River Quality Map
Rhododeron Creek – W. Avl Park
Buncombe County  ·  Jun 10, 2026 at 8:15
Fails Primary & Secondary Recreation - Swimming & Boating
E. coli
1130
MPN/100 mL
Turbidity
2.22
NTU
Sample date
Jun 10, 2026
8:15
Last sync
Jun 10, 2026
2:18 pm
Swimming icon
Swimming / Primary contact
Fails 126 MPN/100 mL limit
Boating icon
Boating / Secondary contact
Fails 886 MPN/100 mL limit
Site details
County Buncombe
Sheet name Rhododeron Creek - W. Avl 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 1130 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