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West Fork Pigeon River (lake Logan): what state assessments show

No failing determinations on record for the uses assessed.

That covers what the state assessed — not what it hasn't.

West Fork Pigeon River (lake Logan) in the Pigeon 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

Aquatic life

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

One assessment unit covers this waterway here.

Assessment unit IDs (1)

NC5-2a

What the record doesn’t establish

  • Whether West Fork Pigeon River (lake Logan) is safe for swimming — the state hasn't assessed it for recreation here.
  • Whether fish caught in West Fork Pigeon River (lake Logan) are safe to eat — no fish-consumption assessment on record 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 West Fork Pigeon River (lake Logan)?

The state has not rated West Fork Pigeon River (lake Logan) for swimming — that's a gap in the record, not a clean result.

Can you eat fish caught in West Fork Pigeon River (lake Logan)?

The state has not rated West Fork Pigeon River (lake Logan) for fish consumption — unknown, not clean.

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

DatasetAgency versionRetrieved
EPA/state ATTAINS waterway assessmentsATTAINS_Assessment ArcGIS snapshot (gispub.epa.gov)2026-08-15
ATTAINS waterway geometryATTAINS_Assessment ArcGIS lines + areas (gispub.epa.gov)2026-08-16
USGS watershed boundariesUSGS WBD via National Map MapServer2026-08-15

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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