1.82 Miles
0 - 1.82
Warm Mainstem
2016
Poor
Elevated Water Temperature, Turbidity
Sediment/Total Suspended Solids
Walworth
No
No
Yes
Fish and Aquatic Life
Overview
Perennial Stream B (TM2) is located in the Upper Honey subwatershed and flows for 1.9 miles with a contributing drainage area of 2.1 square miles. It is listed as impaired for its entire length for habitat degradation. According to a 1995 biological survey, the existing use of the stream is Warm Water Forage Fish community stream. It is officially classified as a Limited Forage Fishery community stream, and codified as a Limited Forage Fishery.
Fish habitat is rated as poor throughout the stream, indicating deposition of sediment throughout the stream. (For more information see description in appraisal report under section on Upper Honey Subwatershed.) Conditions affecting the water quality and aquatic habitat of this stream include erosion, historic channelization, drain tiles, bank debrushing, loss of fish and macroinvertebrate habitat, sedimentation, and nutrient enrichment. The cause of these problems is agricultural uses, including cropland runoff, drain tiles, and channelization. Sediment quantities deposited at the mouth of TM2 indicate that is a moderate contributor of sediment and nutrients to Honey Creek. Recommendations in the watershed plan are to reduce suspended solids, establish buffers, discourage future dredging and wetland drainage activities, provide shading
to the streams, and discourage future bank debrushing. Its potential use is a Warm Water Forage Fishery. It is unlikely to meet the codified use of Warm Water Sport Fishery because of the impairments listed above.
Date 2002
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
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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| 755100 | Unnamed | 10016496 | Unnamed Perennial Stream B - Downstream Of Lein Mill Rd. | 10/28/2002 | 10/28/2002 | Map | Data |
| 755100 | Unnamed | 10009313 | Unnamed Perennial Stream B Upstream Of Lein Mill Road | 7/29/2016 | 11/3/2016 | Map | Data |
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Watershed Characteristics
Unnamed is located in the Sugar and Honey Creeks watershed which is 166.22 mi². Land use in the watershed is primarily agricultural (55.30%), forest (15.10%) and a mix of wetland (10.90%) and other uses (18.60%). This watershed has 208.62 stream miles, 1,943.12 lake acres and 9,489.18 wetland acres.
Nonpoint Source Characteristics
This watershed is ranked High for runoff impacts on streams, Medium 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.
Perennial Stream B (Tm2) is considered a Warm Mainstem 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.
Warm Mainstem waters are moderate-to-large but still wadeable perennial streams with relatively warm summer temperatures. Coldwater fishes are absent, transitional fishes are common to uncommon, and warm water fishes are abundant to common. Headwater species are common to absent, mainstem species are abundant to common, and river species are common to absent.