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State: Montana
Waterbody ID: MT76F003_011
Location: NEVADA CREEK, headwaters to Nevada Lake
State Waterbody Type: River
EPA Waterbody Type: Rivers and Streams
Water Size: 18.3
Units: miles
Watershed Name: Blackfoot

Waterbody History Report

Data are also available for these years: 2012 2010 2008 2004 2002 2000

2006 Waterbody Report for Nevada Creek


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Features

Water Quality Assessment Status for Reporting Year 2006

The overall status of this waterbody is Impaired.


Description of this table
Designated Use Designated Use Group Status
Agricultural Agricultural Good
Aquatic Life Fish, Shellfish, And Wildlife Protection And Propagation Impaired
Cold Water Fishery Fish, Shellfish, And Wildlife Protection And Propagation Impaired
Drinking Water Public Water Supply Impaired
Industrial Industrial Good
Primary Contact Recreation Recreation Impaired

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Causes of Impairment for Reporting Year 2006


Description of this table
Cause of Impairment Cause of Impairment Group Designated Use(s) State TMDL Development Status
Alteration in Stream-Side or Littoral Vegetative Covers Habitat Alterations Primary Contact Recreation, Cold Water Fishery, Aquatic Life Non-pollutant impairment
Cadmium Metals (other than Mercury) Drinking Water, Cold Water Fishery, Aquatic Life TMDL needed
Lead Metals (other than Mercury) Aquatic Life, Cold Water Fishery TMDL needed
Mercury Mercury Aquatic Life, Cold Water Fishery, Drinking Water TMDL needed
Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations Habitat Alterations Aquatic Life, Primary Contact Recreation, Cold Water Fishery Non-pollutant impairment
Solids (Suspended/Bedload) Sediment Aquatic Life, Primary Contact Recreation, Cold Water Fishery TMDL needed
Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN) Nutrients Cold Water Fishery, Aquatic Life TMDL needed

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Probable Sources Contributing to Impairment for Reporting Year 2006


Description of this table
Probable Source Probable Source Group Cause(s) of Impairment
Agriculture Agriculture Alteration in Stream-Side or Littoral Vegetative Covers; Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations; Solids (Suspended/Bedload); Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN)
Grazing In Riparian Or Shoreline Zones Agriculture Alteration in Stream-Side or Littoral Vegetative Covers; Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations; Solids (Suspended/Bedload); Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN)
Placer Mining Resource Extraction Alteration in Stream-Side or Littoral Vegetative Covers; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations; Solids (Suspended/Bedload)

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TMDLs That Apply to this waterbody


Description of this table
TMDL Document Name TMDL Date TMDL Pollutant Description TMDL Pollutant Source Type Cause(s) of Impairment Addressed
Nevada Creek - Headwaters To Nevada Lake; Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Copper Nonpoint Source Lead; Phosphorus, Total; Unlisted but Impaired; Metals (other than Mercury); Nutrients; Nitrogen; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN); Suspended Solids; Nitrogen, Total; Total Suspended Solids (TSS); Cadmium
Nevada Creek - Headwaters To Nevada Lake; Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Iron Nonpoint Source Nitrogen; Metals (other than Mercury); Suspended Solids; Nutrients; Total Suspended Solids (TSS); Cadmium; Unlisted but Impaired; Phosphorus, Total; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN); Lead; Nitrogen, Total
Nevada Creek - Headwaters To Nevada Lake; Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Lead Nonpoint Source Metals (other than Mercury); Total Suspended Solids (TSS); Lead; Phosphorus, Total; Nutrients; Nitrogen, Total; Suspended Solids; Unlisted but Impaired; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN); Cadmium; Nitrogen
Nevada Creek - Headwaters To Nevada Lake; Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Nitrogen, Total Nonpoint Source Nitrogen, Total; Phosphorus, Total; Suspended Solids; Lead; Metals (other than Mercury); Nutrients; Nitrogen; Cadmium; Unlisted but Impaired; Total Suspended Solids (TSS); Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN)
Nevada Creek - Headwaters To Nevada Lake; Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Phosphorus Nonpoint Source Nutrients; Nitrogen; Cadmium; Nitrogen, Total; Total Suspended Solids (TSS); Lead; Metals (other than Mercury); Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN); Unlisted but Impaired; Suspended Solids; Phosphorus, Total
Nevada Creek - Headwaters To Nevada Lake; Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Sediment Nonpoint Source Unlisted but Impaired; Total Suspended Solids (TSS); Suspended Solids; Lead; Nitrogen; Cadmium; Nitrogen, Total; Metals (other than Mercury); Phosphorus, Total; Nutrients; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN)
Nevada Creek - Headwaters To Nevada Lake; Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Temperature Nonpoint Source Lead; Suspended Solids; Unlisted but Impaired; Phosphorus, Total; Metals (other than Mercury); Nutrients; Cadmium; Total Suspended Solids (TSS); Nitrogen, Total; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN); Nitrogen
Nevada Creek - Nevada Lake To The Mouth (Blackfoot River); Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Nitrogen, Total Nonpoint Source Nitrogen; Nutrients; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN); Nitrogen, Total
Nevada Creek - Nevada Lake To The Mouth (Blackfoot River); Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Phosphorus Nonpoint Source Nitrogen; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN); Nutrients; Nitrogen, Total
Nevada Creek - Nevada Lake To The Mouth (Blackfoot River); Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Sediment Nonpoint Source Nutrients; Nitrogen; Nitrogen, Total; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN)
Nevada Creek - Nevada Lake To The Mouth (Blackfoot River); Middle Blackfoot Tpa Sep-23-2008 Temperature Nonpoint Source Nutrients; Nitrogen, Total; Nitrogen; Total Kjehldahl Nitrogen (TKN)

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Previous Causes of Impairments Now Attaining All Uses



No causes of impairment are recorded as attaining all uses for this waterbody.

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