{"data":{"id":"us-va/9vac25-260-490","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"9VAC25-260-490","heading":"Tennessee and Big Sandy River Basins (Big Sandy River Subbasin)","body":"SEC.\n\nCLASS\n\nSP. STDS.\n\nSECTION DESCRIPTION\n\n1\n\nIV\n\nAll tributaries of Tug Fork in Virginia.\n\n2\n\nIV\n\nAll tributaries of Jacobs Fork and Dry Fork in Virginia.\n\n2a\n\nIV\n\nPWS\n\nCrockett Cove, a tributary to Jacobs Fork, from Bishop's raw water intake to its headwaters.\n\n3\n\nIV\n\njj\n\nLevisa Fork and its tributaries and Knox Creek and its tributaries, unless otherwise designated in this chapter, from the Virginia-Kentucky state line upstream to their headwaters.\n\nV\n\nStockable Trout Waters in Section 3\n\nvi\n\nDismal Creek from its mouth to its headwaters.\n\n4\n\nIV\n\nRussell Fork and its tributaries, unless otherwise designated in this chapter, from the Virginia-Kentucky state line upstream to their headwaters.\n\nV\n\nStockable Trout Waters in Section 4\n\n***\n\nCaney Creek from Long Branch Creek upstream 5.5 miles.\n\nvi\n\nFrying Pan Creek from 1.3 miles above its confluence with Russell Fork 8.6 miles upstream (in vicinity of Bucu).\n\nvi\n\nNorth Fork Pound River from the town limits of Pound upstream to the water supply dam.\n\n***\n\nRussell Fork from the confluence of Pound River to the Virginia-Kentucky state line.\n\nVI\n\nNatural Trout Waters in Section 4\n\niii\n\nPound River from its confluence with Russell Fork upstream to the John W. Flannagan Dam.\n\n4a\n\nIV\n\nPWS\n\nPound River and its tributaries from the John W. Flannagan Dam, including the Cranes Nest River and its tributaries to points five miles above the John W. Flannagan Water Authority's raw water intake.\n\n4b\n\nIV\n\nPWS\n\nNorth Fork Pound River and its tributaries from North Fork Pound River Dam and the Town of Pound's raw water intake upstream to their headwaters, unless otherwise designated in this chapter.\n\n4c\n\n(Deleted)\n\n4d\n\nIV\n\nPhillips Creek from its mouth to its headwaters and the North Fork Pound River from Wise County's swimming area around the mouth of Phillips Creek to a point 1/2 mile upstream.\n\n4e\n\nIV\n\nPWS\n\nRussell Fork River and its tributaries from the Kentucky state line 2.2 miles upstream (Elkhorn City, Kentucky raw water intake including Grassy Creek from its confluence with Russell Fork northeast to the Kentucky state line, Hunts Creek from its confluence with Grassy Creek to one mile upstream, Laurel Branch to its headwaters, including Laurel Lake (Breaks Interstate Park raw water intake).\n\nV\n\nStockable Trout Waters in Section 4e\n\n***\n\nPWS\n\nRussell Fork from the Kentucky state line 2.2 miles upstream.","path":["Title 9. Environment","Agency 25. State Water Control Board","Chapter 260. Water Quality Standards","Part IX. River Basin Section Tables"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title9/agency25/chapter260/section490/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:49:15Z","sha256":"3a02a670f443597e969bdca89b5aaa427f8fc6878677cd7ddab9b0fa974173b8","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/9vac25-260-480","next":"us-va/9vac25-260-500"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}