Mc Clintock Creek, Yellowstone River Watershed (SP04)
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Mc Clintock Creek, Yellowstone River Watershed (SP04)
Mc Clintock Creek (902700)
6.93 Miles
0 - 6.93
Natural Community
Macroinvertebrate, Cool-Cold Headwater, Coldwater
Year Last Monitored
2020
Fair
 
Iowa, Lafayette
Trout Water 
No
Outstanding or Exceptional 
No
Impaired Water 
No

Fish and Aquatic Life

Current Use
Supported Aquatic Life
Attainable Use
WWSF
Designated Use
Default FAL

Overview

Mc Clintock Creek, in the Yellowstone River Watershed, is a 6.93 mile river that falls in Iowa and Lafayette Counties. This river is managed for fishing and swimming and is currently not considered impaired.

Date  2011

Author   Aquatic Biologist

Historical Description

McClintock Creek, T3N, R5E, Sections 9-7, Surface acres = 4.7, Miles = 5.8, Gradient = 31.3 feet per mile, Total alkalinity = 289 mg/l, Volume of flow= 3.2 cfs.
McClintock Creek is tributary to the Yellowstone River, entering it about 2.5 miles below Yellowstone Lake. There are some springs entering directly and from feeder streams. It it managed for forage fishes, and suckers are actively fished in early spring. There are four small feeders whose total volume of flow amounts to 15 percent of its base flow. Much of the stream banks are in meadow pasture with some cropland. The remainder of the watershed is covered by cropland and wooded pasture. The lower parts of the stream have a silt bottom while gravel is present in the remainder. Bank erosion varies from moderate to heavy. Waterfowl are limited and muskrats are common. No public land exists in the watershed. The stream is accessible from five road bridges.

From: Piening, Ronald; Poff, Ronald; Threinen, C.W., 1967. Lake and Stream Classification Project. Surface Water Resources of Lafayette County, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI.

Date  1967

Author   Surface Water Inventory Of Wisconsin

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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.
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