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Tahquamenon River Assessment

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 State ownership is from the MDNR Spatial Information Resource Center, unpublished data, 2004. The UFS land ownership is from the U.S. Forest Service Office, Escanaba, Michigan, unpublished shapefile data, 2005.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

Lower FallsUpper Falls

Joy Island

USGS Gauging Station

Slater’s Landing

Betty ‘B’Landing

Eckerman

Strongs

Hulbert Lake

HulbertMcPhee’sLandingNewberry

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

Dollarville Dam(Probable upstream limit)

Upper Falls(Downstream limit)

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

Dollarville Dam(Probable upstream limit)

Upper Falls(Downstream limit)

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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