Watersheds
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Little Sugar River watershed (SP14)
The Little Sugar River watershed lies in north-central Green County and a very small portion of southern Dane County. Agricultural land uses dominate, especially dairying, cash crops and feeder operations. Two municipal wastewater treatment plants…
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Allen Creek and Middle Sugar River watershed (SP13)
The Allen Creek and Middle Sugar River watershed is in northeast Green County, northwest Rock County and south-central Dane County. The dominant land use in the watershed is agriculture, though some low-intensity urban development exists in the…
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Lower Middle Sugar River watershed (SP12)
The Lower Middle Sugar River watershed is located in eastern Green County and a very small portion of Rock County. Agriculture is the predominant land use. Two permitted wastewater treatment facilities discharge to surface water in the watershed:…
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Lower Sugar River watershed (SP11)
The Lower Sugar River watershed in western Rock County and eastern Green County includes the reach of the Sugar River from the dam at Albany downstream to the Wisconsin-Illinois state line. The watershed is intensively agricultural. Three municipal…
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Upper west branch Pecatonica River watershed (SP10)
The Upper west branch Pecatonica River watershed is in southwestern Iowa and northwestern Lafayette counties. The principle land use in the watershed is agriculture, dominated by row crop cultivation. Two small permittees discharge to surface water…
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Mineral Point branch watershed (SP09)
The Mineral Point and Sudan branches watershed in southwest Iowa County and a very small part of northwest Lafayette County is dominated by agricultural land uses. Mineral Point, Linden and Bloomfield Manor discharge to surface water in the…
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Middle Pecatonica River watershed (SP08)
The Middle Pecatonica River watershed in central Lafayette County is dominated by agricultural land uses. Two municipal permittees discharge to surface water in the watershed: Belmont and Darlington. We know little about water quality or in-stream…
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Lower Pecatonica River watershed (SP07)
The Lower Pecatonica River watershed is in southeastern Lafayette County. It is an agricultural watershed. As with many other watersheds in the basin, the Wisconsin DNR lacks water quality data about its streams. Some high-quality wetlands exist…
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Upper east branch Pecatonica River watershed (SP06)
The Upper East Branch Pecatonica River watershed lies in eastern Iowa County and a very small portion of western Dane County. The dominant land use is agricultural. Five municipal wastewater permittees discharge to surface water in the watershed:…
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Gordon Creek watershed (SP05)
The Gordon Creek watershed, in southwestern Dane, northwestern Green and southeastern Iowa counties, is an agricultural watershed in the Driftless Area of the state, with no incorporated areas in it. Polluted runoff problems exist in the watershed,…