Crawford County, Wisconsin
LW02
1184800
0.00 - 5.99
5.99
Condition has remained stable; water is not impaired.
Notes
The 2011 assessment was based on fish and bug data.
This water was assessed during the 2018 listing cycle; new biological (fish Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) scores) and temperature sample data were clearly below 2018 WisCALM listing thresholds for the Fish and Aquatic Life use.Pollutant
Sediment/Total Suspended Solids
Listed For
Impairments
NA
Current Use
Listing Status
Water Delisted
Attainable Use
Priority
Delisted 2002
Designated Use
303(d) ID
415
Listing Date
4/1/1998
Impaired Water Notes
Correction.
Sand Creek was never codified as a trout stream. The 1994 Lower Wisconsin River Water Quality Management Plan states that the stream was not meeting its potential as a trout stream, but it was meeting its codified use of fish and aquatic life. Consequently, Sand Creek was erroneously listed as an impaired water in 1998. The 2001 fish and habitat survey documented a self-sustaining brown trout population that was not established by stocking. In 2001 Land use in the Sand Creek watershed was nearly entirely recreation land with very few active farms. Delisted from 303(d) List in 2002 due to its fully meeting aquatic life uses. It should not have originally been listed.
Date
4/1/2006