Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning
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Purpose

Watershed plan update started in 2014. The Fourmile and Fivemile Creek Watershed is located in Wood and Portage Counties. This watershed was ranked using the Nonpoint Source Priority Watershed Selection Criteria. Based on available surface and groundwater data, the overall ranking is medium, establishing Fourmile - Fivemile Creek Watershed as a priority for future grant eligibility through the Nonpoint Source Pollution Abatement Program. In 1997, the Fourmile - Fivemile Creek Watershed was up for Priority Watershed Selection. However, due to program restructuring, no more were selected.

Groundwater resources within the watershed are ranked as a high priority for pollution control because of documented nonpoint source groundwater impacts.

Study Design

Watershed specified for planning and assessment purposes. Assessment of water quality condition in this respective county will use protocols described in WisCALM of the year of assessment. Minimum assessment work includes biological data (macroinvertebrates, fish indices), chemistry and habitat data. Additional work includes identification of priorities and goals, creating recommendations for actions, and updating narratives for watersheds and waterbodies. Assessments are to be double checked by at least one additional biologist.

Related Reports

Run Project Summary Report
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Water Quality Planning
Targeted Watershed Plans
CW10_WTPLAN
2011
Active
 
Reports and Documents
Wazeecha Lake Photos
Wazeecha Lake Photos
Fourmile and Fivemile Creeks Watershed CW10 mIBI Report
Bloody Run Creek Photo Four Mile Creek Watershed
Bloody Run Creek upstream of where it goes dry due to pumping. 4-mile Creek Watershed
Ditch #3 (Ditch Three, Four Mile creek watershed Bobcat
Ditch 3. 4-mile creek watershed Bobcat
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek Watershed Planning Wetlands Map 2013 (CW10)
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning Wetlands 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning Basemap Map 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning Trout Waters 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning Trout Waters 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning PRWs 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning PRWs 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning OERW Map 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning OERW 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning Land Use Map 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning Land Use 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning Dams and Outfalls Map 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek (CW10) Watershed Planning Dams and Outfalls 2013
Fourmile and Fivemile CW10_Watershed Table
Total Phosphorus Lakes Assessment Report [Wazeecha Lake, 1391200]
Total Phosphorus assessment results for Wazeecha Lake.
Chloraphyll a Lakes Assessment Report
Total Phosphorus Rivers Streams Assessment Report CW10
Total Phosphorus Rivers Streams Assessment Report CW10
Macroinvertebrate Assessment Package Report CW10 2003 to 2013
Assessment package for watershed planning.
CW10_mIBI_Rprt_2002-2013_chart
Assessment for watershed planning.
 
Activities & Recommendations
Water Quality Planning
The Fourmile and Fivemile Creek Watershed is 213.96 square miles located in Wood and Portage Counties. Seventy-eight streams (654.12 miles) and twenty-four lakes and flowages (3538.98) are located in the watershed. Much of the watershed lies within the townships of Plover, Buena Vista, and Grant in Portage County. The Portage County Soil Erosion Control Plan (1986) ranked these towns as high priority for erosion control work because of both wind and water erosion.
 
Watershed
Fourmile and Fivemile Creek
 
Waters
Buena Vista Creek
Monitoring Data