Rhododendron Creek at West Asheville Park
Buncombe County
· Aug 5, 2026 at ND
Fails Primary & Secondary Recreation - Swimming & Boating
E. coli
1165
MPN/100 mL
Turbidity
3.84
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
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
Fails 886 MPN/100 mL
Current reading
1165 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