River Quality Map
Rhododendron Creek at West Asheville Park
Buncombe County  ·  Aug 19, 2026 at 7:45
Meets Secondary Recreation - Paddling, Wading, Fishing
E. coli
485
MPN/100 mL
Turbidity
2.16
NTU
Sample date
Aug 19, 2026
7:45
Last sync
Aug 24, 2026
4:00 am
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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 Rhododendron Creek at West Asheville Park
Coordinates 35.5712, -82.5983
Quality standards
Primary Recreation - Swimming Fails 126 MPN/100 mL
Secondary Recreation - Paddling, Wading, Fishing Passes 886 MPN/100 mL
Current reading 485 MPN/100 mL
About this location
City park with a Little League baseball field, a playground and a picnic shelter. Rhododendron Creek flows through West Asheville Park, providing a small urban stream access point in the heart of the West Asheville neighborhood. This tributary of Hominy Creek is monitored as part of the broader effort to track bacterial pollution sources in the Hominy Creek sub-watershed.
All data displayed on this page has been collected by Mountain True & volunteers