The June 1999 inspections of the creek found that silt carried by the stream had nearly filled one culvert and had partially blocked another, leaving only one culvert available for the creek's passage. At that point the water was about 1 foot in depth with 8 inches of sediment in the streambed. Adding to the original man-made changes to the streambed is the current practice of mowing the grass to the edge of the stream bank. The possibility of establishing a riparian buffer is undermined by this practice. Two sewer lines in this area cross the creek.
Culverts dump storm water into the creek at three locations south of the bridge.
A footbridge crosses the creek just north of the first storm water culvert. The stakeholders in this study are the landowners adjacent to the stream. Much of this land was publicly owned during the 1920s. Land to the east of the creek belonged to the Prison Honor Farm and schools. DeKalb County Schools and Georgia State University use land on the west bank.