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Where to find Downy Woodpecker in December
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 December. 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 Brian P's Yard (Private) 14.4 53 55 96.4% 87.7%
2 Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment 23.4 171 212 80.7% 74.8%
3 Mason Farm Biological Reserve 14.6 232 295 78.6% 73.6%
4 Blue Jay Point County Park 14.5 42 49 85.7% 73.3%
5 Eagle Spur Rail Trail--Stagecoach Rd. 11.9 21 23 91.3% 73.2%
6 North Carolina Botanical Garden 16.0 73 89 82.0% 72.8%
7 Sandy Creek Park 16.1 258 336 76.8% 72.0%
8 Middle Creek Bottomlands II 24.9 15 16 93.8% 71.7%
9 Bolin Creek--Community Park to MLK Blvd. 17.4 33 39 84.6% 70.3%
10 Bond Park 2.7 86 110 78.2% 69.6%
11 Brumley Nature Preserve--North 22.2 124 163 76.1% 69.0%
12 Swift Creek Bluffs 5.3 17 19 89.5% 68.6%
13 Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife Learning 3.9 220 308 71.4% 66.1%
14 Schenck Forest 3.6 99 137 72.3% 64.2%
15 Eastgate Park 9.5 17 20 85.0% 64.0%
16 Shelley Lake 8.1 93 131 71.0% 62.7%
17 Neuse River Trail--Anderson Point Park 13.5 13 15 86.7% 62.1%
18 Rainbow Soccer Complex 16.2 49 67 73.1% 61.5%
19 Johnston Mill Nature Preserve 20.5 35 47 74.5% 60.5%
20 Duke Forest--Korstian Division 19.6 22 28 78.6% 60.5%
21 White Oak Creek Greenway--Wetland 6.1 9 10 90.0% 59.6%
22 White Oak Creek Greenway--West Side 6.7 25 33 75.8% 59.0%
23 Carolina North--Tripp Farm Gate 19.7 14 17 82.4% 59.0%
24 Third Fork Creek Trail 13.6 31 42 73.8% 58.9%
25 Lower Booker Creek Trail 17.0 11 13 84.6% 57.8%
26 Pritchard Park Nature Trail 17.3 29 40 72.5% 57.2%
27 Lower Haw SNA--Bynum 20.3 13 16 81.2% 57.0%
28 Penny's Bend Nature Preserve 20.0 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
29 Baileywick Road Park 10.2 8 9 88.9% 56.5%
30 Apex Community Park 3.7 57 86 66.3% 55.8%
31 Briar Chapel--Pokeberry Creek 18.2 47 72 65.3% 53.8%
32 Lake Benson 11.9 60 94 63.8% 53.8%
33 Turnipseed Preserve 20.5 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
34 Crabtree Creek Trail--Anderson Drive to Lassiter Mill Road 8.3 7 8 87.5% 52.9%
35 17 Acre Woods 18.0 41 63 65.1% 52.8%
36 AIHF Trail 8300 Health Park 10.0 13 17 76.5% 52.7%
37 Wilkerson Nature Preserve Park 13.6 18 25 72.0% 52.4%
38 Ritter Park 4.3 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
39 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Park 16.9 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
40 Morris Branch Greenway 7.6 11 14 78.6% 52.4%
41 Brumley Nature Preserve--South 22.7 16 22 72.7% 51.8%
42 Crabtree Creek Wetland--West of Raleigh Blvd. 9.8 47 75 62.7% 51.4%
43 Rocky Branch Greenway 6.4 14 19 73.7% 51.2%
44 Neuse River Trail--Mingo Bridge 13.6 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
45 Coker Pinetum 16.4 4 4 100.0% 51.0%
46 Morgan Creek Trail 17.5 26 39 66.7% 51.0%
47 Lake Lynn 7.7 97 166 58.4% 50.8%
48 Walnut Creek Wetland Center 9.0 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
49 E. Carroll Joyner Park 20.6 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
50 White Deer Park 11.6 15 21 71.4% 50.0%
51 Ephesus Park--Chapel Hill 16.3 10 13 76.9% 49.7%
52 Eno River SP--Few's Ford 23.2 41 67 61.2% 49.2%
53 Macedonia Lake/Speight Branch Greenway 3.5 16 23 69.6% 49.1%
54 South Ellerbe Creek Trail 16.4 13 18 72.2% 49.1%
55 American Tobacco Trail--Olive Chapel Road Access 9.5 8 10 80.0% 49.0%
56 Bolin Creek--Adams and Craig Tracts 18.8 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
57 Walnut Creek Trail--Wetland Center 9.0 6 7 85.7% 48.7%
58 Lake Johnson Park 4.2 120 218 55.0% 48.4%
59 Parker Preserve 15.5 11 15 73.3% 48.0%
60 Falls Lake--Ellerbe Creek RR Grade 19.0 27 43 62.8% 47.9%
61 Harris Lake County Park 14.0 43 73 58.9% 47.4%
62 Prairie Ridge Ecostation--Bird Feeders 3.9 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
63 Higgins Greenway 1.2 12 17 70.6% 46.9%
64 West Point on the Eno Park 20.5 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
65 Merritt's Pasture 16.9 9 12 75.0% 46.8%
66 Bass Lake Park & Trail 10.7 38 65 58.5% 46.3%
67 Jordan Lake--Educational State Forest 14.7 19 30 63.3% 45.5%
68 Jordan Game Land--Transis Camp Rd. 12.6 41 72 56.9% 45.4%
69 Duke Forest--Hollow Rock & Hollow Rock Nature Park 17.9 14 21 66.7% 45.4%
70 New Hope Bottomlands 15.5 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
71 Piedmont Nature Trail 15.9 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
72 Wendell Park 22.6 7 9 77.8% 45.3%
73 Hank Anderson Community Park 20.3 40 71 56.3% 44.8%
74 Duke Forest--Gate 4 18.1 3 3 100.0% 43.8%
75 Dorothea Dix 6.6 12 18 66.7% 43.7%
76 Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve 4.6 20 33 60.6% 43.7%
77 Clayton Riverwalk--County Line to Sam's Branch Greenway 21.1 5 6 83.3% 43.6%
78 Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve 15.1 25 43 58.1% 43.3%
79 American Tobacco Trail--New Hill-Olive Chapel Road Access 10.5 14 22 63.6% 43.0%
80 Brookhaven Nature Park 6.7 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
81 Forest Ridge Park 16.5 9 13 69.2% 42.4%
82 Falls Lake--Dam 15.2 10 15 66.7% 41.7%
83 Hilltop Needmore Park--North 11.1 11 17 64.7% 41.3%
84 Neuse River Trail--Abbotts Creek 14.5 65 132 49.2% 40.9%
85 Horace Williams Tract 19.1 15 25 60.0% 40.7%
86 New Hope Waterfowl Impoundment 13.8 17 29 58.6% 40.7%
87 UNC Chapel Hill--Coker Arboretum 17.2 27 50 54.0% 40.4%
88 Yates Mill County Park 7.2 157 347 45.2% 40.1%
89 Williamson Preserve 19.2 23 42 54.8% 39.9%
90 Leigh Farm Park 14.5 7 10 70.0% 39.7%
91 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 17.8 20 36 55.6% 39.6%
92 Fred Fletcher Park 7.4 26 49 53.1% 39.4%
93 William B. Umstead SP 5.4 16 28 57.1% 39.1%
94 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Granville Co.) 21.9 8 12 66.7% 39.1%
95 Knap of Reeds Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 23.9 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
96 Homestead Park 19.3 9 14 64.3% 38.8%
97 Horton Grove Nature Preserve 24.6 12 20 60.0% 38.7%
98 University Lake, Chapel Hill 19.3 24 46 52.2% 38.1%
99 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Atlantic Ave to Anderson Drive 8.6 4 5 80.0% 37.6%
100 Duke University--Wetland Center 'SWAMP' 16.4 21 40 52.5% 37.5%
101 Durant Nature Preserve 13.3 27 54 50.0% 37.1%
102 Lake Crabtree County Park 3.6 182 441 41.3% 36.8%
103 Jordan Lake SRA--Parker's Creek 15.0 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
104 Duke Forest--Blackwood Division - Gate 34 21.5 5 7 71.4% 35.9%
105 Neuse River Trail--Mial Plantation Road 18.1 9 15 60.0% 35.7%
106 Jordan Lake SRA--Ebenezer Point 15.0 95 227 41.9% 35.6%
107 Raven Rock SP 23.9 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
108 Southern Community Park--Fan Branch Trail 17.1 14 26 53.8% 35.5%
109 Jordan Game Land--(Big Woods Rd. Bridge) Bush Creek 14.8 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
110 Laurel Hill Park 5.4 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
111 Bolin Creek--Umstead Park 18.1 6 9 66.7% 35.4%
112 William B. Umstead SP--Reedy Creek Lake 3.8 7 11 63.6% 35.4%
113 Beaver Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 10.6 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
114 Duke Forest--Eno Division 22.9 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
115 Duke Forest--Gate 10 19.3 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
116 Mingo Creek Trail 15.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
117 Neuse River Trail--Poole Road 14.1 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
118 Jordan Game Land--Lower Little Creek 13.2 2 2 100.0% 34.2%
119 White Pines Nature Preserve 24.5 13 25 52.0% 33.5%
120 Little Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 14.5 9 16 56.2% 33.2%
121 Town Lake Park 23.4 12 23 52.2% 33.0%
122 Symphony Lake Greenway 4.4 26 58 44.8% 32.7%
123 Chapel Hill Community Park 16.9 7 12 58.3% 32.0%
124 Jordan Lake--Historical Data Only 15.3 22 49 44.9% 31.9%
125 stakeout Varied Thrush, Cary (2020) 1.5 81 215 37.7% 31.5%
126 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Rd. RR Grade 20.0 6 10 60.0% 31.3%
127 William B. Umstead SP--Big Lake 5.7 41 102 40.2% 31.2%
128 Stagecoach Road Waterfowl Impoundment 12.2 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
129 Jordan Lake SRA--New Hope Overlook 16.7 5 8 62.5% 30.6%
130 Mid Pines Rd. 6.7 208 608 34.2% 30.5%
131 Lake Raleigh 6.0 39 99 39.4% 30.3%
132 North Wake Landfill Park (formerly North Wake Sanitary Landfill) 14.1 14 30 46.7% 30.2%
133 Falls Lake--Will Suitt Mudflats 18.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
134 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail Jimmy Rogers Road Access 15.2 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
135 Robertson Creek Nature Preserve 23.8 3 4 75.0% 30.1%
136 Apex Nature Park 8.6 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
137 Wooten Meadow Park 6.8 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
138 Horseshoe Road Nature Preserve 22.1 4 6 66.7% 30.0%
139 Lake Betz 7.3 65 177 36.7% 30.0%
140 Butner Game Land--Brickhouse Rd. (Durham Co.) 21.9 13 28 46.4% 29.5%
141 Old Bynum Bridge 20.4 19 45 42.2% 29.0%
142 Jordan Lake SRA--Seaforth 14.9 36 95 37.9% 28.8%
143 Blackwood Farm Park 22.9 13 29 44.8% 28.4%
144 Jordan Game Land---(751 bridge) Northeast Creek 10.6 10 21 47.6% 28.3%
145 Barksdale Drive Greenway 9.9 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
146 East Fork Mine Creek Trail (Bent Creek) 9.4 6 11 54.5% 28.0%
147 Jordan Lake--B. Everett Jordan Dam 18.7 28 76 36.8% 26.9%
148 Butner Game Land--H Street Fields 23.2 7 14 50.0% 26.8%
149 North Carolina Museum of Art--Sculpture Garden 4.6 21 55 38.2% 26.5%
150 Neuse River Trail--Andy Drive 14.6 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
151 Crabtree Creek Trail--Lindsay Dr. to Bridge by Galax Dr. 5.5 4 7 57.1% 25.0%
152 Falls Lake--Rolling View 16.1 53 178 29.8% 23.5%
153 Jordan Lake--New Hope Creek arm (Chatham Co) 12.0 6 13 46.2% 23.2%
154 Jordan Game Land--Mason Point Peninsula 12.1 7 16 43.8% 23.1%
155 Cape Fear River--Buckhorn Road 20.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
156 Northgate Park 17.2 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
157 O'Kelly Chapel Road Waterfowl Impoundment 9.9 3 5 60.0% 23.1%
158 Lake Crabtree Dam 3.3 60 214 28.0% 22.4%
159 Pierce Woods and Pond 15.9 10 26 38.5% 22.4%
160 Patterson Place Constructed Wetland 16.0 15 43 34.9% 22.4%
161 Berryhill Park and Trails 18.4 8 20 40.0% 21.9%
162 Pinehurst Drive Ponds 15.6 7 17 41.2% 21.6%
163 Jordan Game Land--(Lystra Rd. Bridge) Overcup Creek 14.0 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
164 Chatham Co. Northeast District Park 14.1 4 8 50.0% 21.5%
165 Indian Trail Park 18.1 5 11 45.5% 21.3%
166 Lower Haw SNA--Hwy. 64 18.7 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
167 Lee Game Land 22.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
168 Duke University--East Campus 16.6 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
169 Bass Lake Outfall Greenway 11.0 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
170 Walltown Park 17.3 2 3 66.7% 20.8%
171 Greenview Ponds 7.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
172 Jordan Lake--Morgan Creek arm (seasonal mudflats) 12.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
173 Duke Forest Rd. 20.7 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
174 Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment 14.8 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
175 Falls Lake--Upper Beaver Dam (Granville Co.) 21.0 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
176 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Boat Ramp 18.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
177 Robeson Creek Greenway 22.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
178 Sims Branch Greenway 13.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
179 Neuse River Trail--Milburnie Park 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
180 Neuse River Trail--Myakka Court 15.1 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
181 Neuse River Trail--Abbington Lane 13.5 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
182 Shaw Lake 9.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
183 Honeycutt Road Park 14.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
184 Smith Creek Greenway (Entrance on Creek Moss Avenue) 16.2 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
185 Juniper Level Botanic Garden 13.9 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
186 Lyon Park 15.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
187 Jones Creek Greenway 21.6 1 1 100.0% 20.7%
188 Falls Lake--Hickory Hill Boat Ramp 18.4 15 47 31.9% 20.4%
189 Sarah P. Duke Gardens 16.8 21 71 29.6% 20.2%
190 Discovery Lake (Restricted Access) 8.2 12 36 33.3% 20.2%
191 Eno River SP--Cole Mill/Pump Station 21.6 6 15 40.0% 19.8%
192 North Carolina Museum of Art--Pond 4.7 7 19 36.8% 19.1%
193 Hoffman Lake 2.4 4 9 44.4% 18.9%
194 Cedar Falls Park 18.2 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
195 Hilltop Needmore Park--South 11.5 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
196 Dorothea Dix Park 6.9 3 6 50.0% 18.8%
197 Beaver Marsh 16.7 49 206 23.8% 18.5%
198 Jordan Game Land--Audubon Platform 12.3 7 20 35.0% 18.1%
199 Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park 22.3 17 64 26.6% 17.3%
200 Crowder District Park 6.8 4 10 40.0% 16.8%
201 Jordan Lake--NC Forest HQ (Model Plane Field) 14.1 7 22 31.8% 16.4%
202 North Carolina Museum of Art--Goodnight Park 4.4 3 7 42.9% 15.8%
203 Lake Wheeler marshes 6.9 24 109 22.0% 15.3%
204 Martin Luther King Jr Park 19.7 4 11 36.4% 15.2%
205 Crabtree Creek Greenway--Capital Blvd to Atlantic Ave 9.6 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
206 Neuse River Trail (Historic only. Use more specific location.) 13.5 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
207 Historic Oakwood Cemetery 8.7 2 4 50.0% 15.0%
208 Falls Lake--Beaverdam Reservoir 18.0 10 39 25.6% 14.6%
209 Falls Lake--Neuse River RR Grade (Granville Co) 20.0 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
210 Carrboro High School 18.4 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
211 Chandler's Swamp 16.9 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
212 Pulley Town Road Fields 22.5 3 8 37.5% 13.7%
213 Lake Crabtree Nature Trail--Southport Entrance 3.3 21 108 19.4% 13.1%
214 Duke University--Reclamation Pond 17.3 8 34 23.5% 12.4%
215 Falls Lake SRA--Information Center 16.3 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
216 Jordan Lake SRA--Poplar Point 14.2 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
217 Leesville Park 7.5 2 5 40.0% 11.8%
218 Lake Wheeler 8.2 10 49 20.4% 11.5%
219 Harris Lake--NE of New Hill-Holleman Rd. 13.3 6 26 23.1% 11.0%
220 Jordan Game Land--Farrington Point Boating Access 13.1 6 27 22.2% 10.6%
221 Fearrington Village 17.5 5 22 22.7% 10.1%
222 UNC Chapel Hill--Battle Grove 17.1 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
223 Haw River--Bynum Dam 20.5 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
224 Glennstone/Heron Rookery 18.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
225 Whippoorwill Park & Warren Creek Trail 19.4 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
226 Jack Marley Park 19.7 2 6 33.3% 9.7%
227 Jordan Game Land--Cub Creek 13.7 4 17 23.5% 9.6%
228 Crabtree Creek Watershed 4.7 7 37 18.9% 9.5%
229 Duke Forest--Shepherd Nature Trail 18.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
230 Falls Lake--Olive Grove Church Rd. 17.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
231 Jordan Lake SRA--Vista Point 16.1 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
232 Jordan Lake SRA--Robeson Creek Canoe Access 18.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
233 Falls Lake--Holly Pt./Shinleaf 15.9 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
234 Little Creek Trail 15.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
235 Falls Lake--Mountains-to-Sea Trail South of Cheek Rd. 17.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
236 Valley Springs Park 20.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
237 DO NOT USE--Historical Only for Brumley Nature Preserve 22.4 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
238 Erwin Road Swamp 17.7 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
239 American Tobacco Trail--Southpoint Crossing 12.0 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
240 Rock Ridge Park 23.8 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
241 Biltmore Hills Park (Access from Fitzgerald Dr.) 9.2 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
242 Jordan Game Land--Seaforth Road South End 17.3 1 2 50.0% 9.5%
243 Pullen Park 6.6 3 12 25.0% 8.9%
244 Falls Lake--Hwy. 50 Boat Ramp 16.8 6 34 17.6% 8.3%
245 Lick Creek Waterfowl Impoundment 13.2 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
246 Little River Waterfowl Impoundment 20.6 2 7 28.6% 8.2%
247 Jordan Game Land--Rock Quarry Public Fishing Area 13.8 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
248 Salem Pond Park 4.5 2 8 25.0% 7.1%
249 North Carolina State University Campus 6.2 6 42 14.3% 6.7%
250 Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park 15.6 2 9 22.2% 6.3%
251 Jordan Game Land--(751 bridge) White Oak Creek 10.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
252 Kildaire Farms Lake 2.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
253 Duke Forest--Gate 12 19.9 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
254 Harris Game Land--Lower Boat Ramp 18.6 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
255 American Tobacco Trail--C.M. Herndon Park 10.4 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
256 William B. Umstead SP--Turkey Creek Trail 4.2 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
257 Robertson Millpond Preserve 20.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
258 Little River Fishing Facility 23.7 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
259 Raven Rock SP--Avents Creek Access Area 22.3 1 3 33.3% 6.1%
260 Falls Lake--Rollingview Marina 15.5 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
261 Jordan Lake--Marthas Chapel Pulloff 12.6 2 10 20.0% 5.7%
262 Maple View Farm (Birding From Roads Only) 24.1 9 93 9.7% 5.2%
263 Poplar Point Wastewater Ponds (Restricted Access) 13.8 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
264 Eden Lakes 23.7 2 11 18.2% 5.1%
265 Eno River SP--Pleasant Green 21.9 2 12 16.7% 4.7%
266 Jordan Game Land--(Hortons Pond Rd.) Mill Branch 11.6 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
267 South Durham WRF 13.3 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
268 Shearon Harris Visitor's Center 12.7 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
269 Strickland Park 8.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
270 Capital Hills Drive Wetlands 13.9 1 4 25.0% 4.6%
271 Ammons Farm Rd. 24.7 1 5 20.0% 3.6%
272 Harris Game Land--Upper Boat Ramp 15.5 5 69 7.2% 3.1%
273 Roland E. Horne Walking Trail 23.4 1 6 16.7% 3.0%
274 Falls Lake 15.1 2 21 9.5% 2.7%
275 J.C. Raulston Arboretum 4.6 1 7 14.3% 2.6%
276 Brier Creek Reservoir 5.9 5 86 5.8% 2.5%
277 Raleigh-Durham Airport Observation Deck 6.4 1 10 10.0% 1.8%
278 Inwood Rd. 7.3 2 34 5.9% 1.6%
279 Jordan Lake--Farrington Point Rd Causeway 12.9 1 15 6.7% 1.2%
280 Jordan Lake--Crosswinds Marina 13.2 1 23 4.3% 0.8%
281 Ten-Ten Road Pond 9.4 1 24 4.2% 0.7%
282 Orange County Sportsplex Pond 24.9 1 47 2.1% 0.4%