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| Population |
2000: 1,276
2030: 8,011 |
| Creek Length |
10 miles
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| Drainage Area |
9 square
miles |
| Drains To |
Dry Creek
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| Well Known Sites |
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| Land Use |
Residential
Business
Civic
Parks
Roadways
Undeveloped |
16%
1%
0%
0%
2%
81% |
Watershed Facts
- This is the one of the headwater tributaries
of Dry Creek South and is dominated by agricultural land use.
There is little baseflow in these southeastern watersheds due
probably to degraded riparian zones and deep clay-like soils.
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Creek Assessments
Environmental
| Index |
Score |
Category |
Notes |
| Overall
Score |
59 |
Fair |
South Fork Dry ranks
30 out of 46 watersheds in overall quality |
Water
Chemistry |
53 |
Fair
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Water quality is average,
ammonia is high, suspended solids are high |
Sediment
Quality |
82 |
Very
Good |
PAHs are very low, herbicides/pesticides
are very low, metals are very low |
| Recreation |
85 |
Very
Good |
During dry weather conditions,
bacteria is not a threat |
| Aesthetics |
71
|
Good |
Some litter present,
no odor, water is cloudy, most of the creek bed is dry |
| Habitat |
30 |
Poor |
Very bad sediment deposition,
cover is insufficient, bank stability is bad, bank vegetation
is bad, buffer zone is small |
| Aquatic
Life |
34 |
Poor |
Benthic macroinvertebrate
community is fair, diatom community is fair |
- Flow limitation due to soil and topography.
Large portion of riparian zone converted to agriculture uses.
- Silt and sedimentation may be impacting
aquatic life.
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South Fork Dry at US 183 |
South Fork Dry at FM 812 |
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