Green, Lafayette
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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
This very small stream originates in western Green County and flows westward where it feeds into Trotter Branch just inside the Lafayette County line. The stream is on the state’s list of impaired waters because it suffers from poor habitat, low flow and channel straightening. Sampling conducting in 1985 and 1990 showed only the presence of brook stickleback (Marshall, 1991).
Surveys conducted in 2007 and 2008 at Jordan-Wiota Road and Duncan Hollow Road, respectively, continued to show a dearth of fish. For the most part, the stream flows mainly through a box elder corridor. This leads to bank slumping and erosion causing the stream to become wide, shallow, and lacking in habitat. The upper portions of the stream do contain some gravel riffle areas. Macroinvertebrates, dominated by Gammarus pseudolimnaeus, show good water quality from an organic loading standpoint. The macroinvertebrate IBI showed very poor indications of habitat/land use in the upper sections and good in the lower section. This is not consistent with biologist’s observations. Because of low flow, and possibly cool temperatures, the stream will always be limited in the number and diversity of fish it can support. However, habitat continues to be a limiting factor to this stream achieving its potential.
Date 2010
Author James Amrhein
Overview
Jockey Hollow Creek
This two-mile stream originates in western Green County and flows westward where it feeds into Trotter Branch just
inside the Lafayette County line. The stream is on the state's list of impaired waters because it suffers from poor
habitat, low flow, channel straightening, and sediment is the primary non-point source pollutant. Sampling conducted
in 1985 and 1990 showed only the presence of brook stickleback. The stream has the potential to be a warm water
forage fishery, but currently supports limited forage fish. It has not been monitored in recent years.
Date 2006
Author Aquatic Biologist
Overview
This very small stream originates in western Green County and flows westward where it feeds into Trotter Branch just inside the Lafayette County line. The stream is on the state’s list of impaired waters because it suffers from poor habitat, low flow and channel straightening. Sampling conducting in 1985 and 1990 showed only the presence of brook stickleback (Marshall, 1991). The stream has the potential to be a warm water forage fishery, but currently only supports limited forage fish. It has not been monitored in recent years.
Date 2002
Author Aquatic Biologist
Historical Description
From: Poff, Ronald J., and C.W. Threinen, Lake and Stream Classification Project. Surface Water Resources of Green County, Wisconsin Conservation Department, Madison I, 1961.
This very small stream originates in western Green County and flows westward where it feeds into Trotter Branch just inside the Lafayette County line. The stream is on the stateýs list of impaired waters because it suffers from poor habitat, low flow and channel straightening. Sampling conducting in 1985 and 1990 showed only the presence of brook stickleback (Marshall, 1991). The stream has the potential to be a warm water forage fishery, but currently only supports limited forage fish. It has not been monitored in recent years.
Date 2004
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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| 899500 | Unnamed | 10021942 | Unnamed Creek-Jockey Hollow Creek At Jordan Wiota Road | 10/30/2007 | 1/1/2015 | Map | Data |
| 899500 | Unnamed | 333213 | Jockey Hollow Creek - Jordan-Wiota Rd | 4/24/1990 | 4/24/1990 | Map | Data |
| 899500 | Unnamed | 10022103 | Jockey Hollow Creek At Duncan Hill Road | 10/29/2007 | 10/14/2021 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Unnamed is located in the Lower East Branch Pecatonica Rivers watershed which is 144.80 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily grassland (44.90%), agricultural (35.10%) and a mix of forest (16%) and other uses (3.90%). This watershed has 370.96 stream miles, 107.68 lake acres and 2,029.49 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Not Available for runoff impacts on streams, Not Available 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.This water is ranked High Stream for individual Rivers based on runoff problems and the likelihood of success from project implementation.