Table 1. Drainage areas and basin characteristics for tributaries upstream of 
		locations surveyed for fish populations
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             Drainage area              Percentage of land area by classification
Tributary    (square miles)            for basins upstream of surveyed locations 1
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                                      Urban                    Forest  Agriculture  Other
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                                        Industrial,    Other
                            Residential commercial,    urban                          
                                      transportation                                        
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Snake Creek         36          1            0           0       83        15         1      
Sope Creek          31         68           13           1       12         4         2      
Nickajack Creek     21         63           11           1       20         3         2      
Willeo Creek        15         68            1           1       20         6         4      
Peachtree Creek     85         59           32           2        7         0         0      
Nancy Creek         35         63           24           4        7        <1        <2  
Proctor Creek       16         53           26           7       11         0         3      
Rottenwood          18         39           33          15       12        <1        <1  
Utoy Creek          34         52           12           6       26        <1        <4  
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1 from Atlanta Regional Commission (1990)

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