Impaired Water - Silver Creek (Silver Creek)
Fond Du Lac, Green Lake County, Wisconsin
UF07
146800
0.97 - 12.41
11.44
Water is impaired due to one or more pollutants and associated quality impacts.
Notes
This segment of Silver Creek was put on the Impaired Waters List in the 1998 cycle for sediment and degraded habitat, in the 2018 cycle for phosphorus, and is proposed for the 2022 list for bacteria. This water was evaluated every two-year cycle from 2016 to 2022; chloride, fish and bug data showed no impairments. The phosphorus listing was confirmed in the 2024 cycle. This water is covered by the Upper Fox & Wolf River Basins TMDL, approved by the US EPA on February 27, 2020.
Listing Details
Pollutant
E. coli
Listed For
Recreation
Impairments
Recreational Restrictions - Pathogens
Current Use
Restricted Recreation
Listing Status
303d Listed
Attainable Use
Recreation
Priority
Low
Designated Use
Recreation
303(d) ID
2022-019
Listing Date
4/1/2022
Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2022 listing cycle; new E. coli sample data exceeded 2022 WisCALM listing criteria for Recreation Use.
Date
6/12/2021

 
Pollutant
Total Phosphorus
Listed For
Fish and Aquatic Life
Impairments
Impairment Unknown
Current Use
Unsupported Aquatic Life
Listing Status
TMDL Approved
Attainable Use
Default - Fish and Aquatic Life
Priority
Not Applicable
Designated Use
Default - Fish and Aquatic Life
303(d) ID
2018-053
Listing Date
4/1/2018
Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2018 listing cycle; new total phosphorus sample data 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
7/14/2017

Impaired Water Notes
This water is covered by the Upper Fox & Wolf River Basins TMDL, approved by the US EPA on February 27, 2020.
Date
3/4/2020

Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2022 cycle; new phosphorus sample data exceeded 2022 WisCALM listing criteria for Aquatic Life use.
Date
6/12/2021

 
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
Default - Fish and Aquatic Life
Priority
Not Applicable
Designated Use
Default - Fish and Aquatic Life
303(d) ID
431
Listing Date
4/1/1998
Impaired Water Notes
The dam in Ripon causes very heavy slime growth below the dam during warm periods of the year as well as eliminates fish migration resulting in several related problems like clam distribution and migration of trout. It also causes excessive warming. Silver Cr. has been classified Class II trout water from the Origin down to the impoundment.
Date
1/9/2006

Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2016 listing cycle; temperature data exceeded 2016 WisCALM listing thresholds for the Fish and Aquatic Life use.
Date
8/30/2015

Impaired Water Notes
This water is covered by the Upper Fox & Wolf River Basins TMDL, approved by the US EPA on February 27, 2020.
Date
3/4/2020