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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 State ownership is from the MDNR Spatial Information Resource Center, unpublished data, 2004. The UFS land ownership is from the U.S. Forest Service Office, Escanaba, Michigan, unpublished shapefile data, 2005.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
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
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 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
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 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
Gimlet CreekJoy 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
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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
Gimlet CreekJoy 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
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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.
Lower FallsUpper Falls
Joy Island
USGS Gauging Station
Slater’s Landingprivately owned
Tahquamenon State Parkrivermouth accessand campground
Betty ‘B’Landing
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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