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National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Upper Tennessee River Basin Study Unit

Phosphorus in Streams of the Upper Tennessee River Basin, 1970-93


Table 2. Land use for selected stations in the upper Tennessee River Basin



   Station          Station name                    Percent      Percent       Percent  Percent
  location                                          forest     agricultural     urban    other
 (see fig. 2)



      A    Little River near Townsend, Tenn.          99.8          0.2           0        0
      B    Cataloochee Creek Near Cataloochee, N.C.   99.8          0.2           0        0
      C    South Toe River near Deep Gap, N.C.        99.8          0.2           0        0
      D    Sinking Creek near Green Valley, Tenn.     11.4         85.2           3.3      0.1
      E    Beaver Creek, upstream of Bristol, Tenn.   29.5         60.1          10.0      0.4
      F    Oostanaula Creek at Longs Mill Road, Tenn. 34.9         54.2          10.7      0.2
      G    Cane Creek at Carlock Road, Tenn.          41.3         35.7          22.8      0.2 
      H    Beaver Creek, downstream of Bristol, Tenn. 37.6         41.6          20.4      0.4
      I    Wolf Creek at Green Springs, Va.           32.7         47.4          19.8      0.1

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