FIGURES - Michigan · 86 Tahquamenon River Assessment Figure 2.–Named tributaries to the Tahquamenon River. Names were taken from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic

Tahquamenon River Assessment

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Figure 1.–The Tahquamenon River watershed.

Lower FallsUpper Falls

Joy Island

USGS Gauging Station

Con Culhane’s Bridge Trestle

Slater’s Landing

Betty ‘B’Landing

Eckerman

Seewhy Strongs

Hulbert Lake

HulbertMcPhee’sLanding Deadman’s

Farm

McNeamey’sFarm

Newberry

DollarvilleFlooding

DollarvilleGhost Town

EmersonGhost Town

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

0 5 10

Miles

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

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Figure 2.–Named tributaries to the Tahquamenon River. Names were taken from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps and county maps produced by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) Engineering, Cartographic Services.

1 – Tahquamenon River 2 – Kings Creek 3 – Syphon Creek 4 – Red Creek 5 – East Creek 6 – Silver Creek 7 – East Lake Creek 8 – Carlson Drain 9 – Teaspoon Creek 10 – Otto Brandt Creek 11 – 39 Creek 12 – Sixteen Creek 13 – Auger River 14 – First Creek

15 – West Branch Sage River 16 – Third Creek 17 – Big Ditch 18 – East Branch Sage River 19 – Sage River 20 – Gimlet Creek 21 – Hendrie River 22 – McLeod Ditch 23 – West Branch Hendrie River 24 – South Branch Hendrie River 25 – Quinn Creek 26 – Naugle Creek 27 – East Branch Tahquamenon River 28 – Rileys Creek


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake

HulbertMcPhee’sLandingNewberry

DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

1

2

34

56

7 89

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

2122

2324

25 26

27

2829

3031

3233

34 3536

37

3839

40

41

42

0 5 10

Miles

29 – Grant Creek30 – Creek #831 – Creek #1432 – Big Beaver Creek33 – Murphy Creek34 – West Branch Murphy Creek35 – North Branch Murphy Creek36 – Baird Creek37 – O’Keefe Creek38 – Schouts Creek39 – Linton Creek40 – South Branch Linton Creek41 – West Branch Linton Creek42 – Cheney Creek

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Figure 3.–Mainstem and East Branch valley segments of the Tahquamenon River.

1 – Upper River Segment2 – Dollarville Segment3 – Marsh Drainage Segment4 – Middle River Segment5 – Lower River Segment6 – East Branch Tahquamenon River


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake

Hulbert

McPhee’sLanding

Newberry

DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

1

2 3

4

6

5

0 5 10

Miles

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Figure 4.–Major roads within the Tahquamenon River watershed.

1 – M-28 2 – M-117 3 – M-123 4 – H-40 5 – County Road 371 6 – County Road 373 7 – County Road 402 8 – County Road 405

9 – County Road 407 10 – County Road 415 11 – County Road 421 12 – County Road 422 13 – County Road 442 14 – County Road 455 15 – County Road 462 16 – County Road 500


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake

HulbertMcPhee’sLanding

Newberry

DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

LakeEastLake

McMillan MudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

1

1

1

2

3

3

3

3

4

5

6

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9

9

10

10

11

12

13

14

14

14

15

16

17

18

19

2021 22

23

0 5 10

Miles

17 – Belle Lake Road 18 – Camp 7 Road 19 – Charcoal Grade 20 – North Hulbert Road 21 – North Road 22 – Salt Point Road 23 – Skyline Road

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Figure 5.–Surface geology of the Tahquamenon River watershed. Data from Farrand and Bell (1982).

End moraines of coarse-textured till

Glacial outwash sand and gravel and postglacial alluvium

Coarse-textured glacial till

Lacustrine sand and gravel

Lacustrine clay and silt

Peat and muck

Thin to discontinuous glacial till over bedrock

Water


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake


Newberry

DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

LakeEastLake

McMillan MudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

0 5 10

Miles

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Figure 6.–Surface elevation map of the Tahquamenon River watershed and the local surrounding area. An arc connecting A, B, and C follows a former outlet of glacial Lake Minong (a precursor to Lake Superior). Sand dunes were formed around 10,000 years before present at Site A by glacial Lake Minong as a lower outlet (St. Mary’s River) became available. Site B is hypothesized to be a 30-mile wide eddy as the drainageway turned westward toward C, eventually entering into present-day East Branch Fox and Manistique rivers. Site C shows the present divide between the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior watersheds. The horizontal striations along the right side of the picture are due to a data anomaly (Walt Loope, United States Geological Survey, Munising, unpublished data).


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake


Newberry

DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

LakeEastLake

McMillan MudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

0 5 10

Miles

Lake SuperiorA

BC

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Figure 7.–Wetland composition of the Tahquamenon River watershed, as determined by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Data is from the MDNR Spatial Information Resource Center, unpublished data, 2004.


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake


DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

0 5 10

Miles

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Figure 8.–Average monthly yield (mean monthly flow divided by catchment area) for the period of record at three similarly sized Michigan rivers with USGS gauges. Data from Blumer et al. (2004).

Month

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Yie

ld (c

fs/m

i2 )

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5

4.0

Tahquamenon R. near ParadiseKalamazoo R. near Battle Creek Manistee R. near Sherman

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Figure 9.–Sediment sampling locations in the Tahquamenon River, August 22–23, 2005. Samples were taken with a Ponar dredge. Data summary (Table 5) from each site consists of multiple samples taken in cross-section.

Watershed

boundary

Murphy Creek

Gimlet Creek

Joy Island

East Branch

Tahquamenon River

Sage R

iver

Hendrie R

iver

Auger Creek

McPheesLanding

Newberry

Dollarville Dam(Probable upstream limit)

Upper Falls(Downstream limit)

Betty BLanding

0 2 41

Miles

12

34

56

78

910

1112

1314

15

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Figure 10.–Land type and use in the Tahquamenon River watershed. Data from MDNR Spatial Information Resource Center, unpublished data, 2004.

Range land

Agricultural land

Forest land

Urban and built up

Wetlands

Water


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake


DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

0 5 10

Miles

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Figure 11.–Public land ownership in the Tahquamenon River watershed. State ownership is from the MDNR Spatial Information Resource Center, unpublished data, 2004. The UFS land ownership is from the U.S. Forest Service Office, Escanaba, Michigan, unpublished shapefile data, 2005.

State owned land

USFS land


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake


DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

0 5 10

Miles

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Figure 12.–Mainstem elevation changes from Lake Superior to headwaters. River segments are those described in the Tahquamenon River watershed assessment.

Distance from Lake Superior (miles)0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Hei

ght a

bove

Lak

e S

uper

ior (

ft)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Lowerriver segment

Upperriver segment

Middleriver segment

Marshsegment

Dollarvillesegment

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Figure 13.–Dams in the Tahquamenon River watershed (Department of Environmental Quality, Dam Safety Section), modified locally to eliminate earth-bermed, isolated ponds, July 2005.

Known human-built dams


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake


DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

0 5 10

Miles

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Figure 14.–Stream classification and temperature data logger locations during 2004 and 2005 for the Tahquamenon River watershed. Classes are defined in Anonymous (2000a).

First quality cold

Second quality cold

Second quality warm

First quality warm

50 - 60°F61 - 65°F66 - 70°F71 - 75°F76+°F

July averagewater temperature


Joy Island


Slater’s Landing


Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake


DollarvilleFlooding

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

0 5 10

Miles

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Figure 15.–Temperature regime profiles for sites on the Tahquamenon River and selected tributaries. The calculations and format follow the classification system described in Wehrly et al. (1999).

Average July temperature (ºF)

50 55 60 65 70 75 80

Ave

rage

wee

kly

tem

pera

ture

rang

e (º

F)

5

10

15

20

25

Extreme

Moderate

Stable

Cold Cool Warm

11

10 14

13

15

112

8

29

7

4

35

6

1 – Tahquamenon River at County Road 442 Bridge 2 – Tahquamenon River at County Road 415 Bridge 3 – Tahquamenon River at Dollarville Dam, upstream side 4 – Tahquamenon River at Dollarville Dam, downstream side 5 – Tahquamenon River at McPhee’s Landing 6 – Tahquamenon River about 2 miles downstream from Sage River confluence 7 – Tahquamenon River at mouth 8 – East Branch Sage River at M-28 Bridge 9 – East Branch Tahquamenon River at North Hulbert Road Bridge 10 – East Branch Tahquamenon River at old state hatchery site 11 – East Branch Tahquamenon River at Salt Point Road 12 – Sixteen Creek at Charcoal Grade Bridge 13 – Auger Creek at Charcoal Grade Bridge 14 – West Branch Murphy Creek at M-123 Bridge 15 – Gimlet Creek at Charcoal Grade culverts

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Figure 16.–Limnological vertical profile sites in the Tahquamenon River, September 1, 2006. Data from these sites are shown in Table 15.

0 2 41

Miles

Watershed

boundary

Murphy Creek

Gimlet CreekJoy Island

East Branch

Tahquamenon River

Sage R

iver

Hendrie R

iver

Auger Creek

McPheesLanding

Newberry

Dollarville Dam

Upper Fallsriver mile 20.5

Betty BLanding

Site Friver mile 26.0

48’ depth

Site Eriver mile 31.5

28’ depth

Site Driver mile 32.5

23’ depthSite C

river mile 33.543’ depth

Site Briver mile 34.5

33’ depthSite Ariver mile 39.0

25’ depth

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Figure 17.–Deep holes above the Upper Falls documented from survey data. Mainstem elevation changes from Lake Superior to headwaters. Elevation numbers are height above Lake Superior in feet. Most of the known holes are somewhat smaller than the 0.5 mi figure resolution. Also, some holes may be deeper, as there are several very small diameter deep spots that are easily missed during the sonar graphing effort.

Distance from Lake Superior (miles)0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Hei

ght a

bove

Lak

e S

uper

ior (

ft)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Lower Falls

Upper Falls

Hendrie RiverSage River

Dollarville Flooding Dam(3’ head)

Deep holes in riverbottom above the falls

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Figure 18.–Walleye locations observed by radio tracking in the Tahquamenon River, Middle River segment during April 2005. Data from 13 fish implanted with radio transmitters during October 2004.

0 2 41

Miles

Watershed

boundary

Murphy Creek


East Branch

Tahquamenon River

Sage R

iver

Hendrie R

iver

Auger Creek

McPheesLanding

Newberry



Betty BLanding

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Figure 19.–Muskellunge locations observed by radio tracking in the Tahquamenon River, Middle River segment during May 2005. Data from seven fish implanted with radio transmitters during October 2004.

0 2 41

Miles

Watershed

boundary

Murphy Creek


East Branch

Tahquamenon River

Sage R

iver

Hendrie R

iver

Auger Creek

McPheesLanding

Newberry



Betty BLanding

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Figure 20.–Location of electrofishing inventory stations in the East Branch Tahquamenon River in 1995 and 2004 (Bassett 2005). There was no Site 1 sampled in 2004. Data from the 2004 survey occur in Table 25.

Slater’s Landing

Betty ‘B’ Landing

McLoed Ditch Hendrie River

Eckerman

M-28M

-123

Strongs

Hulbert Lake

Hulbert

East BranchTahquamenon River

Old RailroadGrade

Lake Superior

2

34

56

78

0 5

Miles

USFS Hiawatha National Forest

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Figure 21.–Tahquamenon River watershed access sites and campgrounds.


Joy Island


Slater’s Landingprivately owned

Tahquamenon State Parkrivermouth accessand campground


Eckerman

Old Hatcherysite

Natalie

Silver Creek PondBrockies Pond

WolverineLake

Strongs

Hulbert Lake

HulbertMcPhee’sLanding Deadman’s

Farm

Newberry

Dollarville Dam,upstream anddownstream

TwinLakeKaks

Lake

EastLake

McMillanMudLake

BassLake

BelleLakes

TahquamenonLakes

0 5 10

Miles

Lake Superior

Lake Superior

Carry-in or Walk-inBoat launch, shoreline orhard surface (See Table 13)

State Forest campgroundState Park campground

Access

Camping


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FIGURES - Michigan · 86 Tahquamenon River Assessment Figure 2.–Named tributaries to the Tahquamenon River. Names were taken from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic