Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
SH03
56400
0.00 - 4.00
4.00
Water is impaired due to one or more pollutants and associated quality impacts.
Notes
On 303d list, EAP Project.
This water was assessed during the 2014 listing cycle; biological sample data met 2014 WisCALM listing thresholds for the Fish and Aquatic Life use (i.e. macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) average scored in the fair to excellent condition categories).
This water was assessed during the 2018 listing cycle; new total phosphorus sample data may meet 2018 WisCALM listing criteria for the Fish and Aquatic Life use; however, available biological data did not indicate impairment (i.e. no macroinvertebrate or fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scored in the "poor" condition category).
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
625
Listing Date
4/1/2002
Impaired Water Notes
This impairment listing may become a 4B (EAP Project) for the 2020 list if the project qualifies.
Date
3/26/2018
Impaired Water Notes
Note: Internal tracking lists EAP but still considered Category 5A
Date
4/1/2008
Impaired Water Notes
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources began a comprehensive,
multidisciplinary evaluation-monitoring program in 1989
to assess the effectiveness of the Wisconsin Nonpoint
Source Program. Hydrologic, water-quality, habitat, and
fish data were collected at Otter Creek from 1990 to 2002
with the pre-BMP (best-management practice) period ending
in September 1993 and the post-BMP period beginning
in October 1999. BMPs installed in this basin included
streambank protection and fencing, stream crossings,
grade stabilization, buffer strips, various barnyard-runoff
controls, nutrient management, and a low degree of upland
BMPs. Reductions between pre- and post-BMP periods
were detected in median concentrations of base-flow
samples for total suspended solids and BOD5 but not for
total phosphorus or dissolved ammonia nitrogen; fecal
coliform concentrations in base-flow samples increased
over the study period.
Date
4/18/2013