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Excess sediment loss from poorly maintained unpaved roads to adjacent waterways blocks sunlight, decreasing primary productivity and increasing nutrient concentrations. This is particularly relevant to Arkansas, where 85% of county roads are unpaved; however, few studies have explored the impacts of unpaved roads in rural watersheds dominated by pasture. We sampled Brush Creek (Arkansas) to understand local (i.e., road crossing type) and watershed\u2010scale (e.g., land cover\/use) controls on sediment loss. We collected monthly baseflow and four opportunistic storm flow samples for total suspended solids (TSS) upstream and downstream at bridge, culvert, and direct stream crossings. Mean TSS yields downstream versus upstream of road crossings were comparable, especially at bridge and culvert sites, indicating these road crossings may not be critical TSS sources. At the watershed scale, TSS load showed increasing trends as both total length of unpaved roads and area of pastureland in a subwatershed increased (linear mixed effects;\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.03,\n                    <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2\u00a0<\/jats:sup>\n                    =\u00a00.41,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0&gt;\u00a00.1;\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.67,\n                    <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>2\u00a0<\/jats:sup>\n                    =\u00a00.42,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a00.07, respectively). 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Targeted best management practice implementation should focus on unpaved roads and pasturelands during key transport periods to effectively protect downstream water quality.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/jeq2.70138","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,22]],"date-time":"2026-01-22T03:48:05Z","timestamp":1769053685000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Watershed\u2010scale controls outweigh local crossing effects on sediment loss from unpaved roads"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"55","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-3706-8738","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kathleen J.","family":"Cutting","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences University of Arkansas  Fayetteville Arkansas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3624-0327","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shannon L.","family":"Speir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences University of Arkansas  Fayetteville Arkansas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-8864-7747","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alana G.","family":"Strauss","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture  Little Rock Arkansas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-0228-4590","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karessa G.","family":"De La Paz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences University of Arkansas  Fayetteville Arkansas USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-3246-7569","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Caroline G. 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