Site Description: This tributary feeds into Limestone Branch proper, which is a tributary of the Potomac River. This site is located south of the village of Lucketts at Temple Hall Farm.
Certified Lead Monitor: Jennifer Venable has been conducting benthic macroinvertebrate monitoring at this site since the fall of 2021
Ecological condition rating scores resulting from benthic macroinvertebrate surveys at Limestone Branch Tributary starting Fall 2021. This site has continuously received acceptable ratings, until the spring of 2024 when it received an unacceptable rating. These surveys cannot detect bacterial pollution.
Measured E. coli concentrations in Limestone Branch Tributary starting in February 2022. Since April 2022, the Virginia DEQ single sample recreational use threshold of 235 CFU is continuously exceeded at values up to 42 times the threshold.