Meets state standards for eating fish
Can I eat fish caught here?
North Carolina · waterway · Lower Yadkin basin
Ut To Uwharrie River: what state assessments show
No failing determinations on record for the uses assessed.
That covers what the state assessed — not what it hasn't.
Ut To Uwharrie River in the Lower Yadkin basin is tracked by the state as a single assessed stretch (most recent cycle: 2022). Below is every designated-use determination on record — and what hasn't been assessed.
Designated uses
Tested, but not enough information to decide
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.
Listed causes
- arsenic (metals (other than mercury))
A listed cause names what the assessment found in the water. It is not an attribution to any specific facility or source.
Assessed stretches
One assessment unit covers this waterway here.
Assessment unit IDs (1)
NC13-2-(1.3)ut6
What the record doesn’t establish
- Whether Ut To Uwharrie River 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 Ut To Uwharrie River?
The state has not rated Ut To Uwharrie River for swimming — that's a gap in the record, not a clean result.
Can you eat fish caught in Ut To Uwharrie River?
The state's most recent assessment found Ut To Uwharrie River meets its standards for eating fish caught there.
Why is Ut To Uwharrie River listed as impaired?
State assessments list: arsenic. 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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