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Discussion of Neuse River Basin Targeted Local Watersheds
The following section provides maps and descriptions of TLWs and a discussion of the
environmental conditions and activities that lead to their selection.
Neuse 01 Targeted Local Watersheds
South Flat River: 03020201010020
The South Flat River HU covers of about 57 square miles of the Piedmont Region with 153
miles of streams, all designated Water Supply Watershed waters by the NC Division of Water
Quality (DWQ). Only 5% of the watershed is developed and 57% is forest or wetlands. There
are approximately 20 square miles of hydric type B soils here. Thirty-eight percent of the
watershed is used for agriculture. Fifty-three documented Natural Heritage Element Occurrences
(NHEOs) can be found here. Twenty-three percent of streams are unbuffered. Thirteen
permitted animal operations are in this watershed.
Priorities of the South Flat River watershed include construction of projects that offset nutrient
inputs to the streams and agricultural best management practices (BMPs). Stream restoration
should be implemented in altered reaches where erosion is a major source of sediment inputs to
the stream. Protection of rare species and communities is also important here.
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