Sugar Creek Watershed Watershed Number:

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1 Watershed Watershed Number: Location Map Mercer Jessam ine %g 27 %g15 41 Harrodsburg Burgin %g 152 %g 39 %g1268 Sugar C reek W atershed Richm ond %g1355 %g 876 Madison %g 34 %g 595 Boyle Danville %g 52 Lancaster %g1131 %g1295 Junction C ity %g 15 %g1972 %g 27 %g 39 %g 52 Berea Lincoln Stanford Garrard 5 5 Miles Watershed Features V b U Public Water Supplies KPDES Permitted Discharge Sites USGS Gaging Stations ð KY River Watershed Watch Sample Sites!_ # KY DOW Monitoring Sites Designated Use Support Sampling Sites KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlif e Monitoring Sites!: US Forest Service Monitoring Sites!2 T US Army Corps of Engineers Monitoring Sites!/ L.F.U.C.G. Monitoring Sites Watershed Boundaries ð West Fork!_ Scotch Fork Middle Fork East Fork

2 Geography. The watershed occupies central Garrard County. The land is in the hills of the bluegrass subregion of the Bluegrass physiographic region, characterized by hilly terrain, very rapid surface runoff, and slow groundwater drainage. Parts of the watershed lie over interbedded shales and limestones (these are 2% limestone; water conduction is poor because of the clay content of the shale). Other areas are underlain by interbedded limestones and shales (>2% limestone, allowing groundwater flow where the clay content is low enough). Waterways. empties into the Kentucky River due north of Lancaster. Among the creeks that feed it are Scotch Fork and the East, Middle, and West Forks of. Land and water use. Land in the watershed is mainly agricultural; about 6% is rural and wooded. No businesses or organizations hold permits for discharges into the creeks. See tables for details. Agency data assessment. No creek segments were assessed in this watershed. Watershed rankings. The ranking formula provides a preliminary ranking by synthesizing a broad spectrum of watershed characteristics, current conditions, and threats. This watershed ranks in the group with the lowest need for protection and/or restoration. This rating is for the watershed on average: particular sites and particular waters within the watershed may vary widely. See tables for details. Volunteer data. There is one volunteer monitoring site on. See tables for details.

3 11-Digit Watershed Identity Number: This report was prepared by the Kentucky Water Research Institute as a product of the statewide Kentucky Watershed Management process. Information presented in this report was collected from many sources. Reasonable attempts were made to ensure that information and figures are as accurate as possible, but no representation or guarantee is made as to either the correctness or suitability of information for particular purposes. All critical information should be independently verified. Please address questions or corrections to Basin Coordinator, KWRI, Rm. 233 Mining and Minerals Resources Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky Summary of Basin Characteristics and Facilities General Land-use Characteristics: Total Land Area (): 26,685 Residential Area: 184 % of Total.7 Number of Mine Permits: Commercial Area: Industrial Area: Agricultural Area: Rural and Wooded Area: Other Land-use Area: 2 1, , Total Permitted Mining Area (): Number of Identified Wetland Areas: Total Wetland Area (): Withdrawal and Discharge Sites: Number of Public Water Supplies and Water Withdrawal Sites: Number of KPDES Discharge Permits: Surface Water Withdrawals: Groundwater Withdrawals: No. of Potable Water Treatment Facilities: Sampling Site Statistics: Number of USGS Gaging Stations: Number of Kentucky Division of Water Sampling Sites: Number of Kentucky Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Sampling Sites: Number of US Forest Service Sampling Sites: Number of US Army Corps of Engineers Sampling Sites: Number of Kentucky River Watershed Watch Sampling Sites: Number of Lexington-Fayette Urban Co. Gov. Sampling Sites: 1

4 11-Digit Watershed Identity Number: Watershed s and Ranking Categories: Protection Ranking Observed Impacts Potential Impacts Medium Low Medium Restoration Ranking Low Overall Watershed Ranking: Low Protection Categories: Range of All Mean of All Wetland Areas Surface Drinking Water Sources Ground Drinking Water Sources Groundwater Sensitivity KY Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Management Areas U.S. Forest Service Management Areas Kentucky State Park Areas Nature Preserves Commission Areas Nature Conservancy Areas Reference Reach Outstanding Resource Recognized Stream Resources Kentucky Rivers Assessment s No. of sources No. of sources No. of resources , Observed Impact Categories: Human Health Impact Categories: Range of All Mean of All Flood Declarations Water Supply Inadequacy Observed Impacts to Surface Drinking Water Observed Impacts to Fish Consumption Observed Impacts to Primary Water Contact Contamination Sites Impacting Human Health Number since Ecological Health Impact Categories: Observed Impacts to Aquatic Life Contamination Sites Impacting Ecological Health Potential Impact Categories: Range of All Mean of All Potential Contamination Sites Potential Pesticide Loading Potential Fertilizer Loading Agricultural Erosion Potential Livestock Operations Potential Impact KPDES Discharge Violations KY Division of Water Citizen Complaints Toxic Release Inventory Population Change Projection Population Not on Public Sewer Systems Mining Area Surface Water Runoff Potential KPDES Permitted Discharges , ,867, Est. sales in tons Est. tons applied Est. tons erosion / acre Animal units Number of violations Number of complaints Number of persons Number of persons SCS Curve Number , , ,

5 11-Digit Watershed Identity Number: Stream and Waterbody Use Support Summary Total Stream Miles: Number of Segments Stream Miles Assessed Fully Supporting Partially Supporting Not Supporting Threatened Segments Assessed:. Designated Uses Aquatic Life:. Primary Contact: Fish Consumption: Drinking Water: * Blank values indicate no assessed segments for this category.

6 11-Digit Watershed Identity Number: Withdrawal Sites and Discharge Facilities: Gaging Stations and Sampling Sites: US Geological Survey and US Army Corps of Engineers Stream Gaging Stations Stream Location Agency Station ID Number Sampling Parameter USGS USGS Flow KY River Watershed Watch Sampling Sites Stream Name KRWW Sample ID No. Site Description K35 Three Forks 2yds below 1355 bridge

7 11-Digit Watershed Identity Number: Results from 1999 KY River Watershed Watch Sampling: Conventional Parameters: Sample ID Number: ph Temperature Dissolved Oxygen K Stream: Physical Data (May): Alkalinity Total Hardness Chlorides Conductivity Total Organic Carbon Total Suspended Solids July August Fecal Data (July / August): Coliform Count Strep Count Coliform/Strep Ratio Note: Most indicators are in milligrams per liter (mg/l) which is equivalent to parts per million (ppm). Temperature is in Celsius degrees. Alkalinity and hardness are as mg/l of calcium carbonate. Bacterial counts are in colonies per 1 milliliters. Conductivity units are micro-mhos per centimeter. Nutrient Parameters: Sample ID Number: K35 Stream: Ammonia Ammonia Nitrogen Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen as NH3 Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen as N Nitrate Nitrate Nitrogen Orthophosphate as Phosphate Orthophosphate as Phosphorus Total Recoverable Phosphorus Sulfate Note: All indicators are in milligrams per liter (mg/l) which is equivalent to parts per million (ppm). Metals and Mineral Parameters: Sample ID Number: K35 Stream: Aluminum Calcium Lead Selenium Thallium Antimony Chromium Lithium Silicon Vanadium Barium Cobalt Magnesium Sodium Zinc Beryllium Copper Manganese Strontium Boron Iron Potassium Sulfur Note: All indicators are in milligrams per liter (mg/l) which is equivalent to parts per million (ppm). Pesticide/Herbicide Parameters: Sample ID No. Stream 2,4-D Chlorpyrifos Triazines K35 Note: All indicators are in micrograms per liter which is equivalent to parts per billion (ppb).