GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA SPECIAL MAP 248-B Strategic Habitat and River Reach Units for Aquatic Species of Conservation Concern in Alabama and Adjoining States by E. Anne Wynn, Patrick E. O'Neil, Stuart W. McGregor - Geological Survey of Alabama; Jeffrey R. Powell, Jennifer P. Grunewald, Anthony D. Ford - United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Paul D. Johnson and Jeffrey T. Garner - Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources The Alabama Rivers and Streams Network has designated 46 watershed of Alabama’s remaining high-quality water courses and reflect the Alabama Rivers and Streams Network Berry H. (Nick) Tew, Jr. areas and 14 river and stream reaches in Alabama and neighboring variety of aquatic habitats occupied by these species historically and State Geologist states to focus management, recovery, and restoration activities for pop- presently. The map below displays the locations of the 46 SHUs and 14 www.alh2o.org ulations of rare fishes, mussels, snails, and crayfishes. These Strategic SRRUs in Alabama and adjoining states. Colored polygons represent the Habitat Units (SHUs) and Strategic River Reach Units (SRRUs) were watershed area of each SHU, with the exception of the Mobile- selected based on the presence of federally listed (under the Endangered Tensaw River Delta SHU, which drains the entire Mobile River basin. Species Act) and state imperiled species, essential habitat components Each SRRU represents the corridor of a major river or large stream. required by these species to survive, and the vulnerablity of these habi- Each SHU and SRRU is also part of a larger National Hydrography Data- tats to potential threats. The SHUs and SRRUs include a substantial part set (NHD) Hydrologic Unit (HU)-4 subregion. The index map displays the location of each HU-4 subregion. Hydrologic Unit (HU)-4 subregions in Alabama and adjoining states Coffee HU-4 Index Code HU-4 name map unit Grundy Middle Tennessee - 5 0603 1 Marshall Elk Moore 0316 Mobile - Tombigbee 2 4 Lincoln Hardin Fayetteville !P Bradley 0315 Alabama 3 Franklin Marion Polk Choctawhatchee - Lawrence 0314 4 Wayne Giles Escambia 10 TENNESSEE 0313 Apalachicola 5 3 Fannin 8 Whitfield Lauderdale 6 Murray Alcorn Madison Tishomingo P! 9 Limestone Huntsville 39 Index map of HU-4 subregions in 2 Florence !P Jackson Gilmer Alabama and adjacent states Colbert Walker Lu Prentiss mp Tennessee ki Lawrence n Union Chattooga Gordon 1 7 1 DeKalb Pickens Morgan Dawson Franklin Marshall 2 Itawamba 22 Alabama Lee 20 Cherokee Forsyth Georgia Cherokee !P Rome 3 Bartow 5 Pontotoc Mississippi 37 Hamilton Floyd on 4 !P lt Fu Florida Marion Etowah Cullman Winston Blount Cobb ulf of Mexico 19 !P Polk G 18 38 Paulding Chickasaw Gadsden Monroe 23 36 14 Walker Haralson Strategic Habitat Units (SHUs) and Strategic River Reach Units Lamar (SRRUs) in Alabama and adjoining states Fayette St. Clair 35 41 Calhoun Clay 17 21 Cleburne on i 33 Carroll g 32 e Birmingham r Map b HU RRU !P u S S s no. HU- 4 !P Jefferson Watershed or river reach name Columbus 16 34 1 Bear Creek X 1 Oktibbeha 31 Lowndes Pickens 2 Tennessee River downstream of Wilson Dam X 1 30 GEORGIA 3 Cypress Creek X 1 15 Randolph Choctaw 4 Shoal Creek X 1 Winston Clay !P Shelby Ta lladega 5 Elk River X 1 Tuscaloosa 27 Tuscaloosa 6 Limestone Creek X 1 7 Tennessee River downstream of Guntersville Dam X 1 Noxubee Bibb 29 Chambers 8 Flint River X 1 13 Ta llapoosa 9 Paint Rock River X 1 Chilton Kemper Coosa 10 Tennessee River downstream of Nickajack Dam X 1 11 Lower Tombigbee River X 2 Greene 12 Sucarnoochee River X 2 Hale Elmore Perry Auburn Lee 13 Trussels Creek X 2 12 28 !P !P 14 Sipsey River X 2 Livingston Autauga Lauderdale 15 Lubbub Creek X 2 40 16 Coalfire Creek X 2 Selma 51 26 !P 17 Luxapallila Creek X 2 Sumter !P Montgomery Macon 18 Buttahatchee River X 2 Montgomery Marengo Russell 19 East Fork Tombigbee River X 2 20 Bull Mountain Creek X 2 Clarke Bullock North River X Lowndes 21 2 Choctaw Dallas 22 Upper Sipsey Fork X 2 Wilcox 23 Locust Fork X 2 Barbour 58 Mobile - Tensaw River Delta X 2 47 !P Eufaula 24 Lower Alabama River X 3 Troy !P 25 Big Flat Creek X 3 24 Butler 25 49 26 Bogue Chitto Creek X 3 Pike 27 Cahaba River X 3 Crenshaw Clarke 28 Coosa River downstream of Jordan Dam X 3 11 Monroeville !P 29 Hatchet Creek X 3 Conecuh Covington 30 Yellowleaf Creek X 3 Dale Henry Washington 31 Coosa River downstream of Logan Martin Dam X 3 43 Coffee 32 Kelly Creek X 3 Monroe 44 33 Lower Choccolocco Creek X 3 45 46 48 Dothan !P 34 Cheaha Creek X 3 Escambia Houston 35 Shoal Creek X 3 !P Brewton 52 Geneva 36 Big Canoe Creek X 3 MISSISSIPPI 50 37 Weiss Lake bypass (Old Coosa River) X 3 Mobile 58 38 Terrapin Creek X 3 53 54 FLORIDA 39 Oostanaula River X 3 42 Escambia Jackson 40 Uphapee Creek X 3 Holmes Santa Rosa 56 41 Upper Tallapoosa River X 3 !P 42 Conecuh - Escambia River X 4 Mobile Baldwin 55 60 Okaloosa 43 Murder Creek X 4 44 Amos Mill Creek X 4 Walton Washington Pensacola Calhoun 45 Five Runs Creek X 4 !P 57 46 Lower Pea River X 4 47 Upper Pea River X 4 59 48 Lower Choctawhatchee River X 4 !P Bay 49 West Fork Choctawhatchee River X 4 Panama City Beach 52 Flat Creek X 4 53 Limestone Creek X 4 0 40 80 54 Wrights Creek X 4 Miles 55 Bruce Creek X 4 Kilometers 56 Holmes Creek X 4 0 40 80 57 Econfina Creek X 4 MAP EXPLANATION Gulf 60 Yellow River X 4 50 Upper Chipola River X 5 Strategic Habitat Units (SHUs) Strategic River Reach Units (SRRUs) Rivers and Streams 51 Uchee Creek X 5 59 Lower Chipola River X 5 Open water State boundary !P County boundary HU-4 subregion boundary Cities Published by Geological Survey of Alabama, 2018.