Water Detail - Slaughterhouse Creek, Pelican River Watershed (UW40)

Slaughterhouse Creek, Pelican River Watershed (UW40)

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Slaughterhouse Creek (1568100)

Size

0.70 Miles

Segment

0 - 0.70

Natural Community

Natural communities (stream and lake natural communities) represent model results that use predicted flow and temperature based on landscape features and related assumptions. Ranges of flow and temperature associated with specific aquatic life communities (fish, macroinvertebrates) help biologists identify appropriate resource management goals. Wisconsin Natural Communities.

Cool-Cold Headwater

Year Last Monitored

This is the most recent date of monitoring data stored in SWIMS. Additional surveys for fish and habitat may be available subsequent to this date.

2015

General Condition

Poor

This river is impaired

Impairments include

Chronic Aquatic Toxicity

Pollutants include

Unspecified Metals

County

Oneida

Trout Water

Trout Waters are represented by Class I, Class II or Class III waters. These classes have specific ecological characteristics and management actions associated with them. For more information regarding Trout Classifications, see the Fisheries Trout Class Webpages.

Yes

Outstanding or Exceptional

Wisconsin has designated many of the state's highest quality waters as Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs) or Exceptional Resource Waters (ERWs). Waters designated as ORW or ERW are surface waters which provide outstanding recreational opportunities, support valuable fisheries and wildlife habitat, have good water quality, and are not significantly impacted by human activities. ORW and ERW status identifies waters that the State of Wisconsin has determined warrant additional protection from the effects of pollution. These designations are intended to meet federal Clean Water Act obligations requiring Wisconsin to adopt an 'antidegradation' policy that is designed to prevent any lowering of water quality - especially in those waters having significant ecological or cultural value.

Yes

Impaired Water

A water is polluted or 'impaired' if it does not support full use by humans, wildlife, fish and other aquatic life and it is shown that one or more of the pollutant criteria are not met.

Yes

Fish and Aquatic Life

Current Use

The use the water currently supports. This is not a designation or classification; it is based on the current condition of the water. Information in this column is not designed for, and should not be used for, regulatory purposes.

Restricted Aquatic Life

Fish and Aquatic Life communities are not fully supported in this ecosystem.

Attainable Use

The use that the investigator believes the water could achieve through managing "controllable" sources. Beaver dams, hydroelectric dams, low gradient streams, and naturally occurring low flows are generally not considered controllable. The attainable use may be the same as the current use or it may be higher.

Cold (Class I Trout)

Streams supporting a cold water sport fishery, or serving as a spawning area for salmonids and other cold water fish species through natural reproduction. Representative aquatic life communities, associated with these waters, generally require cold temperatures and concentrations of dissolved oxygen that remain above 6 mg/L. Since these waters are capable of supporting natural reproduction, a minimum dissolved oxygen concentration of 7 mg/L is required during times of active spawning and support of early life stages of newly-hatched fish.

Designated Use

This is the water classification legally recognized by NR102 and NR104, Wis. Adm. Code. The classification determines water quality criteria and effluent limits. Waters obtain designated uses through classification procedures.

Cold

Streams capable of supporting a cold water sport fishery, or serving as a spawning area for salmonids and other cold water fish species. Representative aquatic life communities, associated with these waters, generally require cold temperatures and concentrations of dissolved oxygen that remain above 6 mg/L. Since these waters are capable of supporting natural reproduction, a minimum dissolved oxygen concentration of 7 mg/L is required during times of active spawning and support of early life stages of newly-hatched fish.

Historical Description

East from Pelican River 0.7 miles (class 1).

Date 1980

Author Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin

Slaughterhouse Creek, Pelican River Watershed (UW40) Fish and Aquatic Life

Slaughterhouse Creek, Pelican River Watershed (UW40) Recreation

Slaughterhouse Creek, Pelican River Watershed (UW40) Fish Consumption

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

Final Draft 2018 Impaired Waters List

Slaughterhouse Creek Chronic Toxicity Ambient Test Results

Oneida County Land and Water Resource Management Plan

Slaughterhouse Creek 2008 Impaired Waters Data Documentation

Slaughterhouse Creek Stations Maps

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

Project Name (Click for Details)	Year Started

Monitoring Projects

WBIC	Official Waterbody Name	Station ID	Station Name	Earliest Fieldwork Date	Latest Fieldwork Date	View Station	View Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443429	Slaughterhouse Creek - Backwater Pond	5/6/1997	9/10/2007	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037425	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - 50 FEET DOWNSTREAM OF RAILROAD BRIDGE	5/27/1998	5/27/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443438	Slaughterhouse Creek - Outlet 50 Ft Sw Of Rr Bridge	5/20/1998	9/10/2007	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443458	Slaughterhouse Creek - 165' Downstream Of Scw-9 Slough Mouth By Flt Bog	9/27/2000	9/27/2000	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443426	Slaughterhouse Creek - Upper By Old Foundation	5/6/1997	9/21/2015	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443452	Slaughterhouse Creek - 30' Above Ohison Rd Mid-Creek	9/30/1999	9/30/1999	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	445052	Slaughterhouse Creek			Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443433	Slaughterhouse Creek - Upper End; W Side Of Open Water	5/20/1998	5/13/2003	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037414	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - NE END OF SLOUGH NE OF MW-2	5/28/1998	5/28/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037427	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - UPPER CREEK POOL FROM BUILDING FOUNDATION	10/18/2001	10/18/2001	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037413	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - UPPER END OF CREEK	5/26/1998	5/26/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10030232	Slaugherhouse Cr backwater/wetland	6/17/2009	9/17/2012	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443440	Slaughterhouse Creek - Cattail Edge	5/20/1998	9/29/1999	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443460	Slaughterhouse Creek - Inner Mouth Of Scw-9 Slough By Shore	9/27/2000	9/27/2000	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443459	Slaughterhouse Creek - 100' Upstream Of Scw-9 Slough Mouth By Flt Bog			Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037412	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - NE PONDED WETLAND AT OPEN WATER	5/28/1998	5/28/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443418	Slaughterhouse Creek at Newell Rd	3/27/1997	9/21/2015	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037423	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - SLOUGH AND CREEK	5/28/1998	5/28/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037410	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - WETLAND NE LANDFILL W SHORE	5/26/1998	5/26/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037422	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - SW END OF SLOUGH NE OF MW-2	5/28/1998	5/28/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443427	Slaughterhouse Creek - Backwater	5/6/1997	9/21/2015	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037596	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - TRIBUTARY INTO CREEK FROM NORTH	10/18/2001	10/18/2001	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037411	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - S SHORE OF PONDED WETLAND NE OF LANDFILL	5/26/1998	5/26/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037434	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - HEADWATERS POND DOWNSTREAM CULVERT	10/18/2001	10/18/2001	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037424	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - NE OF MW-19	5/28/1998	5/28/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443430	Slaughterhouse Creek - 100 Yards Above Newell Road	5/6/1997	5/6/1997	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443434	Slaughterhouse Creek - NE End Of Slough Ne Of Mw-2	5/20/1998	9/10/2007	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443432	Slaughterhouse Creek - Outlet Channel From Ne Ponded Wetland	6/26/1998	9/27/2000	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443443	Slaughterhouse Creek - Above Slough	5/20/1998	5/13/2003	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10030233	Slaughterhouse Cr downstream from wetland restoration	6/17/2009	9/21/2015	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	10037409	RHINELANDER LANDFILL - SLAUGHTERHOUSE CREEK - 400 FT ABOVE LANDFILL	5/28/1998	5/28/1998	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443436	Slaughterhouse Creek - Outlet Of Slough Ne Of Mw-20	5/20/1998	9/21/2015	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443428	Slaughterhouse Creek - North Of Well Nest #2	5/6/1997	9/10/2007	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443435	Slaughterhouse Creek - W Shore Ponded Wetland Ne Of Landfill	5/20/1998	9/10/2007	Map	Data
1568100	Slaughterhouse Creek	443437	Slaughterhouse Creek - Slough Ne Of Mw-19	5/20/1998	9/21/2015	Map	Data

Watershed Characteristics

Slaughterhouse Creek is located in the Pelican River watershed which is 264.88 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (51.10%), wetland (37.30%) and a mix of open (5%) and other uses (6.60%). This watershed has 244.69 stream miles, 8,823.57 lake acres and 59,960.52 wetland acres.

Nonpoint Source Characteristics

This watershed is ranked Not Ranked for runoff impacts on streams, Medium 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.

Natural Community

Slaughterhouse Creek is considered a Cool-Cold Headwater under the state's Natural Community Determinations.

Natural communities (stream and lake natural communities) represent model results and DNR staff valiation processes that confirm or update predicted conditions based on flow and temperature modeling from historic and current landscape features and related variables. Predicated flow and temperatures for waters are associated predicated fish assemblages (communities). Biologists evaluate the model results against current survey data to determine if the modeled results are corect and whether biological indicators show water quaity degradation. This analysis is a core component of the state's resource management framework. Wisconsin's Riverine Natural Communities.

Cool (Cold-Transition) Headwaters are small, usually perennial streams with cold to cool summer temperatures. Coldwater fishes are common to uncommon (<10 per 100 m), transitional fishes are abundant to common, and warm water fishes are uncommon to absent. Headwater species are abundant to common, mainstem species are common to absent, and river species are absent.

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