The Totier Creek watershed encompasses 29 square miles of southern Albemarle County, Virginia, and is the public drinking water supply for the Town of Scottsville.
From its headwaters on the eastern slope of Green Mountain, Totier Creek is joined by Miller Creek and Rock Castle Creek before entering Totier Creek Reservoir, which flows into the James River and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.
The watershed is rich in history. As one of the first parts of Albemarle County to be settled, it lies within the Southern Albemarle Rural Historic District (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) and contains numerous historic sites. The watershed has retained its rural character for centuries. Nearly all of its land area remains devoted to forestry, agriculture, and equestrian enterprises.
The area’s natural beauty is on display at attractions such as Totier Creek Park, a popular place for fishing, birding, and kayaking, and Pine Knot, the hunting lodge of President Theodore and Edith Roosevelt.
Totier Creek Watershed Association is proud to protect the history, ecology, and rural character that make our part of Albemarle County unique.
The map above is from a paper by the Virginia Place Names Society, 1963. Read the paper here to learn about the history of the watershed.
