Priority Watersheds for the Southeast
Priority watersheds are those where Region 4 and our state partners have agreed to focus our mutual resources to protect and restore waters. Existing Investment Watersheds are those where EPA has a major investment outside the Priority watershed process, such as the Gulf of Mexico and the National Estuary Program.
Click on the state names on the right to scroll down to the lists of watersheds.
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The map above shows the location of priority watersheds and existing EPA investment watersheds in the southeast as of January 2009. To assist you in locating watersheds in your area a map showing the watersheds and county outlines (PDF)(1p, 1,332K) About PDF) is available.
In the lists below, each watershed is identified by the Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) and a link to the EPA Surf Your Watershed site which will give additional information about the watershed and ways citizens can get involved to protect water resources.
| Hydrologic Unit Code |
Priority Watershed Name and Link to Surf Your Watershed |
|---|---|
| 03140201 | Upper Choctawhatchee |
| 03150108 | Upper Tallapoosa |
| 03150110 | Lower Tallapossa |
| 03160109 | Mulberry |
| 03160205 | Mobile Bay |
| 03170008 | Escatawpa |
| 06030002 | Wheeler Lake |
| Hydrologic Unit Code |
Priority Watershed Name and Link to Surf Your Watershed |
|---|---|
| 03080102 | Oklawaha |
| 03090204 | Big Cypress Swamp |
| 03100101 | Peace |
| 03100203 | Little Manatee |
| 03100204 | Alafia |
| 03100205 | Hillsborough |
| 03130012 | Chipola |
| 03140104 | Blackwater |
| 03140105 | Pensacola Bay |
| 03080103 | Lower St, John's |
| 03080101 | Upper St. John's |
| Hydrologic Unit Code |
Priority Watershed Name and Link to Surf Your Watershed |
|---|---|
| 03130001 | Upper Chattahoochee |
| 03150104 | Etowah |
| Hydrologic Unit Code |
Priority Watershed Name and Link to Surf Your Watershed |
|---|---|
| 05100101 | Licking |
| 05100102 | South Fork Licking |
| 05100205 | Lower Kentucky |
| 06040006 | Lower Tennessee |
| Hydrologic Unit Code |
Priority Watershed Name and Link to Surf Your Watershed |
|---|---|
| 03160103 | Buttahatchee |
| 08030206 | Upper Yazoo |
| 03170009 | Mississippi Coastal |
| 03180002 | Middle Pearl Strong |
| 06030005 | Pickwick Lake |
| 08030209 | Deer-Steele |
| Hydrologic Unit Code |
Priority Watershed Name and Link to Surf Your Watershed |
|---|---|
| 03030002 | Haw |
| 03050101 | Upper Catawba |
| 06010105 | Upper French Broad |
| 06010106 | Pigeon |
| 06010203 | Tuckasegee |
| 03030003 | Deep |
| 03030007 | Northeast Cape Fear |
| 03040103 | Lower Yadkin |
| 03010103 | Upper Dan |
| 03010104 | Lower Dan |
| 03029101 | Upper Tar |
| 03020201 | Upper Neuse |
| 03040102 | South Yadkin |
| 03040105 | Rocky |
| 03050102 | South Fork Catawba |
| 05050001 | Upper New |
| 06010108 | Nolichucky |
| 06010202 | Upper Little Tennessee |
| Hydrologic Unit Code |
Priority Watershed Name and Link to Surf Your Watershed |
|---|---|
| 03050109 | Saluda |
| 03050205 | Edisto |
| 03060106 | Middle Savannah |
| Hydrologic Unit Code |
Priority Watershed Name and Link to Surf Your Watershed |
|---|---|
| 06010201 | Watts Bar Lake |
| 06010207 | Lower Clinch |
| 06010208 | Emory |
| 06020002 | Hiwassee |
| 06030003 | Upper Elk |
| 06040003 | Lower Duck |
| 06040002 | Upper Duck |
| 08010209 | Loosahatchie |
| 05130203 | Stones |
| 05130204 | Harpeth |
| 05130206 | Red |
| 06010102 | South Fork Holston |
| 06010108 | Nolichucky |
| 06010205 | Upper Clinch |
| 060010206 | Powell |
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