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Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Garner Lake, in the Knapp Creek Watershed, is a 13.17 acre lake that falls in Richland County. This lake is managed for fishing and swimming and is currently not considered impaired.
Date 2011
Author Aquatic Biologist
Historical Description
Source:1970, Surface Water Resources of Richland County,WI:WI-DNR
Garner Lake: T8N, R2W, Sec. 3, 4
Surface area = 10.5 acres, S.D.F. = 2.31, maximum depth = 8 ft.
An oxbow lake of the Wisconsin River located 2 miles
southwest of Port Andrews. Springs, and seepage from the
Wisconsin River are its water source, and the lake has a
permanent outlet leading to Lower Lake. Flow from the
Wisconsin River enters the lake directly during flood periods.
Northern pike and panfish dominate the sport fishery
although large- and smallmouth bass and channel catfish are
present. Carp are abundant and are considered a moderate use
problem. They were seined commercially in the late 1940's.
Thirty eight acres of shallow marsh adjoin the southern shore,
and most of the lake is surrounded by wild land. Game commonly
observed include muskrats, beaver, mink, waterfowl, deer,
raccoon, rabbits, squirrels, ruffed grouse, quail, and
pheasants. Beaver are especially common along the outlet
stream. Land surrounding the lake is leased by the state as
public hunting or fishing grounds and walk-in access is
available from a town road.
Date 1970
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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| 1206900 | Garner Lake | 10020069 | Garner Lake -- Landing | 9/6/2011 | 9/24/2024 | Map | Data |
| 1206900 | Garner Lake | 101281 | Garner Lake | 8/17/2007 | 7/16/2014 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Garner Lake is located in the Knapp Creek watershed which is 158.64 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily forest (53.60%), grassland (23%) and a mix of agricultural (13.60%) and other uses (9.90%). This watershed has 395.31 stream miles, 126.86 lake acres and 6,498.05 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked Medium for runoff impacts on streams, Not Ranked 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.