FRENCH BROAD RIVER (UPPER) WATERSHED
UPPER FRENCH BROAD RIVER WATERSHED
| The Upper French Broad River watershed contains parts of Cocke and Greene Counties and drains 215 square miles before joining the Pigeon River at Douglas Reservoir. Logging operations and small farms are found in this sparsely-populated watershed that also contains part of the Cherokee National Forest. |
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| NSQ = Natural/Scenic Quality RF = Recreational Fishing |
RB = Recreational Boating WQ = Water Quality |
STREAM DESCRIPTION
| Stream | NSQ | RB | RF | WQ |
| BIG CREEK | 3 | 1 | ||
| CLEAR CREEK | 4 | |||
| DRY FORK BRANCH BIG CREEK | 1 | |||
| FRENCH BROAD RIVER | 1,2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| GULF FORK BIG CREEK | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| LONG CREEK | 3 | |||
| PAINT CREEK | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| TRAIL FORK BIG CREEK | 1,4 | |||
| WOLF FORK FRENCH BROAD RIVER | 1 | 1 | 1 |
I’m going out to smell fresh rain on summer dust and prehistoric water odors of the old French Broad in flood. Won’t you come too? - Wilma Dykeman, Tennessee State Historian
