“…Extensive research over the last several decades has indicated development that replaces natural land cover often significantly decreases stream water quality (e.g., Cole, Peierls, Caraco, & Pace, ; Howarth, Fruci, & Sherman, ; Mattikalli & Richards, ; McKee, Eyre, & Hossain, ; McKee, Eyre, Hossain, & Pepperell, ; Meybeck, ). However, studies that have evaluated impacts between urban and agricultural land cover on suspended solid and nutrient concentrations have yielded inconsistent and sometimes contradictory results between various U.S. ecoregions (e.g., Dodds & Oakes, ; Golay, Thompson, Mabry, & Kolka, ; Line, White, Osmond, Jennings, & Mojonnier, ; Miller et al., ; Paul & Meyer, ). In some cases, land cover impacts within a study area can also vary between the water quality parameters that are being examined (e.g., Lenat & Crawford, ; Line et al., ; Vidon et al., ).…”