Section 460. Yadkin River Basin

SEC.	CLASS	SP. STDS.	SECTION DESCRIPTION
1	IV	PWS	Yadkin River Basin in Virginia including Ararat River, Johnson Creek, Little Fisher River, Lovills Creek, Pauls Creek and Stewarts Creek - the entire reach of these streams from the Virginia-North Carolina state line to their headwaters.
	V	PWS	Stockable Trout Waters in Section 1
	***		Ararat River from Route 823 upstream to Route 671.
	vi		Halls Branch from its confluence with Lovills Creek 4.5 miles upstream.
	vi		Johnson Creek from the Virginia-North Carolina state line to its headwaters.
	vii		Lovills Creek from the Virginia-North Carolina state line 1.8 miles upstream (to the Natural Resource Conservation Service dam).
	vii		Pauls Creek (at the Carroll County line at Route 690) from 6.7 miles above its confluence with Stewarts Creek 4.2 miles upstream.
	VI	PWS	Natural Trout Waters in Section 1
	iii		Ararat River from Route 671 upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	iii		East Fork Johnson Creek from its confluence with Johnson Creek upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	iii		Elk Spur Branch from its confluence with Lovills Creek upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	i		Little Fisher Creek from the Virginia-North Carolina state line upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	ii		Little Pauls Creek in the vicinity of Route 692 (4 miles above its confluence with Pauls Creek) upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	iii		Lovills Creek from the Natural Resource Conservation Service dam (1.8 miles above the Virginia-North Carolina state line) to river mile 7.8 (at the confluence of Elk Spur and Waterfall Branch).
	ii		North Fork Stewarts Creek from its confluence with Stewarts Creek upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	ii		Pauls Creek (Carroll County) from 10.9 miles above its confluence with Stewarts Creek upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	i		South Fork Stewarts Creek from its confluence with Stewarts Creek upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	iii		Stewarts Creek below Lambsburg in the vicinity of Route 696 (10.4 miles above its confluence with the Ararat River) to the confluence of the North and South Forks of Stewarts Creek.
	iii		Sun Run from its confluence with the Ararat River upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	iii		Thompson Creek from its confluence with the Ararat River upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	ii		Turkey Creek from its confluence with Stewarts Creek upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.
	ii		Waterfall Branch from its confluence with Lovills Creek upstream including all named and unnamed tributaries.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR680-21-08.11, eff. May 25, 1988; amended, Volume 14, Issue 04, eff. December 10, 1997; Volume 26, Issue 12, eff. February 1, 2010.

Statutory Authority

§ 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; 33 USC § 1251 et seq. of the federal Clean Water Act; 40 CFR Part 131.