11 Miss. Code. R. 6-2.6 - Waterbody Classifications for Surface Waters of the State (Organized by River Basin)
All Surface Waters of the State not specifically listed below shall be classified as Fish and Wildlife. Surface Waters of the State waters carrying other classifications are:
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Coastal Streams Basin |
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Waters |
Location |
Classification |
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Back Bay of Biloxi |
From Popps Ferry Bridge to Biloxi Bay |
Recreation |
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Bangs Lake |
From headwaters to the Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting |
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Bayou Cumbest |
From headwaters to the Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting |
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Big Lake |
From Bernard Bayou to the Popps Ferry Bridge |
Recreation |
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Biloxi Bay |
From Headwaters (US Hwy 90 Bridge) to the Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Buoy Beef |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Davis Bayou |
From headwaters to the Biloxi Bay |
Shellfish Harvesting |
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Graveline Bay |
From headwaters to Graveline Bayou |
Shellfish Harvesting |
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Graveline Bayou |
From Graveline Bay to the Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting |
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Jourdan River |
From confluence of Bacon Bayou and Catahoula Creek to the St. Louis Bay |
Recreation |
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Kittiwake Reed (Long Beach Reef) |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Mallini Bayou |
From St. Louis Bay to St. Louis Bay |
Shellfish Harvesting |
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Mississippi Sound |
Contiguous to Mississippi Coastline |
Recreation |
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Old Fort Bayou |
From Bayou Talla to Biloxi Bay |
Recreation |
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Pass Christian Reef (off Henderson Point) |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Pass Marianne Reef |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Pelican Key Reef |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Point Clear Shell Plant |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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St. Joe Reef (St. Joseph's Point Reef) |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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St. Louis Bay |
Harrison and Hancock Counties |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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St. Stanislaus Reef |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Tchoutacabouffa River |
From headwaters to the Back Bay of Biloxi |
Recreation |
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Telegraph Reef |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Turkey Creek |
From North Gulfport Eighth Grade to Bernard Bayou |
Recreation |
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Tuxachanie Creek |
From headwaters to the Tchoutacabouffa River |
Recreation |
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Waveland Reef |
Mississippi Sound |
Shellfish Harvesting Recreation |
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Wolf River |
From MS Hwy 26 to the St. Louis Bay |
Recreation |
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North Independent Streams Basin |
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Waters |
Location |
Classification |
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Horn Lake |
DeSoto County |
Recreation |
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Pascagoula River Basin |
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Waters |
Location |
Classification |
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Archusa Reservoir |
Clarke County |
Recreation |
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Beaverdam Creek |
From headwaters in Perry and Forrest Counties to Black Creek |
Recreation |
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Black Creek |
From Hwy 11 to the Pascagoula River |
Recreation |
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Bonita Reservoir |
Lauderdale County |
Public Water Supply |
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Bowie Creek |
From MS Hwy 589 to the Bowie River |
Recreation |
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Bowie River |
From Bowie Creek to Interstate 59 |
Recreation |
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Chickasawhay River |
From Stonewall to MS Hwy 84 |
Recreation |
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Chunky River |
From US Hwy 80 to the Chickasawhay River |
Recreation |
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Clarke State Park (Ivy Lake) |
Clarke County |
Recreation |
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Dry Creek Lake Site #3 |
Covington County |
Recreation |
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Flint Creek Reservoir |
Stone County |
Recreation |
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Lake Bogue Homa |
Jones County |
Recreation |
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Lake Claude Bennett |
Jasper County |
Recreation |
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Lake Geiger |
Forrest County |
Recreation |
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Lake Marathon |
Smith County |
Recreation |
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Lake Mike Conner |
Covington County |
Recreation |
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Lake Perry |
Perry County |
Recreation |
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Lake Ross Barnett |
Smith County |
Recreation |
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Lake Shongela |
Smith County |
Recreation |
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Lakeland Park Lake |
Wayne County |
Recreation |
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Leaf River |
From Hwy 42 to the Chickasawhay River |
Recreation |
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Long Creek Reservoir |
Lauderdale County |
Public Water Supply |
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Okatibbee Reservoir |
Lauderdale County |
Public Water Supply Recreation |
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Okatoma Creek |
From Seminary (MS Hwy 590) to the Bowie River |
Recreation |
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Pascagoula River |
From 5 miles north of Cumbest Bluff to Cumbest Bluff |
Public Water Supply |
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Pascagoula River |
From 6 miles north of MS Hwy 26 (George County) to Smear Bayou (Jackson County) |
Recreation |
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Red Creek |
From US Hwy 49 to Big Black Creek |
Recreation |
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Turkey Creek Reservoir |
Greene County |
Recreation |
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Pearl River Basin |
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Waters |
Location |
Classification |
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Ross Barnett Reservoir |
Madison and Rankin Counties |
Recreation |
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Ross Barnett Reservoir |
From River Bend to the Reservoir Dam |
Public Water Supply |
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Bogue Chitto River |
From MS Hwy 570 to the MS/LA State Line |
Recreation |
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Bogue Homa |
From MS Hwy 604 to the Pearl River |
Recreation |
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Lake Columbia |
Marion County |
Recreation |
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Lake Dixie Springs |
Pike County |
Recreation |
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Magees Creek |
From US Hwy 98 to the Bogue Chitto River |
Recreation |
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Pearl River |
From Barnett Reservoir to the City of Jackson Water Intake |
Public Water Supply |
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Pearl River (including Ross Barnett Reservoir) |
From Hwy 16 near Edinburg to the Mississippi Sound |
Recreation |
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Strong River |
From US Hwy 49 to the Pearl River |
Recreation |
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Shadow Lake (Roosevelt State Park) |
Scott County |
Recreation |
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Legion Lake |
Simpson County |
Recreation |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Lake POTW (MS0025194) to Warrior Branch |
Ephemeral |
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South Independent Streams Basin |
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Waters |
Location |
Classification |
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Bayou Pierre |
From headwaters to the Mississippi River |
Recreation |
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Clear Springs Lake |
Franklin County |
Recreation |
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East Fork Amite River |
From MS Hwy 584 to the MS/LA State Line |
Recreation |
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Homochitto River |
From US Hwy 84 to US Hwy 98 |
Recreation |
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Little Bayou Pierre |
From headwaters to Bayou Pierre |
Recreation |
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Percy Quinn State Park Lake |
Pike County |
Recreation |
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West Fork Amite River |
From MS Hwy 24 to the MS/LA State Line |
Recreation |
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Tennessee River Basin |
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Waters |
Location |
Classification |
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Bear Creek |
From MS/AL State Line to the MS/AL State Line |
Recreation |
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Pickwick Lake (including Yellow Creek Embayment) |
Tishomingo County |
Public Water Supply Recreation |
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Tennessee River |
From MS/AL State Line to the MS/TN State Line |
Public Water Supply Recreation |
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Tenn-Tom Waterway |
From Pickwick Lake to Little Yellow Creek |
Public Water Supply Recreation |
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Tombigbee River Basin |
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Waters |
Location |
Classification |
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Aberdeen Lake (Tenn-Tom Waterway) |
From Mile 355.5 to Mile 364.3 (Normal Pool Elevation 190.0) |
Recreation |
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Bay Springs Lake (Tenn-Tom Waterway) |
From Mile 410.0 to Mile 419.0 (Normal Pool Elevation 414.0) |
Recreation |
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Canal Section Pool "C" (Tenn-Tom Waterway) |
From Mile 389.0 to Mile 396.4 (Normal Pool Elevation 270.0) |
Recreation |
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Chiwapa Reservoir |
Pontotoc County |
Recreation |
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Choctaw Lake |
Choctaw County |
Recreation |
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Columbus Lake (Tenn-Tom Waterway) |
From Mile 332.9 to Mile 355.5 (Normal Pool Elevation 163.0) |
Recreation |
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Davis Lake |
Chickasaw County |
Recreation |
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Donivan Creek |
From Natchez Trace Parkway to the Tombigbee River |
Public Water Supply |
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Lake Lamar |
Lee County |
Recreation |
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Lake Lowndes |
Lowndes County |
Recreation |
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Lake Monroe |
Monroe County |
Recreation |
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Lake Tom Bailey |
Lauderdale County |
Recreation |
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Luxapallila Creek |
From the MS/AL State Line to Hwy 50 |
Public Water Supply Recreation |
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Oktibbeha County Lake |
Oktibbeha County |
Recreation |
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Tenn-Tom Waterway |
From Montgomery Lock Dam to Hwy 25 near Fulton |
Public Water Supply |
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Twentymile Creek |
From Natchez Trace Parkway to the Tombigbee River |
Public Water Supply |
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Tombigbee River |
From Boat Ramp Road to Hwy 78 |
Public Water Supply |
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Tombigbee State Park Reservoir |
Lee County |
Recreation |
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Yellow Creek |
From the MS/AL State Line to Luxapallila Creek |
Public Water Supply |
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Yazoo River Basin |
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Waters |
Location |
Classification |
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Arkabutla Reservoir |
DeSoto and Tate Counties |
Recreation |
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Canal #12 |
From Delta City Utility District (MS0038164) to the Big Sunflower River |
Ephemeral |
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Chewalla Reservoir |
Marshall County |
Recreation |
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Drainage Ditch #3 |
From Rosedale POTW (MS0020630) to Lane Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Enid Reservoir |
Panola, Lafayette, and Yalobusha Counties |
Recreation |
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Grenada Reservoir |
Grenada County |
Recreation |
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Lake Dumas |
Tippah County |
Recreation |
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Lake Washington |
Washington County |
Recreation |
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Little Tallahatchie River |
From Sardis Reservoir to US Hwy 51 |
Recreation |
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Moon Lake |
Coahoma County |
Recreation |
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Sardis Reservoir |
Panola and Lafayette Counties |
Recreation |
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Straight Bayou Drainage Main Ditch "A" |
From Louise POTW (MS0044512) to Unnamed Tributary of Silver Creek |
Ephemeral |
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Tillatoba Lake |
Yalobusha County |
Recreation |
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Unnamed Drainage Canal |
From Anguilla POTW (MS0020541) to the Big Sunflower River |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Arcola POTW (MS0037311) to Black Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Beulah POTW (MS0042285) to Leban Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Crenshaw POTW (MS0026930) to David Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch (Hollandale) |
From Farm Fresh Catfish POTW (MS0039535) to Black Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Farrell to POTW (MS0045187) Overcup Slough |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Lambert POTW (MS0020231) to Muddy Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Leland POTW (MS0020761)to Black Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Lurand Utility District (MS0045080)to the Big Sunflower River |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Rolling Fork POTW (East Lagoon) (MS0025585) to the Little Sunflower River |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Rolling Fork POTW (West Lagoon) (MS0025593) to Indian Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Ruleville POTW (MS0024945) to the Quiver River |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Shaw POTW (MS0024953) to Porter Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Shelby POTW (MS0025089) to Mound Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Simmons Farm Raised Catfish (Yazoo County) (MS0039403) to Unnamed Tributary of Lake George |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Sledge POTW (MS0021016) to David Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Tunica POTW (MS0042323) Unnamed Tributary of White Oak Bayou |
Ephemeral |
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Unnamed Drainage Ditch |
From Winstonville POTW (MS0026450 to the ephemeral ditch west of Winstonville |
Ephemeral |
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Wall Doxey State Park Reservoir (Spring Lake) |
Marshall County |
Recreation |
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