Impaired Water - Badfish Creek (Badfish Creek)
Dane, Rock County, Wisconsin
LR06, LR07
799500
0.00 - 12.30
12.30
Water is impaired due to one or more pollutants and associated quality impacts.
Notes
This segment of Badfish Creek was put on the Impaired Waters List in the 1998 cycle for PCBs in sediment and fish tissue.

This water was evaluated every two-year cycle from 2014 to 2024; phosphorus was identified as an additional pollutant, but bug and fish communities were in good condition.
Listing Details
Pollutant
Total Phosphorus
Listed For
Fish and Aquatic Life
Impairments
High Phosphorus Levels
Current Use
Unsupported Aquatic Life
Listing Status
303d Listed
Attainable Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
Priority
Low
Designated Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
303(d) ID
2012-2020
Listing Date
4/1/2012
Impaired Water Notes
This stream segment was assessed during the 2012 listing cycle, and total phosphorus sample data exceed criteria by 2X for the fish and aquatic life use.
Date
3/1/2013

Impaired Water Notes
This water was assessed during the 2014 listing cycle; total phosphorus sample data exceed 2014 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
2/26/2014

 
Pollutant
PCBs
Listed For
Fish and Aquatic Life
Impairments
PCBs Contaminated Fish Tissue, PCB Contaminated Sediments
Current Use
Unsupported Aquatic Life
Listing Status
303d Listed
Attainable Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
Priority
Low
Designated Use
WWSF - Warmwater Sport Fishery
303(d) ID
16
Listing Date
4/1/1998
Impaired Water Notes
Changed from high priority to low priority.
Date
4/1/2008