Meets state standards for eating fish
Can I eat fish caught here?
North Carolina · waterway · Upper Broad basin
Green River (lake Summit Below Elevation 2011): what state assessments show
No failing determinations on record for the uses assessed.
That covers what the state assessed — not what it hasn't.
Green River (lake Summit Below Elevation 2011) in the Upper Broad basin is tracked by the state as 2 separately assessed stretches (most recent cycle: 2022). Below is every designated-use determination on record — and what hasn't been assessed.
Designated uses
Supports healthy aquatic life
Can fish and aquatic insects live here?
A use the state didn't report is omitted rather than shown as passing. "Never assessed" means unknown — never clean.
Assessed stretches
The state tracks this waterway as 2 assessment units — a stretch can fail a standard while another meets it.
Assessment unit IDs (2)
NC9-29-(12.5)a · NC9-29-(12.5)b
What the record doesn’t establish
- Whether Green River (lake Summit Below Elevation 2011) is safe for swimming — the state hasn't assessed it for recreation here.
- 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 Green River (lake Summit Below Elevation 2011)?
The state has not rated Green River (lake Summit Below Elevation 2011) for swimming — that's a gap in the record, not a clean result.
Can you eat fish caught in Green River (lake Summit Below Elevation 2011)?
The state's most recent assessment found Green River (lake Summit Below Elevation 2011) meets its standards for eating fish caught there.
How current is this assessment?
The most recent reporting cycle on record is 2022. States assess waters under the Clean Water Act on multi-year cycles, so conditions can change between assessments. The sources table shows when this snapshot was retrieved.
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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