St. Croix East End Watersheds Study

Reports

St. Croix East End Watershed Plan

• Final Plan (September 2011) (pdf, 18.6 MB)
• Appendix A: Watershed Modeling and Project Ranking (pdf, 763 KB)
• Appendix B: 11x17 Watershed Priority Maps (pdf, 5.0 MB)
• Appendix C: High Priority Restoration Concepts (pdf, 8.6 MB)

St. Croix East End Watersheds - Final Existing Conditions Report (July 2011).

This report includes a summary of existing reports and studies, as well as findings from the field investigations and from  stakeholder input and review comments.

• Final St. Croix East End Existing Conditions Report
  (full report, pdf, 20 MB)
  • Introduction (pdf, 1 MB)
  • Characteristics of St. Croix’s East End (pdf, 4 MB)
  • Southgate Watershed  (pdf, 2.8 MB)
  • Solitude Bay Watershed (pdf, 6.4 MB)
  • Teague Bay Watershed (pdf, 1.4 MB)
  • Turner Hole Watershed (pdf, 1.7 MB)
  • Madam Carty Watershed (pdf, 1 MB)
  • Great Pond Watershed (pdf, 2.3 MB)
  • General Findings (pdf, 0.2 MB)
• References (pdf, 444 KB)
• Appendix Cover (pdf, 57 KB)
• Appendix A: Watershed Maps
  
  Data for these maps were provided by DPNR in 2010. Revised guts, new culvert, and new paved and unpaved road maps were based on photo interpretation and field verification in January 2011 by Horsley Witten for this project.
  
  
  • Watershed Plan Maps (pdf, 5.0 MB)
  • 24x36 PDF Full East End Watershed Map (pdf, 13 MB)
  • 11x17 PDF Watershed Existing Condition Maps
    • Great Pond (pdf, 3.4 MB)
    • Southgate (pdf, 4.1 MB)
    • Solitude Bay (pdf, 5.3 MB)
    • Madam Carty (pdf, 3.5 MB)
    • Teague Bay (pdf, 3.9 MB)
    • Turner Hole (pdf, 4.1 MB)
  • 8.5x11 PDF East End Maps
    • Roads and Culverts (HW) (pdf, 1.3 MB)
    • Hydrology: Wetlands, Wells, Guts, and Floodplain (pdf, 1.0 MB)
    • 2010 Impaired Waters (pdf, 567 KB)
    • Soils - HSG (pdf, 1.1 MB)
    • Land Use (2003, UVI) (pdf, 597 KB)
    • Terrestrial Vegetation (pdf, 1.4 MB)
    • Zoning (pdf, 1.4 MB)
    • Tier 1 and Tier 2 Boundaries (pdf, 845 KB)
• Appendix B: Fields Sheets
  • Southgate (pdf, 10 MB)
  • Solitude Bay (pdf, 17 MB)
  • Teague Bay (pdf, 12 MB)
  • Turner Hole (pdf, 3.6 MB)
  • Madam Carty
  • Great Pond (pdf, 17 MB)

Hope and Carton Hill Road Management Plan

• Report (pdf, 8.3 MB, does not include attachments)
• Attachment A: Existing Conditions Map (pdf, 9.4 MB, 30"x36" plot size)
• Attachment B: Proposed Conditions Map (pdf, 9.4 MB, 30"x36" plot size)
• Attachment C: Rain Garden Information (pdf, 4.4 MB)

Additional Information

The following are links to some existing reports and monitoring data used to inform this study.

• 2010 USVI Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (DPNR)
• Watercourses as Landscapes in the US Virgin Islands: State of the Knowledge Report (Gardner et. al., 2008)
• 1993 Area of Particular Concern Report: Southgate (IRF/DPNR)
• 1993 Area of Particular Concern Report: Great Pond (IRF/DPNR)
• 1993 Area of Particular Concern Report: East End (IRF/DPNR)
• 2014 Fisheries Local Action Strategy Projects in the US Virgin Islands: Progress and Direction
• July 2002 East End Marine Park Management Plan
• 2005 World Resources Institute Analysis of Land-based sources of threat to coral reef ecosystems
• Guideline for Maintenance and Service of Unpaved Roads