MPN/100mL recreational stream segment not open to and accessible by the public. E. coli) Beaver Creek, Goose Creek, and portions of the Smoky Hill River are also Primary Contact C recreational streams. All other surface waters in this watershed are generally used for aquatic life support (fish), human health supply, domestic water supply, recreation (fishing, boating, and swimming), groundwater recharge, industrial water supply, irrigation, and livestock watering. These are commonly referred to as the designated use as stated in the Kansas Surface Water Register, 2009, issued by KDHE (Table 1 & 2, Figure 6) (KDHE 2009).5 Table 1. Designated Water Uses in the BCMSHRW (Segments of major streams are referenced by HUC 12s.) Streams AL CR DS FP GR IW IR LW Middle Smoky Hill River HUC 8 Ash Creek E b X Beaver Creek E C X Big Timber Creek E b Buck Creek E b X X X X X X Buffalo Creek E b X Clear Creek E b X Coal Creek E b Cow Creek E b Creek E b Fossil Creek E b X X X X X X Goose Creek E C Landon Creek E b X Loss Creek E b Mud Creek E b Oxide Creek E b Sellens Creek E b O X X O X X Shelter Creek E b Skunk Creek E b X Smoky Hill River - Cedar Bluff to Lookout Hallow S b X X X X X X Smoky Hill River - Lookout Hallow to Pleasantdale Cemetery S b Smoky Hill River - Pleasantdale Cemetery to Thielen Airport E b Hill River - Thielen Airport to Kanopolis Lake E c Spring Creek E b Thompson Creek E b X Turkey E b Unnamed Stream (a) E a Unnamed Stream (b) E b
MPN/100mL E. coli) recreational stream segment not open to and accessible by the public. Beaver Creek, Goose Creek, and portions of the Smoky Hill River are also Primary Contact C recreational streams. All other surface waters in this watershed are generally used for aquatic life support (fish), human health supply, domestic water supply, recreation (fishing, boating, and swimming), groundwater recharge, industrial water supply, irrigation, and livestock watering. These are commonly referred to as the designated use as stated in the Kansas Surface Water Register, 2009, issued by KDHE (Table 1 & 2, Figure 6) (KDHE 2009).5 Table 1. Designated Water Uses in the BCMSHRW (Segments of major streams are referenced by HUC 12s.) Streams AL CR DS FP GR IW IR LW Middle Smoky Hill River HUC 8 Ash Creek E b X Beaver Creek E C X Big Timber Creek E b Buck Creek E b X X X X X X Buffalo Creek E b X Clear Creek E b X Coal Creek E b Cow Creek E b Creek E b Fossil Creek E b X X X X X X Goose Creek E C Landon Creek E b X Loss Creek E b Mud Creek E b Oxide Creek E b Sellens Creek E b O X X O X X Shelter Creek E b Skunk Creek E b X Smoky Hill River - Cedar Bluff to Lookout Hallow S b X X X X X X Smoky Hill River - Lookout Hallow to Pleasantdale Cemetery S b Smoky Hill River - Pleasantdale Cemetery to Thielen Airport E b Hill River - Thielen Airport to Kanopolis Lake E c Spring Creek E b Thompson Creek E b X Turkey E b Unnamed Stream (a) E a Unnamed Stream (b) E b