Home to approximately 35,000 Arkansans (2000 Census), the Upper White-Village watershed lies within the White River Basin in Northeastern Arkansas.  The hydrologic unit code for this watershed is 11010013.  Upstream are the Middle White (11010004) and Lower Black (11010009) watersheds.  The Lower White- Bayou Des Arc (08020301) is downstream.
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County Pages (Contact Information)	Major Streams	2006 Land Use (767 Square Miles)
Craighead Greene Independence Jackson Lawrence Randolph White Woodruff	Cattail Creek Deep Slough Departee Creek Glaise Creek Jack Creek Lick Pond Slough Maple Ditch Village Creek White River	Cropland: 52.0% Forest: 26.1% Grassland: 14.9% Water: 2.0% Transitional: 1.9% Suburban: 1.8% Urban: 1.0% Data Source: CAST

Upper White - Village 303d Impaired Streams (what is an impaired stream?)

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

• Water Quality Survey of the Berryville STP Effluent on Freeman Branch and Osage Creek. ADEQ Water Division, 1992, 23 p.
• Water Quality Survey of the Huntsville STP Effluent on Town Branch and Holman Creek. ADEQ Water Division, 1993, 41 p.
• Water Quality Survey of the Mountain Home STP Effluent on Hicks Creek. ADEQ Water Division, 1995, 39 p.
• Water Quality, Macroinvertebrate and Fish Community Survey of the Upper White River Watershed, Northwest Arkansas, West Fork, Middle Fork and Main Fork White River, Brush Creek, Richland Creek, War Eagle Creek, Kings River, Osage Creek. Long Creek and Yocum Creek. ADEQ Water Division, 1995, 96 p.
• TMDLs for Turbidity for Village Creek (reaches -006, -007, -008, -012, -014).pdf (28 pages, 242 KB)
  • Appendice.pdf (54 Pages, 5491 KB) 

More Watershed-Related Information

• CAST Arkansas Watershed Information System:  Upper White-Village
• EPA Surf Your Watershed - Upper White-Village
• USGS Real Time Stream Flow - Upper White-Village
• USGS Links to Water Quality & Groundwater Monitoring Sites - Upper White-Village
• Environmental Statistics Group (Montana State University) - Upper White-Village
• Arkansas Watershed Awareness Group (Fall and Winter 2006) - Newly Installed Watershed Signs Focus on Drinking Water - "Upper White River Watershed: Source of Drinking Water for Northwest Arkansas.  That's the straightforward yet simple message that new highway signs carry for residents and those traveling through Northwest Arkansas"...more on Page 4
• Arkansas Watershed Awareness Group (Summer 2003) - Featured Watershed: The Upper White River Basin - "The WRBF was started a little over a year ago and has already generated strong support from Arkansas and Missouri leaders in its efforts to reverse the downward trend in water quality in the four major lakes that make up the basin"...more on Pages 1 and 2
• West Fork White River Watershed Data Inventory and Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment