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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in October
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA

This page shows which locations in the selected region historically had the highest probability of a checklist including Downy Woodpecker in October. Because some locations may be undersampled, the results are sorted based on a confidence score which takes into account how many samples are available. The bar chart shows how the probability of observing this species varies over the year.

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Rank Map Pics Location Distance Observed Sampled Frequency Confidence
1 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 25 25 100.0% 86.7%
2 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 589 680 86.6% 83.9%
3 Bond Park 2.7 160 195 82.1% 76.1%
4 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 339 439 77.2% 73.1%
5 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 75 92 81.5% 72.4%
6 17 Acre Woods 18.0 87 108 80.6% 72.1%
7 Apex Community Park 3.7 57 69 82.6% 72.0%
8 Lake Lynn 7.7 542 734 73.8% 70.5%
9 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 83 105 79.0% 70.3%
10 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 276 369 74.8% 70.1%
11 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 44 54 81.5% 69.2%
12 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 90 117 76.9% 68.5%
13 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 27 33 81.8% 65.6%
14 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 18 21 85.7% 65.4%
15 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 21 25 84.0% 65.3%
16 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 7 7 100.0% 64.6%
17 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 591 888 66.6% 63.4%
18 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 19 23 82.6% 62.9%
19 Schenck Forest 3.6 143 207 69.1% 62.5%
20 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 26 33 78.8% 62.2%
21 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
22 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 116 167 69.5% 62.1%
23 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 80 114 70.2% 61.2%
24 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
25 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 6 6 100.0% 61.0%
26 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 78 112 69.6% 60.6%
27 Ritter Park 4.3 12 14 85.7% 60.1%
28 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 45 63 71.4% 59.3%
29 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 67 97 69.1% 59.3%
30 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 32 44 72.7% 58.2%
31 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 33 46 71.7% 57.5%
32 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 15 19 78.9% 56.7%
33 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 183 294 62.2% 56.6%
34 Parker Preserve 15.5 19 25 76.0% 56.6%
35 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
36 Wendell Park 22.6 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
37 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 30 42 71.4% 56.4%
38 Shelley Lake 8.1 60 90 66.7% 56.4%
39 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 112 176 63.6% 56.3%
40 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 128 203 63.1% 56.2%
41 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 37 54 68.5% 55.3%
42 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 10 12 83.3% 55.2%
43 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 37 55 67.3% 54.1%
44 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
45 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
46 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
47 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 21 30 70.0% 52.1%
48 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 19 27 70.4% 51.5%
49 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 64 105 61.0% 51.4%
50 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 202 358 56.4% 51.2%
51 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
52 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 29 44 65.9% 51.1%
53 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
54 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
55 Little Creek Trail 15.3 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
56 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 17 24 70.8% 50.8%
57 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 12 16 75.0% 50.5%
58 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 35 55 63.6% 50.4%
59 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
60 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
61 White Deer Park 11.6 19 28 67.9% 49.3%
62 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 24 37 64.9% 48.8%
63 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 35 57 61.4% 48.4%
64 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 18 27 66.7% 47.8%
65 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 23 36 63.9% 47.6%
66 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 96 175 54.9% 47.5%
67 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 15 22 68.2% 47.3%
68 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
69 Higgins Greenway 1.2 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
70 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 28 46 60.9% 46.5%
71 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 17 26 65.4% 46.2%
72 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 31 52 59.6% 46.1%
73 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 24 39 61.5% 45.9%
74 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 33 56 58.9% 45.9%
75 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 49 88 55.7% 45.3%
76 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
77 Homestead Park 19.3 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
78 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
79 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 23 39 59.0% 43.4%
80 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
81 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 15 24 62.5% 42.7%
82 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
83 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 12 19 63.2% 41.0%
84 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 6 8 75.0% 40.9%
85 Lake Benson 11.9 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
86 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 16 27 59.3% 40.7%
87 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 25 47 53.2% 39.2%
88 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
89 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
90 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 91 201 45.3% 38.5%
91 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 69 152 45.4% 37.7%
92 Raven Rock SP 23.9 16 29 55.2% 37.5%
93 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 20 38 52.6% 37.3%
94 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 183 443 41.3% 36.8%
95 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 18 34 52.9% 36.7%
96 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 12 21 57.1% 36.5%
97 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 23 46 50.0% 36.1%
98 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 10 17 58.8% 36.0%
99 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
100 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
101 Indian Trail Park 18.1 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
102 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
103 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 30 64 46.9% 35.2%
104 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
105 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
106 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
107 Hymettus Woods Park 5.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
108 Neuse River Trail--Old Falls of Neuse 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
109 Main Street Park (Rolesville) 20.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
110 stakeout Black-chinned Hummingbird, Chapel Hill (2019) 18.4 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
111 Fox Road School Park and Marsh Overlook (Access ONLY after 6 pm on school days, and daylight hours on holidays and weekends) 13.8 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
112 Lyon Park 15.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
113 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 67 162 41.4% 34.1%
114 Lake Betz 7.3 72 177 40.7% 33.7%
115 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 168 446 37.7% 33.3%
116 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 11 21 52.4% 32.4%
117 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
118 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
119 Crowder District Park 6.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
120 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
121 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
122 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
123 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 8 15 53.3% 30.1%
124 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
125 Mount Hope Cemetery 7.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
126 Strickland Park 8.9 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
127 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
128 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
129 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
130 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
131 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
132 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
133 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
134 Williamson Preserve 19.2 11 23 47.8% 29.2%
135 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 7 13 53.8% 29.1%
136 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 24 59 40.7% 29.1%
137 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 20 48 41.7% 28.8%
138 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
139 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 22 55 40.0% 28.1%
140 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 8 16 50.0% 28.0%
141 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 5 9 55.6% 26.7%
142 Lake Raleigh 6.0 26 71 36.6% 26.4%
143 Town Lake Park 23.4 14 35 40.0% 25.6%
144 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
145 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
146 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 6 12 50.0% 25.4%
147 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 18 48 37.5% 25.2%
148 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
149 Northgate Park 17.2 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
150 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 26 76 34.2% 24.5%
151 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 16 43 37.2% 24.4%
152 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 9 22 40.9% 23.3%
153 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 16 45 35.6% 23.2%
154 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
155 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
156 Eno River SP--Cabe Lands Access 20.8 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
157 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
158 American Tobacco Trail--Massey Chapel Road 12.0 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
159 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
160 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 11 29 37.9% 22.7%
161 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 18 53 34.0% 22.7%
162 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 13 36 36.1% 22.5%
163 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 18 54 33.3% 22.2%
164 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 13 37 35.1% 21.8%
165 Salem Pond Park 4.5 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
166 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
167 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
168 Hoffman Lake 2.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
169 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
170 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
171 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
172 Neuse River Trail--Auburn Knightdale Road 15.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
173 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
174 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
175 Mill Bridge Nature Park 19.4 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
176 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
177 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
178 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
179 Walnut Creek Greenway between Lake Dam Rd & Gorman St 5.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
180 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
181 Neuse River Trail--Buffalo Road Canoe Launch 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
182 Neuse River Trail--Thornton Road 15.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
183 Neuse River Trail--River Bend 14.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
184 American Tobacco Trail--White Oak Church Rd. Access 7.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
185 Eno River SP--Continental Drive Access 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
186 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
187 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
188 Walltown Park 17.3 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
189 Old Bayleaf Rd (foot access only) 15.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
190 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 9 25 36.0% 20.2%
191 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
192 Duke University--Chapel Woods 17.1 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
193 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
194 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
195 Beaver Creek Greenway 7.0 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
196 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
197 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 9 27 33.3% 18.6%
198 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Church Boat Ramp 14.8 8 24 33.3% 18.0%
199 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 6 17 35.3% 17.3%
200 Beaver Marsh 16.7 38 165 23.0% 17.3%
201 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
202 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
203 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 6 18 33.3% 16.3%
204 Eastgate Park 9.5 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
205 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
206 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Durham Co.) 19.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
207 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 23 111 20.7% 14.2%
208 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 10 40 25.0% 14.2%
209 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 5 16 31.2% 14.2%
210 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
211 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
212 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 104 20.2% 13.6%
213 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 17 84 20.2% 13.0%
214 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 29 24.1% 12.2%
215 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
216 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
217 Indian Creek Greenway 3.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
218 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
219 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
220 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 3 10 30.0% 10.8%
221 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 8 41 19.5% 10.2%
222 Fearrington Village 17.5 4 16 25.0% 10.2%
223 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 3 11 27.3% 9.7%
224 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
225 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek Arm (Durham Co) 12.3 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
226 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
227 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
228 Edna Metz Wells Park 7.1 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
229 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
230 Falls Lake SRA--B. W. Wells 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
231 Falls Lake--Upper Beaverdam Reservoir 19.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
232 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
233 Duke Park 16.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
234 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
235 Shiloh Greenway 5.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
236 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
237 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
238 Lake Rogers Park 23.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
239 Forest Hills Park 15.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
240 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
241 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
242 Jaycee Park 6.6 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
243 Cates Creek Park 25.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
244 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 4 18 22.2% 9.0%
245 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
246 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
247 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
248 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 7 47 14.9% 7.4%
249 Clemmons Educational State Forest 18.0 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
250 Dorothea Dix 6.6 3 16 18.8% 6.6%
251 Pullen Park 6.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
252 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
253 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
254 Historic Oak View Park 11.8 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
255 American Tobacco Trail--Wimberly Road Access 8.1 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
256 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
257 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
258 Falls Lake--Cheek Road Causeway (Durham Co.) 17.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
259 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
260 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
261 Lassiter Mill Historical Park 7.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
262 Action Park 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
263 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
264 Park West Village Greenway 2.4 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
265 Carpenter Park 5.1 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
266 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 2 13 15.4% 4.3%
267 Inwood Rd. 7.3 4 39 10.3% 4.1%
268 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 7 88 8.0% 3.9%
269 Falls Lake 15.1 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
270 Falls Lake--Sandling Beach 17.5 2 15 13.3% 3.7%
271 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
272 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 3 32 9.4% 3.2%
273 Lake Wheeler 8.2 2 19 10.5% 2.9%
274 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
275 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
276 Wake Forest Reservoir 20.5 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
277 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 1 8 12.5% 2.2%
278 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 2 36 5.6% 1.5%
279 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 1 14 7.1% 1.3%