Watersheds
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Lower east branch Pecatonica River (SP03)
The Lower east branch Pecatonica River watershed, in the western part of Green County and northeastern Lafayette County, is a priority watershed project under the Wisconsin Nonpoint Source Water Pollution Abatement Program. A number of smaller trout…
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Jordan and Skinner creeks (SP02)
The Jordan and Skinner creeks watershed is located in southwest Green County. Agriculture is the dominant land use in the Jordan and Skinner creeks watershed. The only surface water permitted point source discharger is the community of…
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Honey and Richland creeks watershed (SP01)
The information on this site is from the 1995 Sugar Pecatonica basin plan. The Honey and Richland Creeks watershed in south-central Green County is primarily agricultural. Basin assessment monitoring of some of the streams in the watershed…
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Grant-Platte/Sugar-Pecatonica Basin Management
The Grant-Platte/Sugar-Pecatonica basin is actually two basins clumped together for the purposes of planning for and managing the resources. Water quality in the Grant-Platte/Sugar-Pecatonica basin is generally fair to good. The primary water…
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The Grant-Platte/Sugar-Pecatonica Basins
The Grant-Platte/Sugar-Pecatonica basins are located in the southwest corner of the state and are divided into the Grant and Platte River basins, which flow directly into the Mississippi and the Sugar-Pecatonica basin, which join in Illinois and…
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Southeast Fox Illinois River Basin
The Southeast Fox River basin is located in portions of seven counties, contains (entirely or portions of) 10 cities, 22 villages, 42 towns and is home to about 500,000 people. The basin is divided into seven watersheds. Three of the watersheds (…
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Central Wisconsin basin
The Central Wisconsin Basin is a subset of the entire Wisconsin River corridor, located in central Wisconsin. The Central Wisconsin Basin extends south from the Merrill dam located on the Wisconsin River in Lincoln County to the Castle Rock Flowage…
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Mississippi River - Pool 7
The Black River discharges into Pool 7 of the Mississippi River. Within the Wisconsin DNR, the Mississippi - Lower St. Croix Team addresses river issues. Three federal agencies also conduct management and monitoring activities in the river: U.S.…
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Black River
The Black River begins at the outlet of Black Lake in Taylor County. It flows nearly 200 miles until reaching the Mississippi River. The Black River descends from its headwaters to the dam at Black River Falls an average of 6.6 feet/mile. Below the…
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The Black River Basin
The Black River basin encompasses approximately 2,400 square miles, contains 13 watersheds and includes portions of seven counties. Two distinct topographic regions determine the flow characteristics of the tributary streams. The upper and middle…