Brown County, Wisconsin
LF01, LF02
122200
0.00 - 14.15
14.15
Water is impaired due to one or more pollutants and associated quality impacts.
Notes
Ashwaubenon Creek was put on the Impaired Waters List in the 2008 cycle for phosphorus and sediment as pollutants; DO and degraded habitat as impairments. This water is part of the Lower Fox River TP & TSS TMDL that was approved by the EPA in 2012.
This segment of Ashwaubenon Creek was evaluated every two-year cycle from 2012 to 2024; elevated phosphorus levels were confirmed in several cycles. Biological communities, bugs and fish, were found to be in good condition.Pollutant
Sediment/Total Suspended Solids
Listed For
Fish and Aquatic Life
Impairments
Degraded Habitat
Current Use
Unsupported Aquatic Life
Listing Status
TMDL Approved
Attainable Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
Priority
Not Applicable
Designated Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
303(d) ID
2008-4
Listing Date
4/1/2008
Impaired Water Notes
Water Quality Exceedances (As applicable)
Dissolved Oxygen = 4.5 mg/l at Station 053119: 7/13/1992 & 3/12/1997, data in SWIMS database
USGS Station 04085068: 131 days with Minimum Daily Dissolved Oxygen < 5 mg/l from 5/2005 though 9/2005, UWM Sonde data available at http://www.uwgb.edu/watershed/data/UWM/Sonde/Ashwaub_Sonde05.xls
Assessment Parameters (M-IBI, FISH IBI, HBI)
Stream Habitat Rating not available, Warmwater IBI Integrity Rating SWIMS station 10007892 “very poor” (14/8/2000), data in Fisheries database
HBI max 10 = 5.6 7.5 (table below) indicating “fair to fairly poor” water quality rating & “fairly significant to significant” degree of organic pollution (Lillie et al 2003), data in SWIMS database
Date
3/13/2008
Impaired Water Notes
The Lower Fox River Basin TP and TSS TMDL was approved by the U.S. EPA on May 18, 2012. The TMDL covers 27 waterbody segments impaired by total phosphorus and 18 waterbodies impaired by TSS for a total of 45 TMDLs. These TMDLs address degraded habitat, low Dissolved Oxygen (DO), eutrophication, and turbidity impairments.
Date
5/25/2012
Pollutant
Total Phosphorus
Listed For
Fish and Aquatic Life
Impairments
Low DO
Current Use
Unsupported Aquatic Life
Listing Status
TMDL Approved
Attainable Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
Priority
Not Applicable
Designated Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
303(d) ID
2008-5
Listing Date
4/1/2008
Impaired Water Notes
The streams bottom material consists of rubble, gravel, and silt. Ashwaubenon Creek is sluggish and turbid and has little fishery value. In the agricultural areas the stream banks and hills are ba~e and erosion is heavy
due to cattle pasturing. In the residential areas of DePere the stream
is filled with litter and debris.
Date
7/1/1992
Impaired Water Notes
Water Quality Exceedances (As applicable)
Dissolved Oxygen = 4.5 mg/l at Station 053119: 7/13/1992 & 3/12/1997, data in SWIMS database
USGS Station 04085068: 131 days with Minimum Daily Dissolved Oxygen < 5 mg/l from 5/2005 though 9/2005, UWM Sonde data available at http://www.uwgb.edu/watershed/data/UWM/Sonde/Ashwaub_Sonde05.xls
Assessment Parameters (M-IBI, FISH IBI, HBI)
Stream Habitat Rating not available, Warmwater IBI Integrity Rating SWIMS station 10007892 “very poor” (14/8/2000), data in Fisheries database
HBI max 10 = 5.6 7.5 (table below) indicating “fair to fairly poor” water quality rating & “fairly significant to significant” degree of organic pollution (Lillie et al 2003), data in SWIMS database
Date
3/13/2008
Impaired Water Notes
The Lower Fox River Basin TP and TSS TMDL was approved by the U.S. EPA on May 18, 2012. The TMDL covers 27 waterbody segments impaired by total phosphorus and 18 waterbodies impaired by TSS for a total of 45 TMDLs. These TMDLs address degraded habitat, low Dissolved Oxygen (DO), eutrophication, and turbidity impairments.
Date
5/25/2012
Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2016 listing cycle; total phosphorus sample data overwhelmingly exceed 2016 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use and biological impairment was observed (i.e. at least one macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scored in the poor condition category).
Date
9/9/2015
Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2018 listing cycle; new total phosphorus sample data overwhelmingly exceed 2018 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use, however, available biological data do not indicate impairment (i.e. no macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scored in the "poor" condition category).
Date
4/18/2017
Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2020 listing cycle; new total phosphorus sample data exceed 2020 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish Aquatic Life use
Date
8/16/2019