Tennessee River Basin Watershed Management Plan

Appendices

Appendix A.

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations *

AAM                     Alabama A & M University

A&I                        Agriculture and Industry (water supply use classifications)

ACES                     Alabama Cooperative Extension System

ADAI                     Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries

ADCNR                 Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

ADECA                 Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs

ADEM                   Alabama Department of Environmental Management

ADIR                      Alabama Department of Industrial Relations

ADPH                    Alabama Department of Public Health

AFA                       Alabama Forestry Association

AFC                        Alabama Forestry Commission

AFO                       Animal Feeding Operation

ALFA                     Alabama Farmers Federation

ANHP                    Alabama Natural Heritage Program

ARA                       Alabama Rivers Alliance

ARS                        Agricultural Research Service

ASMC                    Alabama Surface Mining Commission

ASSESS                 Strategy for Sampling Environmental Indicators of Surface Water Quality Status

ASWCC                 Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee

ASWCD                Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Districts

AWFF                    Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries

AWPCA                Alabama Water Pollution Control Act

AWW                    Alabama Water Watch

BMP                       Best Management Practices

CAC                       Citizen Advisory Committee

CAFO                     Confined Animal Feeding Operation

COE                        United States Army Corps of Engineers

CRP                        Conservation Reserve Program (USDA)

CWA                      Clean Water Act

DO                          Dissolved Oxygen

DC                          District Conservationist

EMAP                    Environmental Monitoring Assessment Program

EPA                        Environmental Protection Agency

EQIP                       Environmental Quality Incentives Program

EWP                       Emergency Watershed Protection Program

F&W                      Fish and Wildlife (water supply use classification)

FSA                        Farm Services Agency (USDA)

GIS                          Geographic Information System

HUC                       Hydrologic Unit Code

NASA                    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Marshall Space Flight Center)

NAWQA               National Water Quality Assessment Program (USGS)

NPDES                   National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS                        Nonpoint source

NRCS                     National Resources Conservation Service (USDA)

NRI                         Natural Resources Inventory (USDA)

NWI                       National Wetland Inventory of the USFWS

OAW                     Outstanding Alabama Water (water use classification)

ONRW                   Outstanding National Resource Water (water use classifications)

OSM                       United States Bureau of Mines - Office of Surface Mining

PALS                      People Against A Littered State

PS                           Point Source

PWS                       Public Water Supply (water use classification)

RC&D                    Resource Conservation and Development

S                              Swimming and Other Whole Body Water Contact Sports (water use classification)

SH                           Shellfish Harvesting (water use classification)

SMZ                       Streamside Management Zone

SRF                         State Revolving Fund of Alabama

SWCC&D              Soil and Water Conservation Commission and Districts

SWCD                    Soil and Water Conservation District

TMDL                    Total Maximum Daily Loads

TNC                        The Nature Conservancy (of Alabama)

TSI                          Trophic State Index

TVA                       Tennessee Valley Authority

UAH                       University of Alabama at Huntsville

USACE                  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (a.k.a. COE)

USCOE                   United States Army Corps of Engineers

USDA                    U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDA-FS              United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service

USDA-NRCS        Natural Resources Conservation Service

USEPA                   United States Environmental Protection Agency

USFS                      U.S. Forest Service

USFWS                  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior)

USGS                      United States Geological Survey

UWA                     University of West Alabama

WHIP                     Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (USDA)

WMA                    Watershed Management Authorities

WRP                       Wetlands Reserve Program (USDA)

WQ                  Water Quality

* This is a list of common terms used in the State of Alabama.  Not all terms apply to the Tennessee basin or appear in this Plan.

Appendix B

Final 2000 Alabama List of 303(d) Streams and Impaired Waters

WaterbodyID	Waterbody Name	Support Status	County	Uses	Causes	Potential Sources	Date  of  Data	Size, miles	Downstream / Upstream Locations	1996 303(d)?	TMDL Date
AL/06030001-160_01	Dry Creek	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Metals	Surface Mining - abandoned	1980	8.0	Coon Creek /	No	2004
					pH		1985-88		Its Source
					Siltation		1991
AL/06030001-160_02	Hogue Creek	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Nutrients	Surface Mining - abandoned	1986	2.4	Flat Rock Creek /	No	2004
					pH		1987		Its Source
					OE/DO
AL/06030001-160_03	Warren Smith Creek	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	pH	Surface mining-abandoned	1986	3.0	Dry Creek /	No	2004
					Siltation		1987		Ross Branch
AL/06030001-160_04	Rocky Branch	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	pH	Surface mining-abandoned	1988	3.6	Dry Creek /	No	2002
					Siltation		1991		Its Source
AL/06030001-160_05	Coon/Flat Rock Creek	Partial	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Metals	Surface mining-abandoned	1988	20.0	Tennessee River /	Yes	2002
					pH	Mine tailings-abandoned	1991		Its Source
					Siltation
AL/06030001-170_01	Mud Creek	Partial	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1988	18	Tennessee River /	Yes	2002
						Pasture grazing	1991		Its Source
AL/06030001-220_01	South Sauty Creek	Partial	DeKalb	Fish & Wildlife	pH	Unknown source	1988-98	32	Lake Guntersville/	Yes	2002
									Its Source
AL/06030001-250_01	Town Creek	Partial	DeKalb	Fish & Wildlife	pH	Unknown	1988-98	63.3	Lake Guntersville/	Yes	2002
									Its Source
AL/06030001-270_01	Scarham Creek	Non	Marshall	Fish & Wildlife	Pesticides	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1991	24	Short Creek /	Yes	2001
					Ammonia	Specialty crop prod.	1993-95		Its Source
					Siltation	Int. animal feeding oper.
					OE/DO	Pasture grazing
					Pathogens
AL/06030002-060_01	Guess Creek	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Unknown toxicity	Unknown source	1997	10.8	Paint Rock River /	No	2004
					OE/DO	Pasture grazing			Bee Branch
					Pathogens

WaterbodyID	Waterbody Name	Support Status	County	Uses	Causes	Potential Sources	Date  of  Data	Size, miles	Downstream / Upstream Locations	1996 303(d)?	TMDL Date
AL/06030002-070_01	Cole Spring Branch	Partial	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Pasture grazing	1994-95	2.1	Bridge at Jones Farm /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO				Jeep Trail Crossing
AL/06030002-100_01	L. Paint Rock Creek	Partial	Marshall	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Pasture grazing	1994-95	2.0	Merrill Road Bridge /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO				Jeep Trail Crossing
AL/06030002-160_01	Mountain Fork	Non	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1994-95	14.5	Flint River /	No	2004
							1997		Its Source
AL/06030002-160_02	Hester Creek	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Nutrients	Pasture grazing	1994-95	7.2	Mountain Fork /	No	2004
					Pathogens				AL/TN stateline
AL/06030002-180_01	Brier Fork	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Unknown toxicity	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1994-95	3.9	Flint River /	Yes	2002
					Siltation				AL/TN stateline
AL/06030002-180_02	Beaverdam Creek	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1994-95	19	Brier Fork	No	2004
						Land development			Its Source
AL/06030002-190_01	Chase Creek	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Agriculture	1994-95	2.2	Acuff Spring /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO	Urban runoff/Storm sewers			Hwy. 72
AL/06030002-210_01	Goose Creek	Non	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Unknown toxicity	Agriculture	1997	8.5	Flint River /	No	2004
					OE/DO				Its Source
AL/06030002-210_02	Yellow Bank Creek	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Agriculture	1994-95	5.6	Flint River /	No	2002
									Its Source
AL/06030002-210_03	Flint River	Partial	Madison	Public Water Supply	OE/DO	Agriculture	1994-95	21.5	Tennessee River /	No	2004
				Fish & Wildlife					Hurricane Creek
AL/06030002-190_02	Flint River	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1999	13.7	Hwy. 72/	No	2004
									Mountain Fork
AL/06030002-200_01	Hurricane Creek	Non	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1997	7.8	Flint River /	No	2004
									Gurley Pike Road

WaterbodyID	Waterbody Name	Support Status	County	Uses	Causes	Potential Sources	Date  of  Data	Size, miles	Downstream / Upstream Locations	1996 303(d)?	TMDL Date
AL/06030002-220_01	Cane Creek	Non	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Agriculture	1994-95	5.1	Tennessee River /	Yes	2002
					OE/DO				Gooch Creek
AL/06030002-230_01	Aldridge Creek	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Urban runoff/Storm sewers	1994-95	11	Tennessee River /	Yes	2002
					OE/DO	Pasture grazing			Its Source
AL/06030002-240_01	Huntsville Spring Br.	Non	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Priority Organics	Contaminated sediments	1993	10.4	Indian Creek /	Yes	2002
									Johnson Rd. (Huntsville Field)
AL/06030002-240_02	Huntsville Spring Br.	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Metals	Urban runoff/Storm sewers	1994-95	4.4	Johnson Rd. /	Yes	2002
									Hwy. 431
AL/06030002-250_01	Indian Creek	Non	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Priority Organics	Contaminated sediments	1991-91	7.2	Tennessee River /	Yes	2002
							1993		Martin Rd. (Redstone Arsenal)
AL/06030002-250_02	Indian Creek	Partial	Madison	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1994-95	6.9	AL Hwy. 72 /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO	Land development			Its Source
						Urban runoff/Storm sewers
AL/06030002-270_01	Town Creek	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Agriculture	1997	8.4	Cotaco Creek /	No	2004
									Its Source
AL/06030002-270_02	Cotaco Creek	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Pathogens	Agriculture	1997	5.1	Guyer Branch /	No	2004
									W. Fork Cotaco Cr.
AL/06030002-270_03	West Fork Cotaco Cr.	Partial	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Pathogens	Agriculture	1997	7.5	AL Hwy.67 /	No	2004
					Siltation				Frost Creek
AL/06030002-270_04	Mill Pond Creek	Non	Marshall	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Agriculture	1994-95	1.3	Hog Jaw Creek /	No	2004
					Pathogens				Perkins Creek
AL/06030002-270_05	Hughes Creek	Partial	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Agriculture	1995	2.9	Cotaco Creek /	No	2004
									Its Source

WaterbodyID	Waterbody Name	Support Status	County	Uses	Causes	Potential Sources	Date  of  Data	Size, miles	Downstream / Upstream Locations	1996 303(d)?	TMDL Date
AL/06030002-300_01	Limestone Creek	Non	Limestone	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1994-95	9.3	AL Hwy.72 /	Yes	2002
					OE/DO	Pasture grazing			Leslie Creek
AL/06030002-320_01	Piney Creek	Partial	Limestone	Fish & Wildlife	Pesticides	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1994-95	11.2	Church Site /	Yes	2002
					Siltation	Pasture grazing			Pepper Road Bridge
					OE/DO
AL/06030002-320_02	French Mill Creek	Non	Limestone	Fish & Wildlife	Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1997	4.9	Piney Creek /	No	2004
									UT in Pine Swamp
AL/06030002-330_01	Flint Creek	Non	Morgan	Public Water Supply	Siltation	Municipal	1992-95	40.0	Alabama Hwy. 67 /	Yes	2001
				Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1997		Its Source
				Agri. & Ind.	Pathogens	Pasture grazing
					Nutrients	Int. animal feeding oper.
						Urban runoff/Storm sewers
AL/06030002-330_02	Shoal Creek	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Urban runoff/Storm sewers	1994-95	10.9	Flint Creek /	Yes	2001
					Pathogens	Agriculture	1997		Its Source
AL/06030002-330_03	Town Branch	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Urban runoff/Storm sewers	1994-95	1.9	Shoal Creek /	Yes	2001
									Its Source
AL/06030002-330_04	Mack Creek	Partial	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Pasture grazing	1994-95	5.4	Flint Creek /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO				Its Source
AL/06030002-330_05	Robinson Creek	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Agriculture	1994-95	6.3	Flint Creek /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO		1997		Its Source
AL/06030002-330_06	Cedar Creek	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Agriculture	1997	8.7	Flint Creek /	No	2001
					Pathogens				Its Source
AL/06030002-330_07	East Fork Flint Creek	Partial	Cullman	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Pasture grazing	1994-95	14.9	Flint Creek /	No	2001
					Pathogens				Its Source
AL/06030002-330-09	Indian Creek	Partial	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Pasture grazing	1994-95	4.2	Flint Creek /	No	2001
			Cullman						Its Source

WaterbodyID	Waterbody Name	Support Status	County	Uses	Causes	Potential Sources	Date  of  Data	Size, miles	Downstream / Upstream Locations	1996 303(d)?	TMDL Date
AL/06030002-340_01	Crowdabout Creek	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1992-95	15.0	Flint Creek /	Yes	2001
					Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1997		Its Source
					OE/DO	Int. animal feeding oper.
AL/06030002-340_02	Herrin Creek	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Ammonia	Pasture grazing	1994-95	6.3	Crowdabout Creek /	No	2001
					Nutrients				Its Source
					Siltation
					OE/DO
AL/06030002-350_01	No Business Creek	Non	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1994-95	6.3	Flint Creek /	Yes	2001
					Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1997		Johnson Chapel Creek
AL/06030002-350_02	West Flint Creek	Partial	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1993-95	19.4	Flint Creek /	No	2001
					Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1997		McDaniel Creek
					OE/DO	Int. animal feeding oper.
AL/06030002-350_03	Village Branch	Partial	Morgan	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Agriculture	1994-95	5.7	Moss Spring Branch /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO				Its Source
AL/06030002-360_01	Big Shoal Creek	Partial	Lawrence	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Pasture grazing	1996-97	13.3	West Flint Creek /	No	2001
									Its Source
AL/06030002-360_02	McDaniel Creek	Partial	Lawrence	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Agriculture	1994-95	3.9	West Flint Creek /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO				AL Hwy. 36 bridge
AL/06030002-360_03	Flat Creek	Non	Lawrence	Fish & Wildlife	Ammonia	Pasture grazing	1997	7.3	West Flint Creek /	No	2001
					Nutrients				Its Source
					Siltation
					OE/DO
AL/06030002-360_04	Elam Creek	Partial	Lawrence	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Pasture grazing	1994-95	11.9	Rocky Branch /	No	2001
									Its Source

WaterbodyID	Waterbody Name	Support Status	County	Uses	Causes	Potential Sources	Date  of  Data	Size, miles	Downstream / Upstream Locations	1996 303(d)?	TMDL Date
AL/06030002-390_01	Swan Creek	Non	Limestone	Agri. & Ind.	Siltation	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1994-95	7.9	Tennessee River /	Yes	2001
				Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Urban runoff/Storm sewers			Town Creek
						Pasture grazing
AL/06030002-400_01	Round Island Creek	Partial	Limestone	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1994-95	3.6	Browns Ferry Road /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO	Pasture grazing			Beauchamp Branch
AL/06030002-410_01	Mallard Creek	Partial	Lawrence	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Agriculture	1994-95	10.2	Wheeler Reservoir /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO				Its Source
AL/Wheeler Res_01	Tennessee River	Partial	Lawrence	Public Water Supply	pH	Industrial	1990-91	10.0	Wheeler Dam /	Yes	2002
				Swimming	Temp./thermal mod.	Flow reg/mod	1993-97		Elk River
				Fish & Wildlife		Dam construc.
						Unknown source
AL/06030002-440_01	Second Creek	Non	Lauderdale	Fish & Wildlife	Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1997	11.6	Lauderdale Co. Rd. 76 /	No	2004
					OE/DO				AL/TN State Line
AL/06030002-440_02	First Creek	Non	Lauderdale	Swimming	Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1997	10.0	AL Hwy. 72 /	No	2004
				Fish & Wildlife					Its Source
AL/06030004-060_01	Shoal Creek	Non	Limestone	Fish & Wildlife	Pathogens	Pasture grazing	1997	7.0	Elk River /	No	2004
									AL/TN State Line
AL/06030004-080_01	Big Creek	Partial	Limestone	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Pasture grazing	1994-95	7.7	Elk River /	No	2004
									Its Source
AL/Wheeler Res_02	Elk River	Partial	Limestone	Swimming	pH	Pasture grazing	1990-91	6.0	Wheeler Reservoir /	Yes	2002
				Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Nonirrigated crop prod.			Anderson Creek
AL/06030004-150_01	Anderson Creek	Partial	Lauderdale	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Pasture grazing	1994-95	9.0	Snake Road bridge /	No	2004