Rappahannock Watershed
General Information about the Rappahannock Watershed
Public Health Advisories and Aquatic Life Concerns
General Information about the Rappahannock Watershed (From September 2006 305(b) Report, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality)
The Rappahannock Basin is located in the northeastern portion of Virginia. The Basin's major tributaries include the Hazel River, Thornton River, Mountain Run, Rapidan River, Robinson River, Cat Point Creek, and the Corotoman River. The topography of the Basin changes from steep to flat as it flows from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay. About 51% of the basin is forest; 36% is cropland and pasture and 6% is urban.
Public Health Advisories and Aquatic Life Concerns (From September 2006 305(b) Report, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality)
| Rappahannock | PCBs |
from the I95 bridge downstream to the mouth of the river, including the tributaries Hazel Run up to the I95 bridge and Claiborne Run up to the Rt. 1 bridge |
The advisory recommends eating no more than two meals a month of American eel, blue catfish, carp, channel catfish, croaker, gizzard shad, and anadromous striped bass. Pregnant women and children are advised not to eat any of these fish. |
| Mountain Run | PCBs |
from Rt. 15/29 bridge near Culpepper to the confluence with the Rappahannock River |
The advisory recommends eating no more than two meals a month of American eel. Pregnant women and children are advised not to eat any of these fish. |
If your group is active in this watershed and you would like your information posted (contact person, activities, sites you monitor, stories, etc), please e-mail Stacey Brown at stacey at vasos.org or call (804) 615-5036.
Friends
of the Rappahannock
contact:
Krista Sharp
www.riverfriends.org
Upper
Rappahannock Stream Monitoring Program
contact:
www.rappmonitor.va.nacdnet.org
Use the link above to take you to the VA SOS Monitoring Results Page.
For older data sets
or different data format (such as an excel spreadsheet) please contact Stacey Brown at stacey at vasos.org
or (804) 615-5036
If you collected data through 2001 and you can't find it here,
please contact Stacey Brown at stacey at vasos.org
or (804) 615-5036.