Water Fish Advisories in Some Tennessee Waterways

Posted Streams, Rivers, and
Reservoirs in Tennessee
Tennessee Division of Water Resources
For more information about streams, rivers, and reservoirs
posted for bacteriological or fish tissue contamination, please
contact 1-888-891-TDEC (8332).
When streams or lakes are found to

The Commissioner shall have have significantly elevated bacteria
the power, duty, and levels or when fish tissue contaminant
responsibility to…post or levels exceed risk-based criteria, it is
cause to be posted such signs the responsibility of the Department of
as required to give notice to Environment and Conservation to post
the public of the potential or warning signs so that the public will be
actual dangers of specific aware of the threat to public health.
uses of such waters.
Tennessee Water Quality Control Consistent with EPA guidance, any
Act stream or reservoir in Tennessee with
an advisory is assessed as not meeting
the recreational designated use. Clearly, if fishermen cannot safely eat
the fish they catch, the waterbody is not supporting its goal to be
fishable. Likewise, streams and lakes with high levels of bacteria are not
suitable for recreational activities such as swimming or wading.
Bacteriological Contamination
The presence of pathogens, disease-causing organisms, affects the
public’s ability to safely swim, wade, and fish in streams and reservoirs.
Pathogen sources include failing septic tanks, collection system failure,
failing animal waste systems, or urban runoff. About 122 river miles are
posted due to bacterial contamination.
Division of Water Resources – Posted Streams, Rivers & Reservoirs (Page 1 of 22) Rev. 03/2019
Bacteriological Advisories in Tennessee
(March 2019. This list is subject to revision.)
East Tennessee
Stream Portion County Comments

Beaver Creek TN/VA line to Boone Lake Nonpoint sources in
Sullivan
(Bristol) (20.0 miles) Bristol and Virginia.
Cash Hollow From Knob Creek to Big

Washington Septic tank failures.
Creek Hollow (Mile 0.0 to 1.4)
Lake City STP.

Coal Creek STP to Clinch R. (4.7 miles) Anderson
East Fork Mouth to New Hope Pond Roane,

Oak Ridge area.
Poplar Creek (Mile 15.0) Anderson
From Topeka Street to
First Creek Ashwood Place (Mile 0.2 to Knox Knoxville urban runoff
1.5)
From Mouth to headwaters

Second Creek Knox Knoxville urban runoff
(2.9 miles)
Goose Creek Entire Stream (4.0 miles) Knox Knoxville urban runoff
Pine Creek Mile Mouth to Litton Fork (0.0

to 10.1)
East Fork of Mouth to Park Road (Mile 0.0
Pine Creek to 0.8)
Litton Fork of From Mouth to Grave Hill
Pine Creek Road (Mile 0.0 to 1.0) Oneida STP and
Scott
collection system
North Fork of
Entire Stream (1.5 miles)
Pine Creek
From Mouth to unnamed

South Fork of
tributary near Carson
Pine Creek
Cemetery (Mile 0.0 to 0.7)
From point of subsidence to

Agriculture & urban
Sinking Creek Catbird Creek (Mile 0.0 to Washington
runoff
2.8)
East Tennessee cont.
From Fort Loudoun Reservoir

Third Creek to East Fork (Mile 0.0 to 1.4), Knox Knoxville urban runoff.
at Highway 40 (Mile 3.3)
From Third Creek to

East Fork of
Middlebrook Pike (Mile 0.0 to Knox Knoxville urban runoff.
Third Creek
0.8)
From Mouth to Henry Street Morristown collection

Turkey Creek Hamblen
(Mile 0.0 to 5.3) system.
Improper connections
Beech Branch Entire stream (1.0 mile) to storm sewers,
Sevier
leaking sewers, and
Dudley Creek Entire stream (5.7 miles) failing septic tanks.
Southeast Tennessee

Chattanooga urban
Mouth to headwaters
Citico Creek Hamilton runoff and collection
(7.3 miles)
system.
Chattanooga Chattanooga collection
Mouth to GA line (7.7 mi.) Hamilton
Creek system.
Stringers From Mouth to Ormand Red Bank collection
Hamilton
Branch Drive (Mile 0.0 to 5.4) system.
Middle Tennessee

Old Stone Fort State Park
Little Duck River Coffee
(2.3 miles)
Nashville Area
Brown’s Creek Main Stem (4.3 miles)
From Mouth to the second

Dry Creek bend of the creek (Mile 0.0
to 0.1)
Mouth to Neeley’s Branch

Gibson Creek
(Mile 0.0 to 0.2)
Metro Nashville
From Mouth to unnamed collection system
McCrory Creek Davidson
tributary (Mile 0.0 to 0.2) overflows and urban
runoff.
Tributary to From Mouth to driveway

McCrory Creek (Mile 0.0 to 0.1
From Mouth to West Park

Richland Creek
(Mile 0.0 to 2.2)
Bordeaux Bridge (Mile 185.7)

Cumberland River to Woodland Street Bridge
(Mile 190.6)
West Tennessee

Entire Stream (7.7 Urban stormwater
Cypress Creek Shelby
miles) runoff.
Fish Tissue Contamination
Fish are an important part of a balanced diet and a good source of low fat
protein. They also provide essential fatty acids that are crucial for the
proper functioning of the nervous system and help prevent heart disease.
The Department recommends that residents and visitors continue to eat
fish from Tennessee rivers and reservoirs, but they should also follow the
published advisories on consumption hazards in individual reservoirs.
Approximately 124,000 reservoir acres and 368 river miles are currently
posted due to contaminated fish. The contaminants most frequently
found at dangerous levels in fish tissue are PCBs, mercury, chlordane, and
other organics.
Organic substances and mercury tend to bind with the sediment, settle
out of the water, and persist for a very long time. In the sediment, they
become part of the aquatic food chain and, over time, concentrate in fish
tissue. Contaminants can be found in fish tissue even if the substance has
not been used or manufactured in decades.
Waterbodies where fish tissue has levels of contamination that pose a
higher than acceptable risk to the public are posted and the public is
advised of the danger. Signs are placed at main public access points and
a press release is submitted to local newspapers. The list of advisories is
also published in TWRA’s annual fishing regulations. If needed, TWRA can
enforce a fishing ban.
Where contaminants are elevated in fish, they may also be present in

other aquatic life as well. Therefore, the public is advised to limit or
avoid consumption of other animals such as turtles, crayfish and mussels
in waterbodies with a fishing advisory.
In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in

conjunction with the U.S. Environment Protection Agency, issued a
mercury advisory for the consumption of fish and shellfish by pregnant
women, nursing mothers, young children, and women who might become
pregnant. The advisory specifically warns this sensitive sub-population to
avoid eating fish with elevated mercury levels: Shark, Swordfish, King
Mackerel, and Tilefish. For more information see EPA’s website:
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fishadvice/advice.html
Reducing Risks from Contaminated Fish
The best way to protect yourself and your family from eating contaminated fish is by
following the advice provided by the Department of Environment and Conservation.
Cancer risk is accumulated over a lifetime of exposure to a carcinogen (cancer-
causing agent). For that reason, eating an occasional fish, even from an area with a
fishing advisory, will not measurably increase your cancer risk.
At greatest risk are people who eat contaminated fish for years, such as recreational
or subsistence fishermen. Some groups of people like children or people with a
previous occupational exposure to a contaminant are more sensitive to that
pollutant. Studies have shown that contaminants can cross the placental barrier in
pregnant women to enter the baby’s body, thereby increasing the risk of
developmental problems. These substances are also concentrated in breast milk.
The Division’s goal in issuing fishing advisories is to provide the information necessary
for people to make informed choices about their health. People concerned about
their health will likely choose not to eat fish from contaminated sites.
If you choose to eat fish in areas with elevated contaminant levels, here is some
advice on how to reduce this risk:
1. Throw back the big ones. Smaller fish generally have lower concentrations of
contaminants.
2. Avoid fatty fish. Organic carcinogens such as DDT, PCBs, and dioxin accumulate
in fatty tissue. Large carp and catfish tend to have more fat than gamefish.
Moreover, the feeding habits of carp, sucker, buffalo, and catfish tend to expose
them to the sediments, where contaminants are concentrated. In contrast,
however, mercury tends to accumulate in muscle tissue and will tend to
concentrate in higher levels in gamefish.
3. Wash fish before cleaning. Some contaminants are concentrated in the mucus,
so fish should be washed before they are skinned and filleted.
4. Broil or grill your fish. These cooking techniques allow the fat to drip away.
Frying seals the fat and contaminants into the food.
5. Throw away the fat if the pollutant is PCBs, dioxin, chlordane or other
organic contaminants. Organic pesticides tend to accumulate in fat tissue, so
cleaning the fish so the fat is discarded will provide some protection from these
contaminates.
6. If the pollutant is mercury, do not eat the fish. Fish from the North Fork
Holston and East Fork Poplar Creek are likely to be contaminated with mercury,
which is concentrated in the muscle tissue. Therefore, the best choice is to
totally avoid eating this fish. It is very important that children not eat fish
contaminated with mercury. Many developmental problems in children have
been linked to elevated mercury levels.
Fish Tissue Advisories in Tennessee
(March 2019. This list is subject to revision.)
West Tennessee
Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

Precautionary advisory for
Beech Reservoir Henderson Entirety (877 acres) 06040001 Mercury
largemouth bass.*
From embayment on
Henry,
mouth on Kentucky
Big Sandy River Benton, Precautionary advisory for
Reservoir to 06040005 Mercury
and Embayment Carroll and all bass species.*
headwaters. (Mile 0.0
Henderson
to 59.0)
Chlordane,
Other
Cypress Creek Shelby Entirety (7.7 miles) 08010210 Do not eat the fish.
Pesticides,
PCBs.
Chlordane,
Loosahatchie Mile 0.0 – 17.0 (Hwy 14, Other
Shelby 08010209 Do not eat the fish.
River Austen Peay Highway) Organics,
Mercury
Chlordane,
McKellar Lake Other
Shelby Entirety (13 miles) 08010100 Do not eat the fish.
Organics,
Mercury
Mississippi state line to Chlordane,
Do not eat the fish.
just downstream of Other
Mississippi River Shelby 08010100 Commercial fishing
Meeman-Shelby State Organics,
prohibited by TWRA
Park (31 miles) Mercury
West Tennessee Cont.

Chlordane, Do not eat the fish.
Nonconnah From Mouth to Kansas
Shelby 08010211 Other Advisory ends at Horn Lake
Creek Street (Mile 0.0 to 1.8)
Organics Road bridge.
From the mouth of the
Middle Fork Forked Deer
North Fork
River (Mile 17.6) Precautionary advisory for
Forked Deer Dyer, Gibson 08010204 Mercury
upstream to State largemouth bass. *
River
Highway 188 (Mile
23.6))
Springville
Bottom (West Impounded area
Sandy Creek Henry upstream of West Sandy 06040005 Mercury
all bass and crappie. *
dewatering Dike (36,850 acres)
area)
Chlordane,
From Mouth to
Other
Wolf River Shelby Germantown Road (Mile 08010210 Do not eat the fish.
Organics,
0.0 – 18.9)
Mercury
Middle Tennessee

From mouth to origin Do not eat the fish.
(Mile 16.7) including Avoid contact with sediment
Beech Creek Wayne 06040001 Mercury
Tennessee River between Leatherwood
Embayment. Branch and Smith Branch.
From the mouth

Humphreys, Precautionary advisory for
Buffalo River upstream to Highway 06040004 Mercury
Perry smallmouth bass. *
438 (Mile 31.6)
From mouth of Buffalo
Humphreys, River (Mile 15.8)
Duck River 06040003 Mercury largemouth, smallmouth,
Hickman upstream to Interstate
and spotted bass. *
40 (Mile 31.8)
From confluence with
West Fork Stones River
on J. Percy Priest
East Fork Stones Precautionary advisory for
Rutherford Reservoir extending 05130203 Mercury
River all bass species.
upstream to Betty Ford
Road near Lascassas
(15.4 miles)
Woods Reservoir Franklin Entirety (3,908 acres) 06030003 PCBs Catfish should not be eaten.
East Tennessee

Sullivan, Entirety PCBs, Precautionary advisory for
Boone Reservoir 06010102
Washington (4,400 acres) chlordane carp and catfish. *
Mouth to Georgia
Chattanooga PCBs,
Hamilton Stateline 06020001 Fish should not be eaten.
Creek chlordane
(11.9 miles)
East Fork of Poplar
East Fork of
Creek from mouth to
Poplar Creek
New Hope Pond (Mile
including Poplar Anderson, Mercury,
15.0) 06010207 Fish should not be eaten.
Creek Roane PCBs
embayment and
Bear Creek from mouth
Bear Creek
to Hwy 95 (Mile 2.8)
From Highway 27 near
Harriman (Mile 12.4)
Roane, Precautionary advisory for
Emory River upstream to Camp 06010208 Mercury
Morgan all fish.*
Austin Road Bridge (Mile
21.8)

Commercial fishing for
catfish prohibited by TWRA.
No catfish or largemouth
bass over two pounds should
PCBs be eaten. Do not eat
largemouth bass from the
Fort Loudoun Loudon, Entirety Mercury Little River embayment.
06010201
Reservoir Blount (14,600 acres) (Upper Due to mercury,
portion precautionary advisory for
only) any sized largemouth bass
from Highway 129 to the
confluence of Holston and
French Broad Rivers (534
acres). *
From Rankin Bridge
French Broad (Mile 71.4) to Hwy 321 Precautionary advisory for
Cocke 06010105 Mercury
River near Newport (Mile largemouth bass. *
77.5)
Pigeon River Cocke From mouth upstream 06010106 Mercury Precautionary advisory for
to Vinson Island at smallmouth bass and
Interstate 40 crossing channel catfish. *
(mile 12.4).
Nolichucky Cocke, From mouth upstream 06010108 Mercury Precautionary advisory for
River Hamblen to Bent Creek (mile smallmouth bass and
14.9). channel catfish. *
From Highway 58 (Mile

Meigs, 7.4) upstream to the
Hiwassee River McMinn, railroad bridge just 06020002 Mercury
largemouth bass.*
Bradley upstream of U. S.
Highway 11 (Mile 18.9)
From the mouth of Poor
Valley Creek
embayment (Mile 89.0)
Hawkins, upstream to the Precautionary advisory for
Holston River 06010104 Mercury
Sullivan confluence of the North all fish.*
and South Forks of the
Holston near Kingsport
(Mile 142.3)
Melton Hill Knox, Entirety
06010207 PCBs Catfish should not be eaten.
Reservoir Anderson (5,690 acres)
Nickajack Hamilton, Entirety Precautionary advisory for
06020001 PCBs
Reservoir Marion (10,370 acres) catfish.*
Campbell, Clinch River portion
Anderson, (Powell River
largemouth bass, striped
Norris Reservoir Union, embayment not 06010205 Mercury
bass, smallmouth bass, and
Claiborne, included in advisory)
sauger. *
Grainger (15,213 Acres)

North Fork Sullivan, Mile 0.0 - 6.2 Do not eat the fish.
06010101 Mercury
Holston River Hawkins (VA stateline) Advisory goes to TN/VA line.
From the Tennessee
River (Mile 0.0)
Sequatchie Precautionary advisory for
Marion upstream to State 06020004 Mercury
River largemouth bass.*
Highway 283 near
Whitwell (Mile 22.1)
South Holston Portion within Precautionary advisory for
Sullivan 06010102 Mercury
Reservoir Tennessee (7,206 acres) largemouth bass.*
Tellico Loudon, Entirety PCBs Precautionary advisory for
06010204
Reservoir Monroe (16,500 acres) catfish.*
Watauga Carter,
Entirety (6,427 acres) 06010103 Mercury largemouth bass and
Reservoir Johnson
channel catfish.*
Striped bass should not be
Watts Bar Roane, Clinch River Arm (1,000 eaten. Precautionary
06010201 PCBs
Reservoir Anderson acres) advisory for catfish and
sauger.
Catfish, striped bass, &

hybrid (striped bass-white
Roane,
bass) should not be eaten.
Watts Bar Meigs, Tennessee River portion
06010201 PCBs Precautionary advisory for
Reservoir Rhea, (38,000 acres)
white bass, sauger, carp,
Loudon
smallmouth buffalo and
largemouth bass.*
*Precautionary Advisory - Children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers should not consume the fish species named.
All other persons should limit consumption of the named species to one meal per month.
Where contaminants are elevated in fish, they may also be present in other aquatic life as well.
Therefore, the public is advised to limit or avoid consumption of other animals such as turtles,
crayfish and mussels in waterbodies with a fishing advisory.
Additional national fish tissue advisories have been issued for the most sensitive sub-populations:
pregnant women, nursing mothers, children, and women who could become pregnant. See the
attached joint EPA and FDA advisory.
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Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish

Return to Advisory on Mercury in Seafood
See also Mercury in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program
Table 1. Fish and Shellfish With Highest Levels of Mercury
MERCURY CONCENTRATION (PPM

NO. OF
) SOURCE OF
SPECIES SAMPLE
DATA
S
MEAN MEDIAN MIN MAX
GULF OF MEXIC
MACKEREL
0.73 NA 0.23 1.67 213 O
KING
REPORT 2000
FDA SURVEY
SHARK 0.99 0.83 ND 4.54 351
1990-02
FDA SURVEY
SWORDFISH 0.97 0.86 0.10 3.22 605
1990-02
TILEFISH
NMFS REPORT
(Gulf of Mexico 1.45 NA 0.65 3.73 60
1978
)
Table 2. Fish and Shellfish With Lower Levels of Mercury
MERCURY CONCENTRATION
(PPM) NO. OF
SPECIES SOURCE OF DATA
SAMPLES
MEAN MEDIAN MIN MAX
NMFS REPORT
ANCHOVIES 0.04 NA ND 0.34 40
1978
NMFS REPORT
BUTTERFISH 0.06 NA ND 0.36 89
1978
FDA SURVEY 1990-

CATFISH 0.05 ND ND 0.31 22
02
FDA SURVEY 1990-

CLAMS ND ND ND ND 6
02
FDA SURVEY 1990-

COD 0.11 0.10 ND 0.42 20
03
3 FDA SURVEY 1990-

CRAB 0.06 ND ND 0.61 59
02
FDA SURVEY 2002-

CRAWFISH 0.03 0.03 ND 0.05 21
03
CROAKER FDA SURVEY 1990-

0.05 0.05 0.01 0.10 21
(Atlantic) 03
FDA SURVEY 1990-

FLATFISH 2 0.05 0.04 ND 0.18 22
02
FDA SURVEY 1990-

HADDOCK 0.03 0.04 ND 0.04 4
02
FDA SURVEY 1990-

HAKE 0.01 ND ND 0.05 9
02
NMFS REPORT
HERRING 0.04 NA ND 0.14 38
1978
FDA SURVEY 1990-

JACKSMELT 0.11 0.06 0.04 0.50 16
02
LOBSTER FDA SURVEY 1990-
0.09 0.14 ND 0.27 9
(Spiny) 02
MACKEREL
NMFS REPORT
ATLANTIC 0.05 NA 0.02 0.16 80
1978
(N. Atlantic)
MACKEREL NMFS REPORT

0.09 NA 0.03 0.19 30
CHUB (Pacific) 1978
NMFS REPORT
MULLET 0.05 NA ND 0.13 191
1978
FDA SURVEY 1990-

OYSTERS ND ND ND 0.25 34
02
FDA SURVEY 1990-

PERCH OCEAN ND ND ND 0.03 6
02
FDA SURVEY 1990-

PICKEREL ND ND ND 0.06 4
02
FDA SURVEY 1990-

POLLOCK 0.06 ND ND 0.78 37
02
SALMON FDA SURVEY 1990-

ND ND ND ND 23
(Canned) 02
SALMON FDA SURVEY 1990-

0.01 ND ND 0.19 34
(Fresh/Frozen) 02
FDA SURVEY 2002-

SARDINE 0.02 0.01 ND 0.04 22
03
NMFS REPORT
SCALLOPS 0.05 NA ND 0.22 66
1978
SHAD NMFS REPORT

0.07 NA ND 0.22 59
(American) 1978
FDA SURVEY 1990-

SHRIMP ND ND ND 0.05 24
02
NMFS REPORT
SQUID 0.07 NA ND 0.40 200
1978
FDA SURVEY 1990-
TILAPIA 0.01 ND ND 0.07 9
02
TROUT FDA SURVEY 2002-

0.03 0.02 ND 0.13 17
(Freshwater) 03
TUNA
FDA SURVEY 1990-
(Canned, 0.12 0.08 ND 0.85 131
03
Light)
FDA SURVEY 1990-

WHITEFISH 0.07 0.05 ND 0.31 25
03
FDA SURVEY 1990-

WHITING ND ND ND ND 2
02
Table 3. Mercury Levels of Other Fish and Shellfish
MERCURY CONCENTRATION
(PPM) NO. OF
SPECIES SAMPLE SOURCE OF DATA
MEA MEDIA S
MIN MAX
N N
BASS 0.0 0.9 FDA SURVEY 1990

0.27 0.15 35
(Saltwater)1 6 6 -03
0.1 0.6
BLUEFISH 0.31 0.30 22 FDA SURVEY 2002-03
4 3
0.0 0.4
BUFFALOFISH 0.19 0.14 4 FDA SURVEY 1990-02
5 3
0.0 0.2
CARP 0.14 0.14 2 FDA SURVEY 1990-02
1 7
CROAKER
0.1 0.4
WHITE 0.29 0.28 15 FDA SURVEY 1990-03
8 1
(Pacific)
0.0 1.2
GROUPER 0.55 0.44 22 FDA SURVEY 2002-03
7 1
1.5
HALIBUT 0.26 0.20 ND 32 FDA SURVEY 1990-02
2
LOBSTER
0.0 1.3
(Northern/ 0.31 NA 88 NMFS REPORT 1978
5 1
American)
MACKEREL
SPANISH 0.0 1.5
0.45 NA 66 NMFS REPORT 1978
(Gulf of 7 6
Mexico)
MACKEREL
0.0 0.7
SPANISH 0.18 NA 43 NMFS REPORT 1978
5 3
(S. Atlantic)
0.1 0.9
MARLIN 0.49 0.39 16 FDA SURVEY 1990-02
0 2
0.0 1.0
MONKFISH 0.18 NA 81 NMFS REPORT 1978
2 2
ORANGE 0.3 0.8

0.54 0.56 26 FDA SURVEY 1990-03
ROUGHY 0 0
PERCH 0.3
0.14 0.15 ND 5 FDA SURVEY 1990-02
(Freshwater) 1
0.7
SABLEFISH 0.22 NA ND 102 NMFS REPORT 1978
0
0.0 1.3
SCORPIONFISH 0.29 NA 78 NMFS REPORT 1978
2 5
0.0 0.6
SHEEPSHEAD 0.13 NA 59 NMFS REPORT 1978
2 3
0.0 0.3
SKATE 0.14 NA 56 NMFS REPORT 1978
4 6
1.3
SNAPPER 0.19 0.12 ND 25 FDA SURVEY 2002-03
7
TILEFISH 0.0 0.5

0.15 0.10 17 FDA SURVEY 2002-03
(Atlantic) 6 3
TUNA
0.8
(Canned, 0.35 0.34 ND 179 FDA SURVEY 1990-03
5
Albacore)
TUNA
1.3
(Fresh/Frozen 0.38 0.30 ND 131 FDA SURVEY 1990-02
0
)
WEAKFISH 0.7
0.25 0.16 ND 27 FDA SURVEY 1990-03
(Sea Trout) 4
Source of data: FDA Surveys 1990-2003
“National Marine Fisheries Service Survey of Trace Elements in the

Fishery Resource” Report 1978
”The Occurrence of Mercury in the Fishery Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico” Report 2000
Market share calculation based on 2001 National Marine Fisheries
Service published landings data
* Mercury was measured as Total Mercury and/or Methylmercury
ND - mercury concentration below the Level of Detection
(LOD=0.01ppm)
NA - data not available
1 Includes: Sea bass/ Striped Bass/ Rockfish
2 Includes: Flounder, Plaice, Sole
3 Includes: Blue, King, Snow
Advisory on Mercury in Seafood

Mercury in Fish: FDA Monitoring Program
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Posted Streams, Rivers, and

When streams or lakes are found to

Stream Portion County Comments

Cash Hollow From Knob Creek to Big

Lake City STP.

East Fork Mouth to New Hope Pond Roane,

From Mouth to headwaters

Pine Creek Mile Mouth to Litton Fork (0.0

From Mouth to unnamed

From point of subsidence to

Stream Portion County Comments

From Fort Loudoun Reservoir

From Third Creek to

From Mouth to Henry Street Morristown collection

Stream Portion County Comments

Stream Portion County Comments

Brown’s Creek Main Stem (4.3 miles)

From Mouth to the second

Mouth to Neeley’s Branch

Tributary to From Mouth to driveway

From Mouth to West Park

Bordeaux Bridge (Mile 185.7)

Stream Portion County Comments

Where contaminants are elevated in fish, they may also be present in

In March 2004, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

From the mouth

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

From Highway 58 (Mile

Stream County Portion HUC Code Pollutant Comments

Catfish, striped bass, &

Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish

Table 1. Fish and Shellfish With Highest Levels of Mercury

MERCURY CONCENTRATION (PPM

FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

3 FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 2002-

CROAKER FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

MACKEREL NMFS REPORT

FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 1990-

SALMON FDA SURVEY 1990-

SALMON FDA SURVEY 1990-

FDA SURVEY 2002-

SHAD NMFS REPORT

FDA SURVEY 1990-