Little Dry Creek, Rome, GA

Back in February of 2008 we joined up with the Coosa River Basin Initiative and Berry College students for a clean up of Little Dry Creek.  Little Dry Creek lies at the foot of Fort Attaway and it empties into the Oostanaula River; the creek would have been an important water source for the soldiers during the Civil War. Fort Attaway's fortifications during the Civil War stretched along the ridge that runs from the Oostanaula River to the Coosa River and several of these military earthworks can still be seen along the ridge today. 

In March we participated in a water testing class from the Coosa River Basin Initiative guys and now we are certified with the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream program to monitor the creek for temperature, pH and Dissolved Oxygen.

Little Dry Creek is in need of a lot of love and attention.  It is a thoroughfare for many animals here in Rome.  So far we have seen deer, red and gray foxes, groundhogs, and many different species of water birds, perching birds and birds of prey.  There are many tires that have been thrown into this creek over the years, and a lot of litter such as Styrofoam and plastic drink bottles washes down from the neighborhoods that this pretty little creek flows through (Garden Homes, Summerville Park).

Anyone that is interested in helping us monitor and clean up Little Dry Creek please feel free to contact us by E-mail or telephone (706) 234-0537. We'd love to meet you and share in this very important task of cleaning up our water way!

The black X marks the monitoring site for Little Dry Creek where it dumps into the Oostanaula River.

34.26994^oN     085.17413^oW

Monitoring the temperature, Dissolved Oxygen and pH levels
in Little Dry Creek, Rome, GA - Floyd County
 

Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
Levels of 5 to 6ppm are usually required for growth and activity.

                pH
A pH range of 6.5 to 8.2 is optimal for most aquatic organisms.

Tue, Jun. 10, 2008 11:30 a.m.
Bright and sunny, no rain for a couple of weeks.

Air: 29^oC  /  84.2^oF
Water: 26^oC/78.8^oF

Minnows, water beetles, dragon flies, 1 very large fish, snake ~24", groundhog