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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Ashwaubenon Creek, a 15-mile sluggish, hard water stream flowing through agricultural and residential Brown County. Bottom materials consist of rubble, gravel and silt. In the agricultural portion of the stream the stream banks and hills are bare and erosion heavy due to cattle pasturing. In the residential area the stream is filled with litter an debris.
Nonpoint source pollution, point source pollution and urban stormwater runoff singly or in combination cause sedimentation, low dissolved oxygen levels, all of which contribute to poor water quality. Dissolved oxygen and temperature were monitored to document swings in DO due to external factors like rain or plants. Violation of the 5 mg/l state DO standard occurred often. Low or no stream flow during critical summer months also plays a major role in limiting aquatic life in the watershed (Johnson 1996).
Bougie, Cheryl A. 1999. Lower Fox River Basin Water Quality Management Plan. Public Review Draft. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI.
Date 1999
Author Cheryl Bougie
Condition
Wisconsin has over 84,000 miles of streams, 15,000 lakes and milllions of acres of wetlands. Assessing the condition of this vast amount of water is challenging. The state's water quality monitoring program uses a tiered approach to analyze compliance with Clean Water Act fishable, swimmable standards. The narrative summary of water condition will be posted here when one is available. See also 'monitoring' and 'projects'.
Reports
Recommendations
Navigability Determination
Private Claim 35,36 T22N R19E; Ashwaubenon Creek, trib;
Navigability Determination
S6 T22N R20E; Ashwaubenon Creek;
TMDL USEPA Approved
Ashwaubenon Creek TMDL Approved
Management Goals
Wisconsin's Water Quality Standards (State Administrative Code NR 102) provide qualitative and quantitative goals for waters that are protective of Fishable, Swimmable conditions [Learn more].
Waters that do not meet water quality standards are considered impaired and restoration actions are planned and carried out until the water is once again fishable and swimmable.
Management goals can include creation and implementation of a Total Maximum Daily Load Analysis, habitat restoration work, partnership education and outreach and more. If specific recommendations exist for this water, they will be displayed below.
Monitoring
Monitoring the condition of a river, stream, or lake includes gathering physical, chemical, biological, and habitat data. Comprehensive studies often gather all these parameters in great detail, while lighter assessment events will involve sampling physical, chemical and biological data such as macroinvertebrates. Aquatic macroinvertebrates and fish communities integrate watershed or catchment condition, providing great insight into overall ecosystem health. Chemical and habitat parameters tell researchers more about human induced problems including contaminated runoff, point source dischargers, or habitat issues that foster or limit the potential of aquatic communities to thrive in a given area.
Grants and Management Projects
Monitoring Projects
| WBIC | Official Waterbody Name | Station ID | Station Name | Earliest Fieldwork Date | Latest Fieldwork Date | View Station | View Data |
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| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 053671 | Ashwaubenon Creek - Ashwaubenon Creek At Cth H Bridge De Pere | | | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 10007892 | Aswaubenon Creek - Glory Rd Upstream | 11/9/2000 | 11/9/2000 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 053697 | Ashwaubenon Creek at Baeten Rd | | | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 053213 | Fox River at Ashwaubenon Creek | 8/31/1976 | 8/31/1988 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 053232 | Ashwaubenon Creek at Creamery Road | 5/13/1976 | 8/14/2006 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 10017403 | Ashwaubenon Creek-Schneider International | 9/28/1999 | 9/28/1999 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 053231 | Ashwaubenon Creek at Cth F | 4/28/1976 | 6/24/1976 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 10016502 | Ashwaubenon Creek - Grant Street | 9/29/1994 | 9/28/2010 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 053119 | Ashwaubenon Creek - County Highway H-Broadway St. 150 Feet Upstream Of Bridge | 7/13/1992 | 7/7/1999 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 053641 | Ashwaubenon Creek at Cth G Brg | 5/12/1980 | 12/16/1997 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 053233 | Ashwaubenon Creek - Trib Nr Ashwab Cr | 5/13/1976 | 5/13/1976 | Map | Data |
| 122200 | Ashwaubenon Creek | 10019161 | Fox River -- Ashwaubomay Park | | | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Ashwaubenon Creek is located in the East River watershed which is 206.32 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily agricultural (58.62%), suburban (12.03%) and a mix of forest (8.45%) and other uses (20.90%). This watershed has 432.18 stream miles, 7,625.39 lake acres and 6,193.00 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked high for streams, not available for lakes and high for groundwater and therefore has an overall rank of high. This water is not ranked for pollution runoff.
Natural Community
Ashwaubenon Creek is considered a Cool (Warm Transition) Headwater under the state's Natural Community Determinations.
Natural Communities are identified based on modeled flow and temperature characteristics. Learn More
Cool (Warm-Transition) Headwaters are small, sometimes intermittent streams with cool to warm summer temperatures. Coldwater fishes are uncommon to absent, transitional fishes are abundant to common, and warm water fishes are common to uncommon. Headwater species are abundant to common, mainstem species are common to absent, and river species are absent.