Elk (Little Sugar) Watershed - 11070208

Home to approximately 54,000 Arkansans (2000 Census), the Elk (Little Sugar) watershed lies within the Arkansas River Basin in Northeast Arkansas crossing into Missouri.  The hydrologic unit code for this watershed is 11070208.  There is no upstream watershed.  Lake O' The Cherokees Watershed (11070206) is downstream.

State-Level Map - Elk Watershed Watershed-Level Map - Elk Watershed Land Use Map - Elk
 
 
 
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Major Streams 2006 Land Use
(234 Square Miles)
  • Little Sugar Creek
  • Forest: 55.9%
  • Grassland: 30.3%
  • Suburban: 5.2%
  • Transitional: 4.5%
  • Urban: 2.3%
  • Water: 0.6%
  • Cropland: 0.0%

Data Source: CAST

Elk (Little Sugar) 303d Impaired Streams (what is an impaired stream?)

 

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Documents (what is a TMDL?)

 

More Watershed-Related Information

Announcements

  • Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Impaired Waters Data Update here
  • Arkansas’s Final/ Draft Impaired Waterbodies – 303(d) List by Year here
  • AR Water Newsletter, Summer, 2015 here
  • NPS Management Plan (PDF) here
  • The projects presented at the 2015 annual NPS conference are located here

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