Meets state standards for swimming
Is it safe to swim here?
North Carolina · waterway · Upper Neuse basin
Crabtree Creek (crabtree Lake): what state assessments show
Fish here are under a consumption advisory. Does not support healthy aquatic life.
Official state determinations under the Clean Water Act — about the waterway, not measurements taken today.
Crabtree Creek (crabtree Lake) in the Upper Neuse basin is tracked by the state as 4 separately assessed stretches (most recent cycle: 2022). Below is every designated-use determination on record — and what hasn't been assessed.
Designated uses
Fish here are under a consumption advisory
Can I eat fish caught here?
Does not support healthy aquatic life (1 of 4 assessed stretches)
Can fish and aquatic insects live here?
Meets standards as a drinking-water source
Can this water be used as a drinking-water supply?
A use the state didn't report is omitted rather than shown as passing. "Never assessed" means unknown — never clean.
Listed causes
- pcbs - fish consumption advisory (polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs))
- benthic macroinvertebrates bioassessments (cause unknown - impaired biota)
A listed cause names what the assessment found in the water. It is not an attribution to any specific facility or source.
Assessed stretches
The state tracks this waterway as 4 assessment units — a stretch can fail a standard while another meets it.
Assessment unit IDs (4)
NC27-33-(3.5)a1 · NC27-33-(3.5)a2 · NC27-33-(3.5)b1 · NC27-33-(3.5)b2
What the record doesn’t establish
- What today's water looks like — assessments are determinations made on multi-year cycles, not live measurements.
Common questions
Is it safe to swim in Crabtree Creek (crabtree Lake)?
The state's most recent assessment found Crabtree Creek (crabtree Lake) meets its standards for swimming. That is a determination about the assessed stretches, not a guarantee about any spot on any day.
Can you eat fish caught in Crabtree Creek (crabtree Lake)?
The state has determined fish caught in Crabtree Creek (crabtree Lake) are under a consumption advisory — it doesn't meet standards for eating the fish caught in it.
Why is Crabtree Creek (crabtree Lake) listed as impaired?
State assessments list: pcbs - fish consumption advisory, benthic macroinvertebrates bioassessments. A listed cause names the problem the assessment found — it does not attribute it to any specific source.
Sources
| Dataset | Agency version | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|
| EPA/state ATTAINS waterway assessments | ATTAINS_Assessment ArcGIS snapshot (gispub.epa.gov) | 2026-08-15 |
| ATTAINS waterway geometry | ATTAINS_Assessment ArcGIS lines + areas (gispub.epa.gov) | 2026-08-16 |
| USGS watershed boundaries | USGS WBD via National Map MapServer | 2026-08-15 |
Records lag their agencies' refresh cycles — a recent change may not appear yet. Absence from a dataset is absence of a record, never evidence that water is clean.
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