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Mullins Creek Watershed  The
Mullins Creek watershed is a 770 acre sub-watershed located
entirely within the city of Fayetteville, Arkansas. The headwaters
of Mullins Creek originate on the University of Arkansas campus
(and join with waters leaving Markham Hill) before flowing
south through the Town Branch Neighborhood and merging with
Town Branch, which is the West Fork’s main urban tributary.
The Mullins Creek watershed is comprised
of over 30% impervious surface. This equates to increased
stormwater runoff, erosion, non-point source pollution, and
downstream flooding. Audubon Arkansas has four demonstration
sites within this urban watershed with the goal of off-setting
some of these negative effects and of monitoring the efficacy
of these projects within this demonstration basin.
Demonstration Sites within Mullins Creek
Watershed:
- University of Arkansas: Campus Stream Restoration
Design Assessment
- Fayetteville High School: Adopt-a-Stream at Indian
Trail Reach
- Riparian Restoration Area: Creel-Richardson Reach
- Urban Wetland Prairie Restoration: World Peace
Wetland Prairie
Mullins Creek belongs to the larger West
Fork of the White River (WF-WR) watershed. A 124 square mile
sub-watershed of the Beaver Lake Basin, the WF-WR is located
in the Boston Mountains and Ozark Highlands of Washington
County, AR. The WF-WR watershed is approximately 59% forest,
29% agriculture, and 12% urban.
The main channel of the WF-WR watershed
originates near the town of Winslow, AR and flows north. It
passes through several communities including Greenland and
Fayetteville and forms a confluence with the White River just
east of Fayetteville before flowing into the upper reaches
of Beaver Lake. Beaver Lake is the primary drinking water
source for over 350,000 residents of Benton and Washington
counties. The West Fork of the White River is impaired due
to the excess erosion entering the stream. Audubon Arkansas
is actively working with watershed residents to reduce this
erosion.
For more information on this “Priority
Watershed” contact Fran
Free, Audubon Arkansas’ Education Coordinator.
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