Wis. Admin. Code NR § 102.11

Current through May 28, 2024

Section NR 102.11 - Exceptional resource waters

(1) Surface waters which provide valuable fisheries, hydrologically or geologically unique features, outstanding recreational opportunities, unique environmental settings, and which are not significantly impacted by human activities may be classified as exceptional resource waters. All the following surface waters are designated as exceptional resource waters:

(a) Class I trout waters listed in Wisconsin Trout Streams publication 6-3600 (80) that are not listed in s. NR 102.10.

(b) Other Class I trout waters:

1. Abraham Coulee creek in section 29, township 20 north, range 8 west from its headwaters to the upstream crossing of Oak Ridge Drive in Trempealeau county.

2. Bear creek originating in section 3, township 20 north, range 7 west in Trempealeau county.

3. Biser creek originating in section 19, township 12 north, range 3 west in Sauk county.

4. Bostwick creek from CTH M upstream 6.2 miles to the headwaters in LaCrosse county.

5. Bufton Hollow creek originating in section 19, township 12 north, range 2 west in Richland county.

6. Columbus creek originating in section 29, township 20 north, range 6 west in Jackson county.

7. Dutch creek originating in section 12, township 19 north, range 8 west in Trempealeau county.

8. Joe Coulee creek originating in section 1, township 20 north, range 7 west in Trempealeau county.

9. Little creek originating in section 21, township 20 north, range 6 west in Jackson county.

10. Marble creek originating in section 30, township 10 north, range 3 east in Sauk county.

11. Marshall creek originating in section 4, township 11 north, range 1 west in Richland county.

12. Martin creek originating in section 23, township 6 north, range 2 east in Iowa county.

13. South Bear creek originating in section 2, township 12 north, range 2 west in Richland county.

14. Spring brook downstream from CTH Y south of Antigo to its confluence with the Eau Claire river in Marathon county.

15. Spring Valley creek from the headwaters to SE 1/4, SE 1/4, section 33, township 16 north, range 1 east in Monroe county.

16. Unnamed creek 2-12 originating in section 36, township 20 north, range 7 west in Trempealeau county.

17. Unnamed creek 4-9 originating in section 4, township 11 north, range 1 west in Richland county.

18. Unnamed creek 5-6 originating in section 6, township 19 north, range 8 west in Trempealeau county.

19. Unnamed creek 7-4 originating in section 6, township 20 north, range 7 west in Trempealeau county.

20. Unnamed creek 8-9 originating in section 5, township 20 north, range 7 west in Trempealeau county.

21. Unnamed creek 8-14 originating in section 1, township 20 north, range 8 west in Trempealeau county.

22. Unnamed creek 9-13 originating in section 4, township 20 north, range 6 west in Jackson county.

23. Unnamed creek 10-8 originating in section 3, township 11 north, range 1 west in Richland county.

24. Unnamed creek 10-10 originating in section 14, township 20 north, range 6 west in Jackson county.

25. Unnamed creek 11-4 originating in section 1, township 20 north, range 7 west in Trempealeau county.

26. Unnamed creek 11-7 originating in section 2, township 20 north, range 7 west in Trempealeau county.

27. Unnamed creek 13-3a originating in section 19, township 20 north, range 6 west in Jackson county.

28. Unnamed creek 13-3b originating in section 6, township 20 north, range 6 west in Trempealeau county.

29. Unnamed creek 15-13 originating in section 1, township 20 north, range 8 west in Trempealeau county.

30. Unnamed creek 15-4 originating in section 3, township 20 north, range 6 west in Trempealeau county.

31. Unnamed creek 16-2 originating in section 22, township 20 north, range 6 west in Jackson county.

32. Unnamed creek 17-5 originating in SE 1/4, section 5, township 20 north, range 6 west in Jackson county.

33. Unnamed creek 24-3a originating in section 18, township 11 north, range 1 west in Richland county.

34. Unnamed creek 26-7 originating in section 2, township 21 north, range 5 west in Jackson county.

35. Unnamed creek 34-2 originating in section 17, township 20 north, range 8 west in Trempealeau county.

36. Unnamed creek 34-15 originating in section 27, township 20 north, range 7 west in Trempealeau county.

37. Unnamed stream originating in section 33, township 10 north, range 3 east in Sauk county.

38. Washington Coulee creek originating in section 29, township 20 north, range 6 west in Jackson county.

(c) The following Class II trout waters:

1. Ashland county - White river above the Bad River Indian reservation

2. Bayfield county - White river

3. Dane county - Mt. Vernon creek

4. Forest county - North Branch Oconto river

5. Grant county - Blue river

6. Iowa county - Blue river

7. Langlade county - Prairie river, South Branch Oconto river

8. Lincoln county - Prairie river

9. Marquette county - Mecan river

10. Oconto county - North Branch Oconto river, South Branch Oconto river

11. Pierce county - Rush river

12. Portage county - Tomorrow river

13. Richland county - Willow creek

14. St. Croix county - Willow river, Race Branch

15. Waushara county - Mecan river

(d) The following cold or warm water streams and rivers or portions thereof:

1g.	Ashland	Bad River	SEG 2: Outfall in Mellen at NE¼SW¼S6 T44N R2W to Bad River Indian Reservation Boundary
1r.	Ashland & Sawyer	East Fork Chip-pewa River	SEG 2: Ashland County Highway "N" to Confluence of Rocky Run Creek (Includes Glidden POTW)
1t.	Barron	Brill River	All-Class II Portion
2.	Crawford	Copper Creek Plum Creek Sugar Creek Tainter Creek	All All From headwaters to T10N R6W S10 From Vernon County Line to CTH B
3.	Dane	Blue Mounds	All
		Branch
		Deer Creek	All
		Dunlap Creek	All
		Elvers Creek	All
		(Bohn Cr.)
		Flynn Creek	All
		Fryes Feeder	All
		Creek
		Garfoot Creek	All
		Milum Creek	All
		Rutland Branch	All
		Ryan Creek	All
		Schalpbach Creek	All
		Sixmile Creek	All
		Spring Creek	All
		(Lodi)
4.	Dane, Sauk,	Wisconsin River	From below Prairie du Sac to Prairie du Chien
	Iowa,
	Grant,
	Richland,
	Crawford
5.	Dane &	Little Sugar River	Above New
	Green		Glarus
		Story Creek	All
		(Tipperary)
		Sugar River	All
6.	Dunn	Sand Creek	From Chippewa
			County Line to
			mouth
7.	Eau Claire	Lowes Creek	From Hwy 37 &
			85 upstream to
			headwaters
8.	Fond du	Feldner's Creek	From headwaters
	Lac		to Mischo's Mill-
			pond
		Auburn Lake	Entire Creek
		Creek (Lake Fifteen Creek)	above & below
			Auburn Lake
9.	Forest	Armstrong Creek	All
		Middle Br. Peshtigo R.	All
		North Br. Peshtigo	All
		R.
		North Br. Popple	All
		R.
		West Br. Arm-	Class II Portion
		strong Creek
10.	Grant	Doc Smith Branch	All
		Little Platte River	From Arthur
			downstream to
			Platte River
11.	Grant &	Big Spring Branch	From Springhead
	Iowa		to Blue River
12.	Green	Burgy Creek	All
		Gill Creek	All
		Hefty Creek,	All
		North Branch
		Hefty Cr., Center Branch	All
		Liberty Creek	All
		Norwegian Creek	All
		Richland Creek	All
		Ross Crossing	All
		Sylvester Creek	All
		Spring Valley Creek	All
		Ward Creek	All
13.	Green & Rock	Allen Creek	Below Evansville
14.	Iowa	Harker-Lee-Martin System	From headwaters to T6N R2ES10
15.	Iron	Manitowish River	All
15m.	Iron & Ashland	Vaughn Creek	SEG 1: Origin to Bad River Indian Reservation Boundary
16.	Jackson	Trempealeau River	From STH 95 at Hixton to CTHP at Taylor
17.	Jefferson & Rock	Allen Creek	All
18.	Kewaunee	Casco Creek	From T24N R24E S19 downstream of Rock Ledge to Kewaunee River
19.	La Crosse	Bostwick Creek	From headwaters to County Hwy 'O'
		Coon Creek Dutch Creek	All From headwaters to Russian Coulee Road (section 8)
20.	Lafayette	Galena River	From headwaters to Buncombe Road
21.	Langlade	East Br. Eau Claire R.	From STH 64 upstream to fire-lane crossing in T33N R11E S35 SW1/4
21.	Langlade	Hunting River	From Fitzgerald Dam Road downstream to T33N R11E S1
22.	Lincoln	North Br. Prairie River	From headwaters to CTHJ to T33N R8E
		Silver Creek	All
23.	Manitowoc	Branch River	All
24.	Monroe	Big Creek	From headwaters to Acorn Rd (S7)
		Farmers Valley Creek & Tribs	From headwaters to I-90 (S19)
		Soper Creek	All
25.	Oneida	Bearskin Creek	From Tomahawk
			River to Little
			Bearskin Lake
25m.	Oneida & Lincoln	Wisconsin River	SEG 2: Hat Rapids Dam to Lincoln County A
			crossing
			SEG 4: Grandfather Dam to Inlet
			of Alexander Lake
26.	Pierce	Big River	Class I Portion
		Cady Creek	From CTH P
			upstream
		Trimbelle River	All
26b.	Polk	St. Croix River	From the northern
			boundary of the
			St. Croix Falls
			city limits to a
			distance one mile
			below the STH
			243 bridge at
			Osceola
26c.	Polk & Burnett	Clam River	SEG 3: Section Line @ T39N
			R16W S21/22 to
			Inlet of Clam
			River Flowage
			SEG 4: Outlet of
			Clam River Flow-
			age to Confluence
			with St. Croix
			River
26g.	Price	North Fork Jump River	SEG 1: Origin (outlet of Cran- berry Lake) to
			Inlet of Spring
			Creek Flowage
			SEG 2: Outlet of
			Spring Creek
			Flowage to Con-
			fluence with
			South Fork Jump
			River
26n.	Price, Rusk & Taylor	Jump River	SEG 1: Confluence of the North
			Fork Jump River
			and South Fork
			Jump River to the
			Village of Jump
			River
26r.	Price, Sawyer, Rusk	Flambeau River	SEG 2: Crowley Dam to Inlet of
			Big Falls Flowage
26w.	Price & Taylor	South Fork Jump River	Origin to Confluence with North
			Fork Jump River
27.	Richland	Babb Hollow	All-Trib to Mill
			Creek
		Hanzel Creek	All-Trib to
		(Hansell)	Melancthon Cr.
		Melancthon Creek	Class II Section
		Coulter Hollow	All-Trib to Mill
		Creek	Creek
	E. Branch Mill Creek	All
	Happy Hollow Creek	All-Trib to Willow Creek
	Higgins Creek	All-Trib to Mill Creek
	Hood Hollow Creek	All-Trib to Mill Creek
	Jacquish Hollow Creek	All-Trib to Willow Creek
	Kepler Branch	All-Trib to Mill Creek
	Mill Creek	From headwaters to above Boaz
	Miller Branch	All-Trib to Mill Creek
	Pine Valley Creek	All-Trib to Mill Creek
	Ryan Hollow	All-Trib to West Branch Mill Creek
	Wheat Hollow Creek	All
	W. Branch Mill Creek	All
28. Rock	Bass Creek	All
	East Fork Raccoon Cr.	All
	Little Turtle Creek	All
	Raccoon Creek	All
	Spring Brook (T2N R14E S27)	All
	Turtle Creek	All
	Unnamed Creek T2N R14E S31	All
29. Rusk	Big Weirgor Creek	All-Class III Portion
	Main Creek	Rusk County Highway P to Inlet of Holcombe Flowage
	Soft Maple Creek	SEG 2: Rusk County Highway "F" to Confluence with Chippewa River
30. Rusk, Taylor & Chip- pewa	Jump River	From Village of Jump River downstream to Hol-combe Flowage
31. Sauk	Beaver Creek (Trib to Dell Creek)	All
	Camels Creek (Trib to Dell Creek)	All
	Dell Creek	All
31m. Sawyer	Couderay River	SEG 2: Dam at Grimh Flowage to Confluence with Chippewa River
32.	Shawano	Kroenke Creek	Class II Portion
		Red River	From Lower Red
			Lake Dam to Wolf
			River
		West Br. Red	Class II Portion
		River
33.	Sheboygan	Ben Nutt Creek	Class II Portion to
			Junction with Mill
			Creek
34.	St. Croix	Apple River	From NSP plant
			below CTH I to
			Mouth
		Cady Creek	All
		Willow River	Extend Class II
			Portion into Delta
			in Lake Mallilieu
35.	St. Croix &	St. Croix River	From No. Boundary of Hudson
	Pierce
			City limits to the
			river mouth in
			Pierce Co.
35m.	Taylor &	Silver Creek	SEG 2: Westboro
	Price		Sanitary District
			Outfall to Confluence with South
			Fork Jump River
36.	Trempealeau	Buffalo River	From Hwy 53 to
			Strum Pond
37.	Vernon	Bishop Branch	All
		Cheyenne Valley	All
		Creek
		Coon Creek	From La Crosse
			county line to
			Chaseburg
		Frohock Valley	All
		Creek
		Hornby Creek	All
		Reads Creek	All
		Tainter Creek	All
38.	Vilas	Manitowish River	From Rest Lake
			Dam downstream
			to Iron County
			line
38m.	Vilas &	Wisconsin River	SEG 2: State
	Oneida		Highway 70 to
			Inlet at Rainbow
			Flowage (Oneida
			County Line)
			SEG 3: Outlet of
			Rainbow Flowage
			(Oneida County
			Highway "D" to
			Inlet of Rhinelander Flowage
			(T37N R8E S8
			SE%NE%)
39.	Washington	E. Branch Mil-	From Long Lake
	& Fond du	waukee R.	outlet to STH 28
	Lac
40.	Waukesha	Genesee Creek	Above STH 59
		Mukwonago River	From Eagle
			Springs Lake to
			Upper Phantom
			Lake
		Oconomowoc	From below North
		River	Lake to Okauchee
			Lake
41.	Waupaca	Blake Brook &	Class II Portion
		Branches
		Little Wolf River	From junction
			with Wolf River
			upstream to Manawa Dam
		Waupaca River	Class II portion
42.	Waupaca,	Embarrass River	From Wolf River
	Outagamie,		upstream to dam
	& Shawano		at Pella
43.	Waushara	Lower Pine River	From below Wild
			Rose Mill pond to
			dam at Poy Sippi

(2) The waters identified in sub. (1) may not be lowered in quality except as provided in ch. NR 207.

(3) Surface waters, or portions thereof, may be added to, or deleted from, the exceptional resource waters designation through the rule making process under the provisions of ch. 227, Stats., and s. NR 2.03.

Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources § NR 102.11

Cr. Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89; cr. (1) (c), Register, July, 1989, No. 403, eff. 8-1-89; cr. (1) (d), Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; CR 05-105: renum. (1) (d) 1. to be 1t., cr. 1g., 1r., 15m., 25m., 26c., 26n., 26r., 26w., 31m., 35m., and 38m., am. 29., Register November 2006 No. 611, eff. 12-1-06; CR 09-123: am. (1) (b) 1., 5., 12., 15., 16., 23., 27., 33., 34., 37., (d) 5., 8., 15., 17., 28., 34., 39. and 42., cr. (1) (d) 26b. Register July 2010 No. 655, eff. 8-1-10.