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Assessment Data for the State of West Virginia Year 2002

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Total Assessed Waters for the State of West Virginia

Description of this table

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)
Total Assessed Waters 15,303.12 14,897.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
Estimated Total Water Size in WV 32,278.00 22,373.00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Percent of Waters Assessed 47.41 66.59 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable

Assessed Waters of West Virginia by Watershed

Description of this table
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)
BIG SANDY 96.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CACAPON-TOWN 346.32 80.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHEAT 1,208.86 39.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COAL 638.99 301.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONOCOCHEAGUE-OPEQUON 402.25 214.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ELK 913.55 5.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
GAULEY 958.42 141.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
GREENBRIER 694.10 509.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE KANAWHA 1,142.78 990.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE MUSKINGUM-MIDDLE ISLAND 450.35 30.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER GUYANDOTTE 408.06 8.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER KANAWHA 536.50 177.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER MONONGAHELA 98.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER NEW 417.27 16.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE NEW 446.77 279.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC 294.62 2,192.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NORTH FORK SHENANDOAH 5.34 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RACCOON-SYMMES 203.06 232.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SHENANDOAH 67.21 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SOUTH BRANCH POTOMAC 760.67 32.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TUG 611.36 49.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TWELVEPOLE 352.03 1,725.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TYGART VALLEY 974.85 1,798.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER GUYANDOTTE 577.31 642.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER JAMES 57.30 7.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER KANAWHA 563.04 202.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER MONONGAHELA 422.73 1,776.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER OHIO 141.10 30.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER OHIO-SHADE 360.07 79.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER OHIO-WHEELING 414.29 119.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WEST FORK 639.97 3,208.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
YOUGHIOGHENY 56.93 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
Name Not Reported 75.60 15.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00


West Virginia 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
Fish, Shellfish, and Wildlife Protection and Propagation Fish, Shellfish, and Wildlife Protection and Propagation 15,298.32 31.07 24.99 43.94 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
Recreation Recreation 15,266.04 44.46 31.23 24.31 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
Public Water Supply Public Water Supply 4,965.71 24.94 13.54 61.52 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
Aquatic Life Harvesting Aquatic Life Harvesting 5,936.53 42.47 11.08 46.45 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
Industrial Industrial 571.60 80.67 .00 19.33 color.gifcolor.gif
Agricultural Agricultural 5.76 100.00 .00 .00 color.gif
The state assessed 15,303.12 miles of rivers and streams, or 47.41% of 32,278.00 total miles.

West Virginia Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good 4,455.33 29.11
Threatened 4,054.17 26.49
Impaired 6,793.62 44.39
Total Miles Assessed 15,303.12 100.00

West Virginia Top Causes of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 PATHOGENS 6,672.72
2 FECAL COLIFORM 6,634.56
3 METALS 3,722.70
4 CAUSE UNKNOWN 3,395.83
5 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 2,390.29
6 PH 1,805.90
7 OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS 1,598.95
8 NUTRIENTS 1,434.74
9 SULFATES 1,152.11
10 NITROGEN, AMMONIA (TOTAL AMMONIA) 831.65

West Virginia Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

Description of this table
# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 SOURCE UNKNOWN 7,531.38
2 ABANDONED MINING 1,961.61
3 AGRICULTURE 1,139.06
4 LAND DISPOSAL 931.77
5 ACID MINE DRAINAGE 862.97
6 LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 737.87
7 RESOURCE EXTRACTION 697.13
8 MUNICIPAL (URBANIZED HIGH DENSITY AREA) 683.27
9 HABITAT MODIFICATION (OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION) 660.03
10 RAW SEWAGE 556.42

West Virginia 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
Fish, Shellfish, and Wildlife Protection and Propagation Fish, Shellfish, and Wildlife Protection and Propagation 14,897.50 14.58 24.13 61.29 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
Recreation Recreation 14,897.50 88.08 11.61 .31 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
Public Water Supply Public Water Supply 4,747.00 26.69 73.31 .00 color.gifcolor.gif
Aquatic Life Harvesting Aquatic Life Harvesting 63.00 .00 .00 100.00 color.gif
Industrial Industrial 1,730.00 .00 100.00 .00 color.gif
The state assessed 14,897.50 acres of lakes, ponds and reservoirs, or 66.59% of 22,373.00 total acres.

West Virginia Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
Attainment Status Acres Percent of Assessed
Good 2,171.40 14.58
Threatened 3,595.00 24.13
Impaired 9,131.10 61.29
Total Acres Assessed 14,897.50 100.00

West Virginia Top Causes of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Acres
Impaired
1 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 63.00
2 NON-NATIVE AQUATIC PLANTS 48.00
3 NUTRIENTS 48.00

West Virginia Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
# State Source Name Total Acres Impaired by Source
1 HABITAT MODIFICATION (OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION) 48.00
2 CONSTRUCTION 48.00
3 STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 48.00
4 HIGHWAY/ROAD/BRIDGE RUNOFF (NON-CONSTRUCTION RELATED) 48.00
5 SOURCE UNKNOWN 15.00

West Virginia

Causes of Impairment

Description of this table
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 (Squar Miles)
ZINC 157.91 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER 3.72 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CAUSE UNKNOWN 3,395.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) 5.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ODOR 34.05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
METALS 3,722.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
E. COLI 8.68 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NITRATES 593.63 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PATHOGENS 6,672.72 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SUSPENDED ALGAE 17.28 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER INORGANICS 35.13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UNKNOWN TOXICITY 46.54 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SULFATES 1,152.11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SLUDGE DEPOSITS 7.35 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AMMONIA (UNIONIZED) - TOXIN 51.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TEMPERATURE, WATER 15.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ODOR THRESHOLD NUMBER 36.47 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 475.65 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 277.65 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DIOXIN (INCLUDING 2,3,7,8-TCDD) 267.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MERCURY 245.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TEMPERATURE 302.84 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL TOXICS 11.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CAUSTIC CHEMICALS 20.78 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHLORINE 1.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SELENIUM 99.81 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OIL AND GREASE 70.46 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLOW ALTERATION 111.75 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NUTRIENTS 1,434.74 48.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PHOSPHORUS, ELEMENTAL 335.52 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 2,390.29 63.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-NATIVE AQUATIC PLANTS .00 48.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PH 1,805.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALINITY 17.52 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TURBIDITY 294.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PESTICIDES 2.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DISCOLORATION 11.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FECAL COLIFORM 6,634.56 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS 1,598.95 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NITROGEN, AMMONIA (TOTAL AMMONIA) 831.65 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

West Virginia

Probable Sources Contributing to Impairment

Description of this table
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)
OTHER 5.68 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RAW SEWAGE 556.42 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LAND DISPOSAL 931.77 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER URBAN RUNOFF 98.78 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RESOURCE EXTRACTION 697.13 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS 19.45 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SILVICULTURE HARVESTING 7.11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION 34.78 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 124.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FOREST ROADS (ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND USE) 156.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HABITAT MODIFICATION (OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION) 660.03 48.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ILLEGAL DUMPS OR OTHER INAPPROPRIATE WASTE DISPOSAL 54.67 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS (COLLECTION SYSTEM FAILURES) 3.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RECREATION AND TOURISM ACTIVITIES (OTHER THAN BOATING - SEE 7900) 27.23 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RANGELAND (UNMANAGED PASTURE) GRAZING 4.47 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IMPACTS FROM ABANDONED MINE LANDS (INACTIVE) 80.66 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LAND APPLICATION OF WASTEWATER (NON-AGRICULTURAL) 1.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SITE CLEARANCE (LAND DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT) 237.09 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPSTREAM IMPOUNDMENTS (E.G., PL-566 NRCS STRUCTURES) 7.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WET WEATHER DISCHARGES (POINT SOURCE AND COMBINATION OF STORMWATER, SSO OR CSO) 3.48 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONSTRUCTION 365.33 48.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
GOLF COURSES 30.72 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SILVICULTURE 289.05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOSS OF RIPARIAN HABITAT 549.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MINOR MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE 36.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITON - TOXICS 438.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS/HOOK-UPS TO STORM SEWERS 2.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ACTIVE MINING 55.44 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SURFACE MINING 293.27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ABANDONED MINING 1,961.61 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SUBSURFACE MINING 108.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MAJOR INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE 28.95 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (NPS) 85.68 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INTENSIVE ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS 87.88 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 225.49 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUNICIPAL (URBANIZED HIGH DENSITY AREA) 683.27 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 354.10 48.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAYS, ROADS, BRIDGES, INFRASTRUCTURE (NEW CONSTRUCTION) 123.38 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LANDFILLS 19.92 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AGRICULTURE 1,139.06 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MINE TAILINGS 73.46 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHANNELIZATION 373.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLOW ALTERATIONS FROM WATER DIVERSIONS 10.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PASTURE GRAZING - RIPARIAN AND/OR UPLAND 456.16 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DISCHARGES FROM BIOSOLIDS (SLUDGE) STORAGE, APPLICATION OR DISPOSAL .70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BEAVER ACTIVITY 7.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NATURAL SOURCES 472.92 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEPTAGE DISPOSAL .76 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 211.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PASTURE GRAZING - RIPARIAN 58.73 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MINOR INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE .20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAY/ROAD/BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION 27.53 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DRAINAGE/FILLING/LOSS OF WETLANDS 18.95 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 306.15 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HISTORIC BOTTOM DEPOSITS (NOT SEDIMENT) 13.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 737.87 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAY/ROAD/BRIDGE RUNOFF (NON-CONSTRUCTION RELATED) 42.68 48.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PETROLEUM/NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES (PERMITTED) 275.48 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 316.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SPILLS FROM TRUCKS OR TRAINS 23.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DAM CONSTRUCTION (OTHER THAN UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS) 5.21 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WATERFOWL 5.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SOURCE UNKNOWN 7,531.38 15.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HYDROMODIFICATION 50.07 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ACID MINE DRAINAGE 862.97 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL PERMITTED 1.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PESTICIDE APPLICATION 28.87 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PASTURE GRAZING - UPLAND 22.11 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SPECIALITY CROP PRODUCTION 5.36 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 73.95 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DREDGING (E.G., FOR NAVIGATION CHANNELS) 71.75 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PACKAGE PLANT OR OTHER PERMITTED SMALL FLOWS DISCHARGES 42.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

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