Bacoate
Buncombe County
· Aug 5, 2026 at ND
Fails Primary & Secondary Recreation - Swimming & Boating
E. coli
1140
MPN/100 mL
Turbidity
7.18
NTU
Sample date
Aug 5, 2026
ND
Last sync
Aug 11, 2026
12:38 am
Swimming / Primary contact
Fails 126 MPN/100 mL limit
Boating / Secondary contact
Fails 886 MPN/100 mL limit
Site details
County
Buncombe
Sheet name
Bacoate
Coordinates
35.5849, -82.5663
Quality standards
Primary Recreation - Swimming
Fails 126 MPN/100 mL
Secondary Recreation - Paddling, Wading, Fishing
Fails 886 MPN/100 mL
Current reading
1140 MPN/100 mL
About this location
Bacoate Branch is a small urban stream flowing through central Asheville in the Central Asheville Watershed. The stream has been listed as impaired for fecal coliform bacteria by NC DEQ. Monitoring at this site helps track water quality in a highly urbanized sub-watershed and identify sources of bacterial pollution in the stream corridor.
All data displayed on this page has been collected by Mountain True & volunteers