River Quality Map
Bacoate
Buncombe County  ·  Jul 10, 2026 at 9:20
Meets Secondary Recreation - Paddling, Wading, Fishing
E. coli
205
MPN/100 mL
Turbidity
2.04
NTU
Sample date
Jul 10, 2026
9:20
Last sync
Jul 10, 2026
12:48 pm
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Swimming / Primary contact
Fails 126 MPN/100 mL limit
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Boating / Secondary contact
Passes 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 Passes 886 MPN/100 mL
Current reading 205 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