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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Scott Flowage, Upper, in the Wausaukee and Lower Menominee Rivers Watershed, is a 124.48 acre lake that falls in Marinette County. This lake is managed for fishing and swimming and is currently not considered impaired.
Date 2011
Author Aquatic Biologist
Historical Description
Source: 1975, Surface Water Resources of Marinette County Upper Scott Flowage, T31N, R23E, Section 32 Surface Acres-141.5, Secchi Disk-8 feet, Maximum Depth-17 feet A hard water drainage lake (impoundment) on the Menominee River having slightly acid, light brown water. The littoral zone is composed of sand (50 percent), gravel (10 percent) and muck (30 percent) and lesser amounts of silt and rubble. The shoreline is primarily upland, consisting of mixed hardwoods, with a small area of shrub bog wetland. The known fish population consists of northern pike, walleye, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, lake sturgeon and panfish. A boat landing without parking provides public access. One boat rental and nine dwellings are located on the shoreline. Waterfowl make moderate use of this flowage on their spring and fall migrations. The dam is maintained by the Scott Paper Company and has a head of 16 feet.
Date 1975
Author Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin
Condition
Wisconsin has over 84,000 miles of streams, 15,000 lakes and milllions of acres of wetlands. Assessing the condition of this vast amount of water is challenging. The state's water monitoring program uses a media-based, cross-program approach to analyze water condition. An updated monitoring strategy (2015-2020) is now available. Compliance with Clean Water Act fishable, swimmable standards are located in the Executive Summary of Water Condition in 2018. See also the 'monitoring and projects' tab.
Reports
Management Goals
Wisconsin's Water Quality Standards provide qualitative and quantitative goals for waters that are protective of Fishable, Swimmable conditions [Learn more]. Waters that do not meet water quality standards are considered impaired and restoration actions are planned and carried out until the water is once again fishable and swimmable
Management goals can include creation or implementation of a Total Maximum Daily Load analysis, a Nine Key Element Plan, or other restoration work, education and outreach and more. If specific recommendations exist for this water, they will be displayed below online.
Monitoring
Monitoring the condition of a river, stream, or lake includes gathering physical, chemical, biological, and habitat data. Comprehensive studies often gather all these parameters in great detail, while lighter assessment events will involve sampling physical, chemical and biological data such as macroinvertebrates. Aquatic macroinvertebrates and fish communities integrate watershed or catchment condition, providing great insight into overall ecosystem health. Chemical and habitat parameters tell researchers more about human induced problems including contaminated runoff, point source dischargers, or habitat issues that foster or limit the potential of aquatic communities to thrive in a given area. Wisconsin's Water Monitoring Strategy was recenty updated.
Grants and Management Projects
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Monitoring Projects
| WBIC | Official Waterbody Name | Station ID | Station Name | Earliest Fieldwork Date | Latest Fieldwork Date | View Station | View Data |
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| 609400 | Upper Scott Flowage 4060 | 10014954 | Upper Scott Flowage- Wi-Mi_General Lake Stat | | | Map | Data |
| 609200 | Scott Flowage | 383012 | Menominee River - Scott Paper Marinette Outfall004 | 5/8/1978 | 7/30/1985 | Map | Data |
| 609400 | Upper Scott Flowage 4060 | 384012 | Scott Flowage - Center | 7/17/1979 | 9/16/2019 | Map | Data |
| 609200 | Scott Flowage | 10012732 | Lower Scott Flowage | 6/26/1991 | 8/23/2021 | Map | Data |
| 609400 | Upper Scott Flowage 4060 | 10003665 | Upper Scott Flowage | 9/17/2003 | 9/30/2017 | Map | Data |
| 609400 | Upper Scott Flowage 4060 | 383283 | Menominee River - Wright Slough | | | Map | Data |
| 609400 | Upper Scott Flowage 4060 | 383217 | Menominee River - 300 Ft Ab 2 Dam | 9/19/1989 | 10/23/1989 | Map | Data |
| 609400 | Upper Scott Flowage 4060 | 383140 | Menominee River - 15' Off Indian Mount Pt | 8/3/1989 | 8/3/1989 | Map | Data |
| 609400 | Upper Scott Flowage 4060 | 10019126 | Menominee River - Upper Scott Flowage -- Access at Sth 180 | 10/28/2009 | 6/15/2021 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Upper Scott Flowage 4060 is located in the Wausaukee and Lower Menominee Rivers watershed which is 187.05 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (49.50%), wetland (34.50%) and a mix of grassland (6.30%) and other uses (9.70%). This watershed has 204.27 stream miles, 5,835.97 lake acres and 33,470.94 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Low for runoff impacts on streams, Not Ranked for runoff impacts on lakes and Low for runoff impacts on groundwater and therefore has an overall rank of Low. This value can be used in ranking the watershed or individual waterbodies for grant funding under state and county programs.However, all waters are affected by diffuse pollutant sources regardless of initial water quality. Applications for specific runoff projects under state or county grant programs may be pursued. For more information, go to surface water program grants.