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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Klein Creek, T17N, R5E, Section 29 Surface Acres = 1.8, Miles = 2.9, Gradient = 13.3 feet per mile.
Klein Creek is a clear, medium hard water stream, having a silt and sand bottom, that flows in a westerly direction into Castle Rock Lake. It has no known sport fishery value. Small forage fish species are present. Wood ducks nest along the stream. Access is possible from two road crossings.
From: Klick, Thomas A. and C.W. Threinen. 1966. Surface Water Resources of Adams County: Lake and Stream Classification Project. Wisconsin Conservation Department, Madison, WI.
Date 1966
Author Aquatic Biologist
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
Recommendations
Citizen-Based Stream Monitoring
Collect chemical, physical, and/or biological water quality data to assess the current overall stream health. The data can inform management decisions and may be used to identify impaired waters for biennial lists.
Citizen-Based Stream Monitoring
Collect chemical, physical, and/or biological water quality data to assess the current overall stream health. The data can inform management decisions and may be used to identify impaired waters for biennial lists.
Citizen-Based Stream Monitoring
Collect chemical, physical, and/or biological water quality data to assess the current overall stream health. The data can inform management decisions and may be used to identify impaired waters for biennial lists.
Cost-Share Agreement
Adams County proposes to provide up to 75% of the cost of shoreland restoration practices to lake front property owners on Castle Rock Lake. Grant funds will be distributed to fund removal of sea walls, minor bank re-shaping, placement of rip-rap, establishment of vegetative buffers and implementation of individual stormwater management plans.
Habitat Restoration - Instream
Through administrative rule, establish a Public Interest Flow at Friendship Dam to balance water level / lake level concerns and downstream water quality interests and help protect habitat below the dam.
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
Monitoring Projects
WBIC | Official Waterbody Name | Station ID | Station Name | Earliest Fieldwork Date | Latest Fieldwork Date | View Station | View Data |
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1345800 | Klein Creek | 10033599 | Klein Creek - End of the Wisconsin Power public boat landing dock off County Z | | | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10044977 | Klein Creek Upstream 18th Ave | 1/1/2015 | 9/20/2016 | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10017853 | Klein Creek/Castle Rock Flowage -- Access | 6/24/2006 | 8/10/2014 | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10013247 | Klein Creek Above 11th Ave. | | | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10031302 | Klein Creek at 10th Ave. | 5/16/2012 | 9/12/2015 | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10040133 | Klein Creek 2000ft N of CTH F | 8/19/2013 | 6/14/2018 | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10010732 | Klein Creek at 11th Ave | 10/4/2005 | 10/4/2005 | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10031301 | Klein Creek at 16th Ave | 5/16/2010 | 10/29/2019 | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10033597 | Petenwell Lake Adams Co Castle Rock Pk boat basin Dock 23-24 | | | Map | Data |
1345800 | Klein Creek | 10010727 | Klein Creek at Cth F | 10/8/2003 | 9/24/2012 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Klein Creek is located in the Little Roche A Cri Creek watershed which is 196.20 miĀ². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (55.60%), agricultural (23.20%) and a mix of wetland (9.70%) and other uses (11.50%). This watershed has 108.40 stream miles, 12,554.07 lake acres and 18,156.97 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Medium for runoff impacts on streams, Low for runoff impacts on lakes and High for runoff impacts on groundwater and therefore has an overall rank of High. 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.