French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-04-17

tributaries il the district, a tota
length Of about II 1-2 miles, has $50:
acres of lotion land. They thus ave
rage about 120 acres to the mile. witt
a width OF about 1000 feet. The ho,.
toms along the lower end OF Mao
Greek, probably average as wide OF
wiaer than above, and 2O00 acres is
a conservative estimate of the to;ai
are: Of the district to the River.
About one hall the land in the dis
ttiCt was at one time under partial
/ Cultivation but it has been abandct-
Of to a large eXten in recent years
n IS row used either for pasture o.,
he crops. Every rain OF consequence
c,pses the creeks to overflow, damag-
ing the land and crops not only by an
excess OF water, but also in many
places, by depositing sand.
The soils of the bottom lands arc
.of two kinds according to the soil
survey Of this area, namely Toxaway
fine sandy loan and Meadow. The
Toxaw2y fine sandy loan is a brown,
fine sandy loan to q depth of to IL
inches with a suhsoiI of yellowish-
brown fine sandy loan or fine mica
ceous sand.
The meadow is a brown to DARK
Prowr fine sandy loan with consider
able quantities Of micaceoUs material
with sThsoil varying from a sanG
or fine sand to a heavy sticky loan,
usually dark brown in color. The
greater part of the meadow is in a
selri-swampy condition, and is still
covered largely with the natural veg
citation consisting of naples and elms
and water loving bushes and grasses.
1t is located above and below the
Edneyville road Both soils are of
material brought down from the hill
sides and comprise some of the rich
est land in the county.
The soil of the uplands is classed as
Forter's sandy loan, which is yei-
Iowish-gray, medium to coarse sandy
loan, varying in depth from six to
fifteen inches underlaid usually by
reddish or yellowish brown, heavy,
sticky sandy loan grading into red
or yellow clay loan or clay.
Natural Drainage
The total drainage area of Mud
Greek and its tributaries, as determin-
ed from the Soil Survey map of Hen
derson County, is approximately 112
square miles or 1850 acres, all con-
tanned within the county and compris-
ing nearly one-third of it's area. It's
greatest length Ito be more correct,
width) in a Northeast and Southwest
direction is 20 miles, and it's greatest
width is about 10 1-2 miles, with an
average of about six miles. Clear
Creek, the largest and next to the
lowermost tributary Of Mud Greek,
dra ins about AZ square miles, and
Mud Creek above the junction of Clear
Greek has watershed of about 81
square miles or 34,560 acres.
At the Edneyville road, on the out
skirts of the town Of Hendersonville,
Mud Creek is joined by Devils Fork
and Bat Fork Creeks, with watersheds
of nine and fourteen square miles, re-
Above the Edneyvilie
road Mud Creek has a watershed of
25 square miles. Originally Devils
Fork ioined Bat Fork above the Ed
neville road, and Bat Fork parallel
ed Mud Creek for some distance en-
tering it about ga mile below the
road. In 1916 a dredge owned by the
county stationed in Mud Creek above
the Edneyville road, for the purpose
OF obtaining sand for building pur-
poses, excavated a channel along the
unrer side of the road connecting up
these three creeks.
Drainage conditions all along the
district are practically the same. For
some distance above and below the
road, the bottom lands
along Mud and Bat Fork Greeks are
in O. semi-swampy condition and have
never been under cultivation, ana
much 0f the original growth consist
ing of Maple, Elm and other trees 10
still standing. The remainder OF the