Watershed Impaired Waters

Impaired Waters in Watershed (LC01)

Official Name (Click for Details)	Local Name (Click for Map)	Start Mile	End Mile	WBIC	Water Type	County	Pollutant	Impairment	303 Status	Priority
Bear Creek	Bear Creek	10.00	16.63	2061900	River	Buffalo	Total Phosphorus	Impairment Unknown	303d Listed	Low
Little Bear Creek	Little Bear Creek	0.00	4.35	2048000	River	Buffalo	Sediment/Total Suspended Solids	NA	Water Delisted	Delisted 2002
Little Bear Creek	Little Bear Creek	0.00	4.35	2048000	River	Buffalo	Total Phosphorus	Impairment Unknown	303d Listed	Low
Bear Creek	Bear Creek	1.50	7.50	2061900	River	Pepin	Total Phosphorus	Impairment Unknown	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 1) Rush-Vermillion - St. Croix R to Chippewa R(Pools 3- lower Pool 4, Lake Pepin)	763.40	811.50	721000	River	Pepin, Pierce	Sediment/Total Suspended Solids	Degraded Aquatic Vegetation	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 1) Rush-Vermillion - St. Croix R to Chippewa R(Pools 3- lower Pool 4, Lake Pepin)	763.40	811.50	721000	River	Pepin, Pierce	PFOS	PFOS Contaminated Fish Tissue	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 1) Rush-Vermillion - St. Croix R to Chippewa R(Pools 3- lower Pool 4, Lake Pepin)	763.40	811.50	721000	River	Pepin, Pierce	Mercury	Acute Aquatic Toxicity, Mercury Contaminated Fish Tissue, Impairment Unknown, Elevated Human Health Risks - Toxics	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 1) Rush-Vermillion - St. Croix R to Chippewa R(Pools 3- lower Pool 4, Lake Pepin)	763.40	811.50	721000	River	Pepin, Pierce	PCBs	PCBs Contaminated Fish Tissue, Impairment Unknown	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 1) Rush-Vermillion - St. Croix R to Chippewa R(Pools 3- lower Pool 4, Lake Pepin)	763.40	811.50	721000	River	Pepin, Pierce	Total Phosphorus	Degraded Biological Community, Excess Algal Growth	303d Listed	Low
Lake Pepin	Lake Pepin			731800	Lake	Buffalo, Pepin, Pierce	Total Phosphorus	High Phosphorus Levels	303d Listed	Low
Bear Creek	Bear Creek	0.00	1.50	2061900	River	Pepin	Total Phosphorus	High Phosphorus Levels	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 2) Buffalo-Whitewater - Chippewa River to LD 6 (lower Pool 4 to Pool 6)	714.20	763.40	721000	River	Buffalo, La Crosse, Pepin, Trempealeau	Mercury	Acute Aquatic Toxicity, Mercury Contaminated Fish Tissue, Impairment Unknown, Elevated Human Health Risks - Toxics	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 2) Buffalo-Whitewater - Chippewa River to LD 6 (lower Pool 4 to Pool 6)	714.20	763.40	721000	River	Buffalo, La Crosse, Pepin, Trempealeau	PCBs	PCBs Contaminated Fish Tissue, Impairment Unknown	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 2) Buffalo-Whitewater - Chippewa River to LD 6 (lower Pool 4 to Pool 6)	714.20	763.40	721000	River	Buffalo, La Crosse, Pepin, Trempealeau	Total Phosphorus	Impairment Unknown	303d Listed	Low
Mississippi River	Mississippi (Reach 2) Buffalo-Whitewater - Chippewa River to LD 6 (lower Pool 4 to Pool 6)	714.20	763.40	721000	River	Buffalo, La Crosse, Pepin, Trempealeau	PFOS	PFOS Contaminated Fish Tissue	303d Listed	Low
Chippewa River	Chippewa River	20.73	37.58	2050000	River	Dunn, Pepin	PCBs	PCBs Contaminated Fish Tissue	303d Listed	Low
Chippewa River	Chippewa River	0.00	20.73	2050000	River	Buffalo, Pepin	Mercury	NA	Pollutant Removed	Delisted 2008
Chippewa River	Chippewa River	0.00	20.73	2050000	River	Buffalo, Pepin	PCBs	PCBs Contaminated Fish Tissue	303d Listed	Low
Bear Creek	Bear Creek	7.50	10.00	2061900	River	Buffalo, Pepin	Total Phosphorus	High Phosphorus Levels	303d Listed	Low