map River 45.3 Miles Good  
Cedar Creek ND-10130205-016-S_00 Cedar Creek From Duck Creek Downstream To Its Confluence With Timber Creek. Located In Adams, Grant, And Sioux Counties. Waterbody Map River 37.8 Miles Good  
Cedar Creek ND-10130205-024-S_00 Cedar Creek From Its Confluence With Chanta Peta Creek, Downstream To Its Confluence With Duck Creek. Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 67.6 Miles Threatened TMDL completed
Cedar Creek ND-10130205-033-S_00 Cedar Creek From Cedar Lake, Downstream To Its Confluence With Chanta Peta Creek. Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 43.1 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
Cedar Creek ND-10130205-042-S_00 Cedar Creek From Its Confluence With South Fork Cedar Creek, Downstream To Cedar Lake. Located In Slope And Bowman County. Waterbody Map River 30.9 Miles Threatened TMDL needed
Cedar Creek Watershed (Upper) ND-10130205-046-S_00 Cedar Creek Upstream From Its Confluence With South Fork Cedar Creek, Including All Tributaries. Located In Bowman And Slope Counties. Waterbody Map River 49.2 Miles Threatened TMDL needed
Cedar Lake ND-10130205-003-L_00 An Impoundment At The Confluence Of The Cedar And North Cedar Creeks. Cedar Lake Was Built In 1935 By The Ccc For Flood Control And Recreation. Waterbody Map Freshwater Reservoir 198.5 Acres Threatened TMDL needed
Chanta Peta Creek ND-10130205-035-S_00 Chanta Peta Creek From Dam Downstream To Its Confluence With Cedar Creek. Located In Hettinger And Adams County. Waterbody Map River 29.2 Miles Good  
Chanta Peta Creek Watershed (Upper) (Slope County) ND-10130205-034-S_00 Chanta Peta Creek Upstream From Dam, Including Tributaries Located In Slope County. Waterbody Map River 70.9 Miles Good  
Crooked Creek Watershed ND-10130205-006-S_00 Crooked Creek, Including All Tributaries. Located In Grant County. Waterbody Map River 40.7 Miles Impaired TMDL completed
Duck Creek ND-10130205-025-S_00 Duck Creek From Dam Downstream To Its Confluence With Cedar Creek Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 23.5 Miles Good  
Duck Creek ND-10130205-027-S_00 Duck Creek From Upper Duck Creek Watershed (Nd-10130205-029-S) Downstream To Dam. Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 26.6 Miles Good  
Duck Creek Watershed (Upper) ND-10130205-029-S_00 Duck Creek (Upper) And Tributaries Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 72.5 Miles Good  
Goose Creek Watershed ND-10130205-030-S_00 Goose Creek And Tributaries Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 38.3 Miles Good  
Hay Creek ND-10130205-009-S_00 Hay Creek Downstream To Its Confluence With Cedar Creek. Located In Sioux County. Waterbody Map River 40.8 Miles Good  
North Cedar Creek Watershed ND-10130205-047-S_00 North Cedar Creek, Including All Tributaries. Located In Slope County. Waterbody Map River 115.1 Miles Impaired TMDL needed
North Fork Cedar Creek Watershed ND-10130205-043-S_00 North Fork Cedar Creek, Including All Tributaries. Located In Slope County. Waterbody Map River 14.5 Miles Threatened TMDL needed
North Lemmon Lake ND-10130205-001-L_00 A 55 Acre Impoundment On A Tributary To Cedar Creek In Southeastern Adams County, North Dakota. North Lemmon Lake Is Mesotrophic. Only About 30 Percent Of North Lemmon Lake'S Watershed Is Broke With The Remaining In Range, Pasture And Tame Grasses. Waterbody Map Freshwater Reservoir 55.0 Acres Good  
North Lemmon Lake Watershed ND-10130205-022-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To North Lemmon Lake Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 5.5 Miles Good  
Pitt Creek Watershed ND-10130205-007-S_00 Pitt Creek And Tributaries Located In Grant County. Waterbody Map River 18.4 Miles Good  
Plum Creek Watershed ND-10130205-004-S_00 Plum Creek And Tributaries Located In Sioux County. Waterbody Map River 43.6 Miles Good  
Plum Creek Watershed ND-10130205-021-S_00 Plum Creek, Including All Tributaries. Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 79.3 Miles Threatened TMDL needed
Roger Creek Watershed ND-10130205-003-S_00 Roger Creek And Tributaries Located In Grant County. Waterbody Map River 51.1 Miles Good  
Russian Slough Watershed ND-10130205-039-S_00 Russian Slough And Tributaries Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 29.3 Miles Good  
Sheep Creek Watershed ND-10130205-018-S_00 Sheep Creek And Tributaries Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 21.5 Miles Good  
South Cedar Creek Watershed ND-10130205-040-S_00 South Cedar Creek And Tributaries Located In Adams And Bowman County. Waterbody Map River 52.8 Miles Good  
South Fork Cedar Creek Watershed ND-10130205-045-S_00 South Fork Cedar Creek, Including All Tributaries. Located In Bowman County. Waterbody Map River 22.0 Miles Threatened TMDL needed
Spring Creek Watershed ND-10130205-031-S_00 Spring Creek And Tributaries Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 23.9 Miles Good  
Timber Creek ND-10130205-017-S_00 Timber Creek From Its Confluence With Sheep Creek Downstream To Its Confluence With Cedar Creek. Located In Adams And Grant County. Waterbody Map River 23.6 Miles Good  
Timber Creek Watershed ND-10130205-005-S_00 Timber Creek And Tributaries Located In Sioux County. Waterbody Map River 39.6 Miles Good  
Timber Creek Watershed (Upper) ND-10130205-020-S_00 Timber Creek Upstream From Its Confluence With Sheep Creek, Including Tributaries. Located In Adams And Hettinger County. Waterbody Map River 137.1 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Cedar Creek ND-10130205-002-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Cedar Creek (Nd-10130205-001-S). Located In Grant And Sioux County. Waterbody Map River 134.1 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Cedar Creek ND-10130205-015-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Cedar Creek (Nd-10130205-008-S). Located In Grant And Sioux Counties. Waterbody Map River 103.6 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Cedar Creek ND-10130205-023-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Cedar Creek (Nd-10130205-016-S). Located In Adams And Grant County. Waterbody Map River 115.1 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Cedar Creek ND-10130205-032-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Cedar Creek (Nd-10130205-024-S). Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 160.0 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Cedar Creek ND-10130205-041-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Cedar Creek (Nd-10130205-033-S). Located In Hettinger And Adams County. Waterbody Map River 47.9 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Cedar Creek ND-10130205-044-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Cedar Creek (Nd-10130205-042-S_00). Located In Slope And Bowman Counties. Waterbody Map River 81.3 Miles Threatened TMDL needed
Tributaries To Chanta Peta Creek ND-10130205-036-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Chanta Peta Creek (Nd-10130205-035-S). Located In Adams And Hettinger Counties. Waterbody Map River 64.2 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Duck Creek ND-10130205-026-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Duck Creek (Nd-10130205-025-S). Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 48.8 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Duck Creek ND-10130205-028-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Duck Creek (Nd-10130205-027-S). Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 34.1 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Hay Creek ND-10130205-010-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Hay Creek (Nd-10130205-009-S). Located In Sioux County. Waterbody Map River 168.3 Miles Good  
Tributaries To Timber Creek ND-10130205-019-S_00 Unnamed Tributaries To Timber Creek (Nd-10130205-017-S). Located In Adams And Grant County. Waterbody Map River 59.8 Miles Good  
Turtle Creek Watershed ND-10130205-013-S_00 Turtle Creek And Tributaries Located In Sioux County. Waterbody Map River 34.7 Miles Good  
Whitmore Creek Watershed ND-10130205-011-S_00 Whitmore Creek And Tributaries Located In Grant County. Waterbody Map River 42.9 Miles Good  
Wolf Butte Creek Watershed ND-10130205-038-S_00 Wolf Butte Creek From Its Confluence With Cedar Creek Upstream To Wolf Butte Lake. Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 16.4 Miles Good  
Wolf Butte Lake Watershed ND-10130205-037-S_00 Wolf Butte Creek Upstream From Wolf Butte Lake, Including Tributaries. Located In Adams County. Waterbody Map River 17.9 Miles Good  

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2010

North Dakota, Cedar

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.
Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
Low Flow Alterations 43.1  
Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations 203.6  
Fecal Coliform 416.9  
Benthic Macroinvertebrates Bioassessments 43.1  
Sedimentation/Siltation 313.0 198.5

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Probable Sources Contributing to Impairments for Reporting Year 2010

North Dakota, Cedar Watershed

Description of this table
Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairments
Animal Feeding Operations (Nps) 191.6  
Crop Production (Crop Land Or Dry Land) 356.0 198.5
Grazing In Riparian Or Shoreline Zones 504.6 198.5
Livestock (Grazing Or Feeding Operations) 225.3  
Loss Of Riparian Habitat 274.8  
On-Site Treatment Systems (Septic Systems And Similar Decentralized Systems) 67.6  
Rangeland Grazing 200.9  
Source Unknown 67.6  
Streambank Modifications/Destabilization   198.5
Upstream Impoundments (E.G., Pl-566 Nrcs Structures) 43.1  
Wildlife Other Than Waterfowl 67.6  

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TMDL Alternatives by Cause of Impairment for Reporting Year 2010


North Dakota, Cedar Watershed


No TMDL Alternatives reported.

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Cumulative TMDLs by Pollutant

North Dakota, Cedar 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.
Number of Causes of
Impairment Addressed
Fecal Coliform color.gif 7 9

Total: 7 TMDLs; 0 Causes of Impairment



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