Impaired Water - Beaver Creek (Beaver Creek)
Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
LC14
2129400
0.00 - 8.05
8.05
Water is impaired due to one or more pollutants and associated quality impacts.
Notes
This segment of Beaver Creek was evaluated for biology every two years between 2016 and 2020; biology communities were consistently good.

Phosphorus evaluation in 2018 showed levels were too high. This water is covered by a restoration plan: Healthy Soils and Healthy Waters: A Community Strategy for the Eau Claire River Watershed (expires 2027). New water quality data reviewed in the 2024 cycle indicated no additional pollutants.
Listing Details
Pollutant
Total Phosphorus
Listed For
Fish and Aquatic Life
Impairments
Impairment Unknown
Current Use
Unsupported Aquatic Life
Listing Status
303d Listed
Attainable Use
Coldwater - aquatic life, spawning
Priority
Low
Designated Use
Coldwater - aquatic life, spawning
303(d) ID
2018-154
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). Available temperature sample data exceed 2018 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use.
Date
7/27/2017