BirdTrout
Upper French Broad River Watershed, North Carolina
9,845 miles of mapped stream across 1,880 square miles of drainage in Buncombe, Madison, Transylvania, Henderson, Haywood counties, in 572 named streams. North Carolina designates 735 of those miles as trout water, on 341 streams. The 7 mainstem gauges with a July record read between 69.4 and 75.7°F in July.
Open in BirdTroutPublic land — where the bank is open to walk and fish
USGS gauge — live water temperature
Water temperature
— the colour of every stream in the basin
50°F and colder is cold, through cold-transitional and cool, to warm above 70°F — the same four bands the app paints. On this map the colour is NC Wildlife Resources Commission's own classification of the stream, not a measurement, except at the gauge dots, which read live. Grey is water NC Wildlife Resources Commission has not typed.
The watershed in numbers
HUC8 06010105 in the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset. Every figure below adds up the river pages in this basin — same records, one basin at a time.
9,845 mi
of mapped stream
78,087 NHD reaches
1,880 sq mi
drainage area
1,202,906 acres
69.4–75.7°F
July water temperature at the gauges
7 mainstem gauges, mean
73.8°F
195,721 ac
public land
16.3% of the basin · 8 units
Cold, cool and warm water
North Carolina publishes a trout water designation and a wild-or-stocked tier, and no thermal class this page can read. It covers 0% of this basin's stream miles (0.0 of 9,845); the rest is untyped and is drawn grey on the map above.
North Carolina publishes no thermal classification of its streams that we could read, so this page has no cold/cool/warm breakdown. The live map colours North Carolina water from an air-temperature model at the moment you open it; the designations below are NCWRC's own and are the harder fact.
What makes this watershed distinctive
The Upper French Broad is the largest trout network on this site outside Michigan: 572 named streams, 1,813 mapped stream miles, and 735 miles of NCWRC-designated trout water on 341 of those streams — more designated water than any other basin on this site's North Carolina, Virginia or Wisconsin lists. It drains 1,880 square miles of Buncombe, Madison, Transylvania and Henderson counties, and 192,850 of its 195,721 public acres are Pisgah National Forest, which is the Davidson, Mills River and Shining Rock country. The French Broad runs 63.5 miles with both Hatchery Supported and Wild Trout designations; Big Laurel Creek at 35.0 miles carries three designations at once, the South Fork Mills River 26.8 miles is Wild Trout, and Spring Creek 23.5 miles carries three. Seven gauges hold a July record and read between 69.4 and 75.7°F.
Every named stream in the basin
All 572 of them, longest first. 241 have a page of their own and are linked; the rest are in the app. The class column is NC Wildlife Resources Commission's designation of that stream. "Now" is the live USGS reading where a gauge stands in that stream.
| Stream | Miles | Class | Now | Designation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| French Broad River | 63.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Big Laurel Creek | 35.0 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| South Fork Mills River | 26.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Swannanoa River | 24.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Spring Creek | 23.5 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Cane Creek | 21.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Long Branch | 21.3 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters, Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Little River | 20.7 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Clear Creek | 17.9 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Shelton Laurel Creek | 16.1 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Reems Creek | 15.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| North Fork French Broad River | 13.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| South Hominy Creek | 13.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Davidson River | 13.1 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters, Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| West Fork French Broad River | 13.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Bradley Creek | 13.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Boylston Creek | 12.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Shoal Creek | 12.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| North Fork Swannanoa River | 12.4 | untyped | — | — |
| East Fork French Broad River | 12.1 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Brush Creek | 11.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Avery Creek | 11.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Meadow Fork | 11.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Paint Fork | 11.1 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Big Creek | 10.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hominy Creek | 10.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Little Creek | 10.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Laurel Branch | 9.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Laurel Creek | 9.3 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Big Branch | 9.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Beetree Creek | 8.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Roaring Fork | 8.2 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Mill Creek | 8.1 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Big Pine Creek | 8.1 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| King Creek | 7.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| California Creek | 7.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Flat Creek | 7.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Catheys Creek | 7.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| North Fork Ivy Creek | 7.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Looking Glass Creek | 7.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Walker Branch | 7.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Foster Creek | 7.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Bent Creek | 7.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Beaverdam Creek | 6.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Ivy Creek | 6.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Laurel Fork | 6.7 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Stony Fork | 6.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Glady Fork | 6.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Laurel Creek | 6.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Crab Creek | 6.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Merrill Cove Creek | 6.4 | untyped | — | — |
| North Fork Mills River | 6.2 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters |
| Mills River | 6.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Morgan Branch | 6.1 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Robinson Creek | 6.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Wolf Branch | 5.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Middle Fork California Creek | 5.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Spillcorn Creek | 5.9 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Grassy Creek | 5.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Bear Branch | 5.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Gap Creek | 5.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Puncheon Fork | 5.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Ragsdale Creek | 5.6 | untyped | — | — |
| McDowell Creek | 5.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Bull Creek | 5.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Garren Creek | 5.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Ashworth Creek | 5.3 | untyped | — | — |
| South Prong Glady Fork | 5.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Dillingham Creek | 5.2 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Shut-In Creek | 5.2 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Grass Creek | 5.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Lewis Creek | 5.1 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Friezeland Creek | 5.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Reasonover Creek | 5.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Puncheon Camp Branch | 5.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Tucker Creek | 4.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Bearpen Branch | 4.9 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Haw Creek | 4.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Grassy Branch | 4.9 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Fall Branch | 4.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Shope Creek | 4.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Cantrell Creek | 4.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Williamson Creek | 4.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Bee Branch | 4.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Sweeten Creek | 4.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Chestnut Creek | 4.6 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Parker Creek | 4.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Ivy Creek | 4.6 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| South Fork Flat Creek | 4.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Cedar Rock Creek | 4.5 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Cherryfield Creek | 4.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Carson Creek | 4.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Wash Creek | 4.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Bill Moore Creek | 4.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Holcombe Branch | 4.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Middle Fork French Broad River | 4.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Lamb Creek | 4.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Kyles Creek | 4.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Murray Branch | 4.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Dingle Creek | 4.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Shelton Branch | 4.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Ross Creek | 4.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Kuykendall Creek | 4.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Fourmile Branch | 4.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Dunns Creek | 4.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Warren Creek | 4.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Right Fork Swannanoa River | 4.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Crooked Creek | 4.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Rock Branch | 4.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Gashes Creek | 3.9 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Dismal Creek | 3.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Henderson Creek | 3.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Moore Creek | 3.8 | untyped | — | — |
| East Prong Hickey Fork | 3.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Calvin Creek | 3.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hopewell Branch | 3.8 | untyped | — | — |
| North Fork Flat Creek | 3.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Ballard Creek | 3.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Haw Branch | 3.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Carter Creek | 3.7 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters, Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Poverty Branch | 3.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Slate Rock Creek | 3.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Seniard Creek | 3.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Mineral Creek | 3.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Martin Creek | 3.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Doe Branch | 3.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Courthouse Creek | 3.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Diamond Creek | 3.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Cove Creek | 3.5 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Fletcher Creek | 3.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Curtis Creek | 3.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Silver Mine Creek | 3.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hogsed Creek | 3.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Johnson Branch | 3.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Walker Creek | 3.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Sugar Fork | 3.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Blood River | 3.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| South Prong Turkey Creek | 3.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Pounding Mill Branch | 3.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Rocky Creek | 3.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Rocky Branch | 3.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Ox Creek | 3.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Hurricane Creek | 3.3 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Panther Branch | 3.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Morgan Mill Creek | 3.2 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Dry Branch | 3.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Buckhorn Creek | 3.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Long Valley Branch | 3.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Herron Cove Branch | 3.2 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Big Hurricane Creek | 3.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Davis Branch | 3.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Greasy Branch | 3.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Charlotte Branch | 3.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Briery Fork Creek | 3.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Thompson Creek | 3.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Trantham Creek | 3.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Higgins Branch | 3.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Brown Branch | 3.1 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Corner Rock Creek | 3.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Sodom Branch | 3.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Highshoal Branch | 3.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Mason Creek | 3.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Lambo Creek | 3.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Wolfpen Creek | 3.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Sutton Creek | 3.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Queen Creek | 3.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Tomahawk Branch | 3.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Pinner Creek | 3.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Tilden Metcalf Creek | 3.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Sugar Creek | 3.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Buckner Branch | 3.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Beetree Fork | 2.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Cox Creek | 2.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Wolfpit Branch | 2.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Kimsey Creek | 2.9 | untyped | — | — |
| West Prong Hickey Fork | 2.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| South Fork Big Pine Creek | 2.9 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Raccoon Branch | 2.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Sugar Camp Branch | 2.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Kiesee Creek | 2.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Lamance Creek | 2.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Upper Creek | 2.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Tarkiln Branch | 2.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Patterson Creek | 2.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| North Prong Turkey Creek | 2.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Harper Creek | 2.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Middle Fork Fletcher Creek | 2.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Terry Fork | 2.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Gill Branch | 2.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Indian Creek | 2.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Morton Creek | 2.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Miser Creek | 2.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Indian Camp Branch | 2.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Jim Creek | 2.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Jim Branch | 2.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| McCall Branch | 2.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Puncheon Camp Creek | 2.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Line Creek | 2.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Bearwallow Branch | 2.7 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Sawmill Branch | 2.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Thomas Branch | 2.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Charley Branch | 2.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Cascade Branch | 2.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Beasley Creek | 2.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Middle Creek | 2.6 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters |
| Wilson Mill Creek | 2.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Poundingmill Branch | 2.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Cannon Creek | 2.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Wildcat Branch | 2.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Canie Creek | 2.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Clayton Creek | 2.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Town Branch | 2.6 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Willie Metcalf Creek | 2.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Hensley Branch | 2.6 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Johnies Creek | 2.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Glady Branch | 2.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Silver Creek | 2.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Nicholson Creek | 2.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Laurel Brook | 2.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Left Fork Beetree Creek | 2.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Webb Creek | 2.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Sprinkle Creek | 2.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Wagner Branch | 2.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Amos Creek | 2.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Peter Weaver Creek | 2.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Blacksnake Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Big Bearpen Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Steel Creek | 2.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Allen Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Poplar Creek | 2.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Rocky Fork | 2.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Gravelly Creek | 2.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Bailey Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Wolf Laurel Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Little Foster Creek | 2.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Chimney Creek | 2.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hickorylog Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Barnes Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Sugarcamp Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Caldwell Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Flint Level Branch | 2.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Mill Station Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| West Prong Glady Fork | 2.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Grogan Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Byers Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Chandler Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Whittemore Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Peter Cove Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Dry Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Trent Branch | 2.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| West Fork Shut-In Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| East Fork Shut-In Creek | 2.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Big Bearwallow Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Revels Prong | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Adams Branch | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Brackens Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| East Fork Laurel Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Tom Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Bullings Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Sweetwater Branch | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Dog Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Saw Branch | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Sams Branch | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Left Fork Swannanor River | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Tweed Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Ponder Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Ivy Gap Branch | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Bear Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Horse Branch | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| West Fork Little Creek | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| John Branch | 2.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Mountain Island Branch | 2.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Big Mountain Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Lower Creek | 2.1 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters |
| Limekiln Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Rockhouse Creek | 2.1 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Joel Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Brushy Creek | 2.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Soapstone Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Barnett Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Right Fork Beetree Creek | 2.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Ram Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Boring Mill Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Ashley Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Staire Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hampton Creek | 2.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Jones Branch | 2.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Fork Creek | 2.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Browns Mill Creek | 2.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Caney Bottom Creek | 2.0 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Right Fork Davidson River | 2.0 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Daniel Ridge Creek | 2.0 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Hawkins Branch | 2.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Hart Branch | 2.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Sitton Creek | 2.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Brandy Branch | 2.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Pond Branch | 2.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Wesley Creek | 2.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Holland Creek | 2.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Anderson Branch | 2.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Maple Spring Branch | 2.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Bottom Branch | 2.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| North Fork Tucker Creek | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Spanish Oak Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Log Hollow Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Turkey Creek | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Shuck Ridge Creek | 1.9 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Pole Bridge Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Osborne Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Bearwallow Brook | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Stepp Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Reed Creek | 1.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Spain Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hawkbill Creek | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Peach Orchard Creek | 1.9 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Ray Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Whiteoak Flats Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Lisenbee Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Woolsey Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Baltimore Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Jack Branch | 1.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Frozen Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Sal Tom Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Jane Cantrell Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Aiken Mill Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Camp Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Merrill Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Lanning Mill Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Bad Fork | 1.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| McKinney Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Camp Branch | 1.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Straight Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Wilson Branch | 1.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Duckmill Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Cutshall Branch | 1.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Shade Branch | 1.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Lewis Branch | 1.8 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Gunter Branch | 1.8 | untyped | — | — |
| North Fork Big Pine Creek | 1.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Wooleyshot Branch | 1.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Richland Creek | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Jerry Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Woodruff Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Bursted Rock Creek | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Beasley Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Henry Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Shut-in Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Morgan Creek | 1.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Hooker Creek | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Puncheon Creek | 1.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Bold Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Pigeon Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Briar Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Ledford Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Andy Creek | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Williams Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Waterfall Creek | 1.7 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Jimmy Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Maney Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Smith Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Little Prong | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Roddy Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Woodson Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Crane Branch | 1.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Tug Fork | 1.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Gerren Creek | 1.6 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters |
| Hickory Flat Creek | 1.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Claypole Branch | 1.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Paxton Creek | 1.6 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Coontree Creek | 1.6 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Knob Branch | 1.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Graham Creek | 1.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Spencer Branch | 1.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Wise Branch | 1.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Cushion Branch | 1.6 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Sugarcamp Fork | 1.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Sliding Knob Branch | 1.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Bald Branch | 1.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Long Mountain Branch | 1.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Melhany Creek | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Camp Cove Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Mill Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Boring Creek | 1.5 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Galloway Creek | 1.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Starens Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Norton Creek | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Little Briery Creek | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| South Prong Little River | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| McKinney Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Billy Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Clawhammer Creek | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Jumping Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| White Rock Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Rhododendron Creek | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Saltrock Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Shute Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Reed Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Moore Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Shake Rag Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Little Will Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Baker Creek | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Cook Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Wallin Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Watermelon Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Rector Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Back Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Skiffly Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Georgia Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Squirrel Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Beck Branch | 1.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Bearwallow Creek | 1.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Bart Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Charles Creek | 1.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Phillips Creek | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Ibby Creek | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Phillips Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Spruce Fork | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Boyd Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Orton Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Polly Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Ogle Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Flea Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Big Rocky Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Rice Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Hickory Ridge Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Bald Branch | 1.4 | untyped | — | — |
| Bracken Creek | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Sal Creek | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Sawmill Creek | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Mine Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Allison Creek | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Duncan Creek | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Cox Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Swords Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Woody Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Rush Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Wayah Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hogpen Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Baldwin Field Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Slaty Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Keasler Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Flat Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Hobson Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Allen Creek | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Billy King Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Wild Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Catpen Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| East Fork Little Creek | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Steve Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Reservoir Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters, Wild Trout Waters |
| Rockhouse Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Coonpatch Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Pump Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Clover Branch | 1.3 | untyped | — | — |
| Jake Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Buffeys Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters |
| House Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Pea Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Davie Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Turkey Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Jesse Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Big Piney Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Gregg Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Plateau Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Big Deadening Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Jordan Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Shook Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Hickey Fork | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Baxter Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Palmer Camp Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Baker Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | — |
| Hopis Branch | 1.2 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Gaylors Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Coalney Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Jason Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Double Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Matheys Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Orchard Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Thad Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| West Ridge Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Brushy Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Wolfe Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Gibson Creek | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Ellison Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Licklog Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Beaten Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Rooul Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Ducker Creek | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Jarvis Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Alexander Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Burleson Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Peace Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Shavrey Branch | 1.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Kagle Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Blue Ridge Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Searcy Creek | 1.0 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Lanning Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Coon Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Yellow Gap Creek | 1.0 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Shadepen Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Little Fork | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Puncheon Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Weston Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Austin Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Parker Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Dade Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Tarlton Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Pine Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Whiterock Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Granger Branch | 1.0 | untyped | — | — |
| Bald Knob Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Crow Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| John Rock Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Fawn Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Cherry Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Polecat Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Betty Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Goldmine Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Crawford Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Hammett Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Case Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Piney Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Spring Mountain Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Newman Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Rich Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Ingle Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Callahan Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| McDevitt Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Levi Branch | 0.9 | untyped | — | — |
| Bynum Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Garren Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Joshua Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Hanty Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Ailents Cove Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Sam Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Darb Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Buttermilk Creek | 0.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Bell Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Creasman Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Ponder Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Hogskin Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | — |
| Mink Branch | 0.8 | untyped | — | — |
| McLain Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Schoolpath Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Mountain Tea Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Delayed Harvest Trout Waters |
| Cold Mountain Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Tarkiln Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Kelley Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Stillwater Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Catch and Release/Artificial Flies and Lures Only Trout Waters |
| Neil Gap Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hunts Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | — |
| McCrary Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Little Darb Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Glassmine Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Kitchen Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Dock Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Fisher Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Jasperfield Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | — |
| Sugartree Branch | 0.7 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Hickory Mountain Branch | 0.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Brushy Ridge Branch | 0.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Buckeye Branch | 0.6 | untyped | — | — |
| Clear Branch | 0.6 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Gumstand Branch | 0.5 | untyped | — | Wild Trout Waters |
| Thrash Branch | 0.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Orchard Creek | 0.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Gentry Branch | 0.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Little Bear Branch | 0.5 | untyped | — | — |
| Stony Creek | 0.4 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Mud Creek | 0.1 | untyped | — | — |
| Hoopers Creek | 0.1 | untyped | — | Hatchery Supported Trout Waters |
| Penland Creek | 0.1 | untyped | — | — |
Public land in the watershed
195,721 acres in 8 units, which is 16.3% of the 1,202,906 acres the basin covers. Private inholdings carried in the same source file are excluded, here and on the map.
| Managing agency | Acres | Share | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Forest Service | 192,903 | 99% | 3 |
| Owner not recorded | 2,818 | 1% | 1 |
| NC Forest Service | 0 | 0% | 3 |
| NC Division of Parks and Recreation | 0 | 0% | 1 |
The biggest named blocks of it, each with its own page — the streams on that ground, what is open to hunt on it, and where the access sites are.
- Pisgah National Forest 510,983 ac
- Sandy Mush Game Land 2,796 ac
- Cherokee National Forest 451 ac
- Nantahala National Forest 532,900 ac
- Dupont State Forest 11,803 ac
- Headwaters State Forest 11,284 ac
- Holmes State Forest 263 ac
- Pisgah View State Park 499 ac
Best time to fish
The hatch calendar for the North Carolina mountains, which is the region this basin's centre falls in — the same regions the app's hatch panel uses. It is a regional record, not a survey of this watershed: nobody has counted insects basin by basin. Year-round records (midges, scuds, sculpins) are left out; they are true every month and they are not what a calendar is for.
January
May
- Blue-Winged Olive
- Blackfly
- Blue Quill
- Cranefly
- +17 more
June
July
- Caterpillar
- Crayfish
- Green Sedge
- Light Cahill
- +18 more
August
September
October
November
December
Nothing seasonal on the water.
52 insects are recorded from the North Carolina mountains. Each links to its own page, with the flies that imitate it.
Neighbouring watersheds
The subbasins that share a boundary with this one and carry coldwater streams.