Impaired Water - Stony Brook (Stony Brook)
Calumet County, Wisconsin
MA05
81500
1.84 - 6.23
4.39
Water is impaired due to one or more pollutants and associated quality impacts.
Notes
Stony Brook was assessed in 2016 and 2018 for temperature and levels were good for healthy aquatic communities. In 2020 Stony Brook was assessed for phosphorus and levels were found to be too high for healthy aquatic communities like plants, fish, and bugs. This water was listed in 2020. This listing is covered by the Northeast Lakeshore TMDL, approved in 2023. New water quality data reviewed in the 2024 cycle confirmed the phosphorus listing.
Listing Details
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
2020-038
Listing Date
4/1/2020
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 and Aquatic Life use, however, no biological data (i.e. no macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scores) were available to assess biological impairment.
Date
7/3/2019