Pounding Mill Creek & Knob Creek Stream Restoration Project

This photo is looking upstream of Pound Mill Creek post-construction and prior to riparian buffer planting.

Post Construction

This photo is looking upstream of Pound Mill Creek post-construction and prior to riparian buffer planting.

Prior to project implementation, Pounding Mill Creek and Knob Creek streambanks were steep and unstable.

Pre-Construction

Prior to project implementation, Pounding Mill Creek and Knob Creek streambanks were steep and unstable.

Pounding Mill Creek & Knob Creek

Broad River Watershed
Cleveland County, Lawndale, NC
Status:  Complete
Stream Restored: ~3,175 feet
Planting Stats: 1,350 Trees & 6,300 Live stakes
Carbon Sequestration over 10 years = 64.7 tons
Soil Erosion Reduction = 440 tons

Resource Institute’s Partners:

Natural Resource Concern/Issues:

  • Pounding Mill and Knob Creeks  are streams that suffered from critical erosion and incised streambanks 

  • Streambanks on Pounding Mill and Knob Creeks were steep and severely eroded and lacked an adequate riparian buffer

  • Original Stream Type = G4c

Project Objectives:

  • Restored Stream Type = B4c

  • Improve water quality by reducing sediment loading of the stream and reduce streambank erosion

  • Stabilize the stream reach to prevent further aggradation or degradation by providing an improved dimension, pattern and/or profile that will improve sediment transport, and manage surface waters and groundwater levels in floodplains, riparian areas, and wetlands

  • Construct rock and woody structures to provide instream habitat, stabilize streambanks and the channel bed

  • Establish a riparian buffer, remove invasive plant species and reestablish native plants, trees, and shrub