Watershed

Upper Catawba

A watershed connects rainfall and streams across an area. It does not necessarily describe where a city’s treated drinking water originates.

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Available records

Available tests and water assessments

These counts bring together results from local place pages, and some may overlap. They tell you how much information is available, not how much water is in good or poor condition.

6surface assessment-unit records2 supporting · 4 impaired · 0 unknown

271monitoring sites302 recent observations in this publication

0UCMR5 reported detectionsDetection does not automatically mean violation.

329nearby dam recordsCounts can overlap between connected locations.

Living water context

Named waters, monitoring, and assessed segments

Records stay local to their waterbody, monitoring location, or official assessment segment. They are not combined into a watershed score.

Catawba Riverriver · explore its monitoring and assessments Lake Hickorylake · explore its monitoring and assessments LAKE HICKORY ABOVE GUN POWDER CREEK, SITE 30Water-quality monitoring site LAKE HICKORY ABOVE UPPER LITTLE RIVER, SITE 31Water-quality monitoring site LAKE HICKORY AT NC 127, SITE 34Water-quality monitoring site LAKE HICKORY AT US 321, SITE 29Water-quality monitoring site LAKE HICKORY BELOW UPPER LITTLE RIVER, SITE 33Water-quality monitoring site LAKE HICKORY BL HORESFORD CR, SITE 29AWater-quality monitoring site LAKE HICKORY, SITE 35Water-quality monitoring site

CATAWBA RIVER (Lake Hickory below elevation 935)NC11-(53) · 2022 · goodEPA ATTAINS segment

CATAWBA RIVER (Rhodhiss Lake below elevation 995)NC11-(37)c · 2022 · goodEPA ATTAINS segment

Connected local views

HickoryCatawba County · streamflow near normal