Fourche-Maline Creek near Red Oak
Station AT247550 (220100040020-001AT) is a
permanent ambient trend monitoring station located on
Fourche-Maline Creek. Situated in the east central
portion of Latimer County, the site was established
southwest of the Town of Red Oak off of US Highway
270 on Craven Road. The station is positioned between
the upper end and the midpoint of stream segment
220100040020 and is classified within the Poteau River
8-digit HUC watershed (11110105). Water enters the
stream system from several tributaries including Coon
Creek (Coon Creek Lake), Bandy Creek, Little Fourche-Maline Creek, and Spring Creek, among
others.
This station on Fourche-Maline Creek has been active for all water quality variables since
November of 1998. The following assessment of beneficial uses is based on data collected
from December of 1998 through October of 2003. For purposes of reporting, this station is
representative of Fourche-Maline Creek from the confluence of Coon Creek (95.3566, 34.9726)
downstream to confluence of Spring Creek with Fourche-Maline Creek (95.1338, 34.9026). As
per Appendix A, Table 2 of OAC 785:45, this water quality management segment is assigned
the following designated beneficial uses: 1) Public and Private Water Supply (PPWS), 2) Warm
Water Aquatic Community—Fish and Wildlife Propagation (WWAC), 3) Agriculture—Class I
Irrigation (AG), 4) Primary Body Contact—Recreation (PBCR), and 5) Aesthetics.
The PPWS beneficial use is supported. The WWAC beneficial use is not supported. Of the 45
dissolved oxygen concentrations (Figure 71a), 21 samples (or 47%) were below the screening
level. Of the 10 lead samples collected, 7 of the concentrations (or 70%) exceeded the
prescribed hardness-dependant chronic criteria of 1.32 µg/L (Table 25). The pH (Figure 71b)
and turbidity samples (Figure 71c) met the criteria prescribed in the WWAC beneficial use. The
AG beneficial use is supported for total dissolved solids, chlorides, and sulfates (Figure 71d and
Figure 71e). The PBCR beneficial use is not supported (Table 26). Of the 16 enterococci
concentrations, 7 samples exceeded the prescribed screening level of 406 cfu/mL, and the
geometric mean (314.9 cfu/mL) exceeded the prescribed mean standard of 33 cfu/mL. This
segment of Fourche-Maline Creek is not nutrient-threatened. The total phosphorus and
nitrate/nitrite median values were below the threshold medians of 0.36 mg/L and 5.0 mg/L,
respectively (Figure 71f).
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Nutrients (f) on Fourche-Maline Creek at Red Oak (AT247550), 1998-2003.
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a . F o u c h e -M a l i n e C re e k @ R e d O a k --D i ss. O x y . 1 9 9 8 -2 0 0 3
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Figure 71a-f. Dissolved Oxygen (a), pH (b), Turbidity (c), Total Dissolved Solids (d), Minerals (e), and
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d. Fourche -M a line Cre e k@ Re d Oa k--TDS 1998-2003
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f. F o u rch e -M a lin e C re e k @ R e d O a k--N u trie n ts 1998-2003
e . Fourche -M a line Cre e k@ Re d Oa k--M ine ra ls 1998-2003
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