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Assessment Data for the State of Indiana Year 2006




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Total Assessed Waters for the State of Indiana

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Size Of Water
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Water (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Connecting Channel (Miles)
Total Assessed Waters 19,255.07 69,472.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 240.90 .00 .00
Estimated Total Water Size in IN 35,673.00 142,871.00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 59.22 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Percent of Waters Assessed 53.98 48.63 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 100.00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable

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Assessed Waters of Indiana by Watershed (8 Digit USGS Cataloging Unit)

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Watershed Size of Water
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Water (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Connecting Channel (Miles)
AUGLAIZE 34.57 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BLUE-SINKING 526.02 85.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHICAGO 18.91 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DRIFTWOOD 702.31 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
EEL 467.84 224.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
EEL 831.62 1,400.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLATROCK-HAW 437.58 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHLAND-PIGEON 104.48 242.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IROQUOIS 351.26 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
KANKAKEE 1,028.53 2,673.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE CALUMET-GALIEN 316.41 724.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 .00 .00 .00
LOWER EAST FORK WHITE 1,265.68 11,099.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER GREAT MIAMI 63.88 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER OHIO-LITTLE PIGEON 447.12 37.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER WABASH 255.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER WHITE 1,098.77 1,946.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE OHIO-LAUGHERY 300.75 430.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE WABASH-BUSSERON 537.28 1,596.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE WABASH-DEER 230.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE WABASH-LITTLE VERMILION 920.16 2,060.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MISSISSINEWA 217.83 3,180.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUSCATATUCK 854.13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PATOKA 666.83 8,880.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALAMONIE 54.77 11.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SILVER-LITTLE KENTUCKY 211.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ST. JOSEPH 493.84 11,982.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ST. JOSEPH 238.91 2,040.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ST. MARYS 258.98 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SUGAR 395.97 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TIPPECANOE 922.29 9,231.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER EAST FORK WHITE 631.46 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER MAUMEE 119.67 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER WABASH 379.93 900.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER WHITE 1,927.45 4,628.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
VERMILION 23.04 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WHITEWATER 1,206.11 5,620.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WILDCAT 647.82 484.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
8-digit HUC Name Not Reported 155.28 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 240.90 .00 .00


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Indiana Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Rivers and Streams

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State Designated Use Total Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
FULL BODY CONTACT 11,298.82 32.25 .00 67.75 color.gifcolor.gif
HUMAN HEALTH AND WILDLIFE 3,990.32 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY 1.00 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
WARM WATER AQUATIC LIFE 16,676.31 81.83 .00 18.17 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 19,255.07 miles of rivers and streams, or 53.98% of 35,673.00 total miles.

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Indiana Assessed Waters
Overall Water Quality Attainment for Rivers and Streams

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Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good 8,165.97 42.41
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 11,089.10 57.59
Total Miles Assessed 19,255.07 100.00

Indiana Top Causes of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

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# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 ESCHERICHIA COLI 7,595.36
2 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 3,413.11
3 MERCURY 3,020.14
4 CAUSE UNKNOWN 1,979.68
5 NUTRIENT/EUTROPHICATION BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS 625.00
6 OXYGEN, DISSOLVED 451.78
7 TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS 340.69
8 SULFATES 247.54
9 DIOXIN (INCLUDING 2,3,7,8-TCDD) 154.30
10 CHLOROPHYLL-A 118.09

Indiana Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

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# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 NON-POINT SOURCE 6,352.73
2 SOURCE UNKNOWN 4,039.63
3 CROP PRODUCTION WITH SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE 1,492.08
4 LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 1,464.06
5 PERMITTED RUNOFF FROM CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFOS) 1,203.37
6 PACKAGE PLANT OR OTHER PERMITTED SMALL FLOWS DISCHARGES 898.52
7 ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 777.25
8 LOSS OF RIPARIAN HABITAT 575.71
9 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE/PARKING LOT RUNOFF 453.10
10 IMPACTS FROM HYDROSTRUCTURE FLOW REGULATION/MODIFICATION 401.74

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Indiana Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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State Designated Use Total Acres Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
FULL BODY CONTACT 23,888.00 95.88 .00 4.12 color.gifcolor.gif
HUMAN HEALTH AND WILDLIFE 48,474.00 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY 16,615.00 1.38 .00 98.62 color.gifcolor.gif
WARM WATER AQUATIC LIFE 10,315.00 35.77 .00 64.23 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 69,472.00 acres of lakes, ponds and reservoirs, or 48.63% of 142,871.00 total acres.

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Indiana Assessed Waters
Overall Water Quality Attainment for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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Attainment Status Acres Percent of Assessed
Good 2,496.00 3.59
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 66,976.00 96.41
Total Acres Assessed 69,472.00 100.00

Indiana Top Causes of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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# State Cause Name Total
Acres
Impaired
1 MERCURY 39,773.00
2 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 18,299.00
3 CHLOROPHYLL-A 16,385.00
4 TASTE AND ODOR 16,385.00
5 CAUSE UNKNOWN 6,520.00
6 TEMPERATURE, WATER 1,556.00
7 ESCHERICHIA COLI 983.00
8 PH 105.00

Indiana Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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# State Source Name Total Acres Impaired by Source
1 SOURCE UNKNOWN 65,254.00
2 INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 1,556.00
3 NON-POINT SOURCE 953.00
4 ACID MINE DRAINAGE 105.00
5 COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 30.00
6 AGRICULTURE 30.00
7 IMPERVIOUS SURFACE/PARKING LOT RUNOFF 30.00

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Indiana Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Great Lakes Shoreline

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State Designated Use Total Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
FULL BODY CONTACT 59.22 2.35 .00 97.65 color.gifcolor.gif
HUMAN HEALTH AND WILDLIFE 59.22 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY 33.44 100.00 .00 .00 color.gif
WARM WATER AQUATIC LIFE 59.22 97.65 .00 2.35 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 59.22 miles of great lakes shoreline, or 100.00% of 59.22 total miles.

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Indiana Assessed Waters
Overall Water Quality Attainment for Great Lakes Shoreline

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Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good .00 .00
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 59.22 100.00
Total Miles Assessed 59.22 100.00

Indiana Top Causes of Impairments
for Great Lakes Shoreline

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# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 59.22
2 MERCURY 59.22
3 ESCHERICHIA COLI 57.83
4 CYANIDE 1.39

Indiana Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Great Lakes Shoreline

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# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 SOURCE UNKNOWN 59.22
2 ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 18.49
3 ILLICIT CONNECTIONS/HOOK-UPS TO STORM SEWERS 18.49
4 NON-POINT SOURCE 5.90

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Indiana Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Great Lakes Open Water

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State Designated Use Total Square Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
HUMAN HEALTH AND WILDLIFE 240.90 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
The total size of this water type for the state is not currently available.

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Indiana Assessed Waters
Overall Water Quality Attainment for Great Lakes Open Water

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Attainment Status Square Miles Percent of Assessed
Good .00 .00
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 240.90 100.00
Total Square Miles Assessed 240.90 100.00

Indiana Top Causes of Impairments
for Great Lakes Open Water

No Causes of Impairment Reported.

Indiana Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Great Lakes Open Water

No Probable Sources Reported.


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Indiana

Causes of Impairment

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State Cause Name Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Waters (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Connecting Channel (Miles)
AMMONIA (UN-IONIZED) 36.57 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ATRAZINE 6.54 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CADMIUM 16.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CAUSE UNKNOWN 1,979.68 6,520.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHLORIDE 61.08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHLOROPHYLL-A 118.09 16,385.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COPPER 13.48 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CYANIDE 68.53 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1.39 .00 .00 .00
DIOXIN (INCLUDING 2,3,7,8-TCDD) 154.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ESCHERICHIA COLI 7,595.36 983.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 57.83 .00 .00 .00
HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (MIXTURE) 53.64 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LEAD 95.17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOW FLOW ALTERATIONS 57.49 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MERCURY 3,020.14 39,773.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 .00 .00 .00
NICKEL 12.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NUTRIENT/EUTROPHICATION BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS 625.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OIL AND GREASE 11.22 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT (SEWAGE) BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS 41.09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OXYGEN, DISSOLVED 451.78 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PH 66.26 105.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PHYSICAL SUBSTRATE HABITAT ALTERATIONS 92.48 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 3,413.11 18,299.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 .00 .00 .00
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) (AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS) 21.77 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 116.15 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SULFATES 247.54 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TASTE AND ODOR .00 16,385.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TEMPERATURE, WATER 9.91 1,556.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS 340.69 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ZINC 31.22 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

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Indiana

Probable Sources Contributing to Impairment

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State Source Name Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairment
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Waters (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Connecting Channel (Miles)
ACID MINE DRAINAGE 148.72 105.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AGRICULTURE 316.08 30.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHANNELIZATION 177.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 397.39 30.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER 9.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS 172.76 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CROP PRODUCTION WITH SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE 1,492.08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DAM CONSTRUCTION (OTHER THAN UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS) 15.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DISCHARGES FROM BIOSOLIDS (SLUDGE) STORAGE, APPLICATION OR DISPOSAL 3.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DREDGE MINING 57.45 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAYS, ROADS, BRIDGES, INFRASTURCTURE (NEW CONSTRUCTION) 2.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HISTORIC BOTTOM DEPOSITS (NOT SEDIMENT) 18.41 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ILLEGAL DUMPS OR OTHER INAPPROPRIATE WASTE DISPOSAL 54.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS/HOOK-UPS TO STORM SEWERS 172.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 18.49 .00 .00 .00
IMPACTS FROM ABANDONED MINE LANDS (INACTIVE) 24.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IMPACTS FROM HYDROSTRUCTURE FLOW REGULATION/MODIFICATION 401.74 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE/PARKING LOT RUNOFF 453.10 30.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 349.52 1,556.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LANDFILLS 7.39 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 1,464.06 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOSS OF RIPARIAN HABITAT 575.71 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MANAGED PASTURE GRAZING 27.59 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NATURAL SOURCES 111.23 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-POINT SOURCE 6,352.73 953.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 5.90 .00 .00 .00
ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 777.25 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 18.49 .00 .00 .00
PACKAGE PLANT OR OTHER PERMITTED SMALL FLOWS DISCHARGES 898.52 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PERMITTED RUNOFF FROM CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFOS) 1,203.37 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
POST-DEVELOPMENT EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION 13.26 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES 3.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RECLAMATION OF INACTIVE MINING 100.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS (COLLECTION SYSTEM FAILURES) 4.09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SITE CLEARANCE (LAND DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT) 2.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SOURCE UNKNOWN 4,039.63 65,254.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 59.22 .00 .00 .00
STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 330.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPSTREAM IMPOUNDMENTS (E.G., PL-566 NRCS STRUCTURES) 1.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

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