Table 1.

Sampling site attributes for mainstem and MTM affected tributaries on the Upper Mud River

Sample site	River km or location of confluence	Watershed area upstream (km2)	% mined watershed area upstream	No. of NPDES permitted outlets upstream
Mainstem
1	0.31	2.45	0	0
2	4.02	10.02	0	0
3	5.37	16.91	16.52	9
4	5.88	17.13	16.45	11
4a	6.07	23.63	20.46	27
5	7.88	25.71	25.27	37
5a	8.11	30.55	34.61	48
6	8.97	34.54	39.20	60
7	9.43	35.79	40.77	64
8b	10.25	36.31	41.32	68
8	10.51	42.84	49.55	69
9	11.58	44.06	50.27	74
10a	12.75	44.83	50.69	81
10	12.97	47.79	50.96	86
11	14.30	56.52	49.14	105
Tributaries
Lukey Fork	4.91	5.14	33.88	11
Ballard Fork	5.94	6.46	31.21	16
Stanley Fork	8.00	4.62	86.41	11
Sugartree Branch	8.78	3.59	77.74	4
Laurel Branch	9.28	0.99	91.30	2
Connelly Branch	10.31	6.44	95.87	1
Mullins Branch	12.81	2.80	55.03	5
Berry Branch	13.36	5.81	57.61	18

All sites are in order from upstream to downstream position as in Fig. 1.