Study Performance Report

Clinton River Assessment

%a %a %a %a%a %a Dams %a Sub-watershed %a %a %a Big Beaver Creek (1) %a %a %a Clam Lake (3) %a %a%a %a%a %a %a %a %a Clinton River (23) %a%a %a %a%a %a %a %a %a Coon Creek (0) %a %a %a %a%a %a %a%a %a %a E. Br. Coon Creek (0) %a %a %a %a %a %a %a %a East Pond Creek (5) %a %a %a Galloway Creek (2) %a %a %a%a %a %a %a %a Gloede Ditch (1) %a %a%a %a %a %a %a Harrington Drain (0) %a Highbank Creek (0) %a %a %a %a %a %a M. Br. Clinton River (6) %a %a N. Br. Clinton River (5) %a Paint Creek (15) %a Plum Brook (3) Red Run River (1) Sashabaw Creek (1) Stony Creek (11) Tupper Brook (0) W. Br. Stony Creek (2)

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968.50 #Y 966.70 #Y 4161800 4160800 957.50 957.50 4161540 966.70 966.70 #Y 949.30 949.30

965.42 #Y 4160900 928.60 #Y 4161000 #Y4161820 928.60 929.22

Figure 54.–Locations for 79 dams and other water control structures within the Clinton River watershed. The top map shows the location of water control structures. Lakes having water level control structures with legally set water levels are shown in yellow. Black numbers indicate the legal level in feet above sea level. Red numbers indicate United States Geological Survey gauge stations.

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Clinton River Trail Yates Park

Detroits Sportsman Congress

Bloomer Park Clinton River Rookery Preserve Veterans Memorial Pointe

Avon Nature Area

Clinton River Ponds Preserve

River Bend Township Park Riverbend Park

Figure 55.−Public lands (gray) located within Middle Segment of the Clinton River mainstem. This river segment is 19.1 miles long, 63% of which runs through public lands, and there are 1,628 acres of public land adjacent to the river. The Clinton River Watershed Council Recreation Guide, posted on their website at HTTP://www.crwc.org/projects/recreation/recreation.html, lists two canoeing segments in this section indicated by a light stippled buffer along the river. This website also has site-speciﬁc recreational descriptions of many of the public parcels along the river. 135 Clinton River Assessment Mouth

Road Lake St. Clair St. Lake I-94 Bridgeview M-97 Road Cass Road Moravian/Belleview Mt. Clemens – City Park Mt. Clemens – VFW Hall Mt. Clemens – Firehouse Ryan Road Opdyke Road Road Adams Crystal Lake 1999 1999, 2000 2000 2001 Harris Lake

Figure 56.–Clinton River caged-ﬁsh monitoring locations. Data from Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 2003. 136 Clinton River Assessment

# F-29 Macomb County

# C-51

# C-93 #D-52 # # E-34 E-52 # G-50 # C-91 # G-49

E-92 # # J-30 # E-77 # J-31

G-33# #M-48 #C-65 O-76 # # G-53 H-60# Q-36# #I-60

#J-54 #S-44

M-63 # M-83 C-68 O-90 # Q-69## ## # #U-41 R-71 #J-66 ## # S-95 � #M-62 ## Q-40 S-95 E-67 V-43 # #O-75 G-96 � � S-71 #U-55 Q-72# D-67 � # # M-84 #O-56 E-35 #C-57 # E. coli colonies per 100 ml sample ##K-85 Lake St. Clair # 350.66 - 1282.27 J-82 # 1282.27 - 2369.86 # G-81 # 2369.86 - 4437.12 # 4437.12 - 7048.43 # 7048.43 - 40428.52

C-51 East Branch Coon Creek G-50 East Branch Coon Creek O-56 Red Run Drain C-57 Red Run Drain G-53 Clinton River O-75 Clinton River C-65 Middle Branch Clinton River G-81 Bear Creek O-76 McBride Drain C-68 Clinton River G-96 Clinton River O-90 Clinton River C-91 Stoney Creek H-60 Middle Branch Clinton River Q-36 North Branch Clinton River C-93 Pond Creek I-60 Middle Branch Clinton River Q-40 Clinton River D-52 East Pond Creek J-30 North Branch Clinton River Q-69 Canal Drain D-67 Sweeney Drain J-31 East Branch Coon Creek Q-72 Sterling Relief E-34 Highbank Drain J-54 Clinton River R-71 Plumbrook Drain E-35 Red Run Drain J-66 Clinton River S-44 North Branch Clinton River E-52 North Branch Clinton River J-82 Bear Creek S-71 Plumbrook Drain E-67 Harrington Drain K-85 Lorraine Drain S-95 Clinton River E-77 Healy Brook Drain M-48 Deer Creek S-95 Clinton River E-92 Stony Creek West M-62 Clinton River U-41 Clinton River F-29 North Branch Clinton River M-63 Middle Branch Clinton River U-55 Red Run Drain G-33 Middle Branch Clinton River M-83 Clinton River V-43 Clinton River & Spillway G-49 North Branch Clinton River M-84 Beaver Creek Figure 57.–Average bacteria load in the Clinton River, Macomb County, 1999–2003. 137 Clinton River Assessment

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Figure 58.–Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, stream classiﬁcations, 1967. 138 Clinton River Assessment

Almont

Armada

Oxford

Romeo

New Haven Clarkston

Rochester

Yates Dam Pontiac

Sterling Mount Clemens Heights

Lake St. Clair Warren Royal Oak

0 5 Hamtramck Miles

Figure 59.–Drains and smaller streams in the Clinton River watershed, in addition to the mainstem and major tributaries. 139 Clinton River Assessment

Almont

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Oxford �� Romeo

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�� Lake St. Clair Warren Royal Oak

0 5 Hamtramck Miles

1 – Clinton River, I-75 20 – Plum Brook, Dodge Park 2 – Clinton River, Pontiac Lake Rd. 21 – Gibson Drain, Dequindre Rd. 3 – Clinton River, Cooley Lake Rd. 22 – Big Beaver Creek, Mound Rd. 4 – Sashabaw Creek, Waldon Rd. 23 – Middle Branch Clinton River, Jewel Rd. 5 – Clinton River, Squirrel Rd. 24 – Middle Branch Clinton River, 24 Mile Rd. 6 – Clinton River, Livernois Rd. 25 – Middle Branch Clinton River, M-59 7 – Clinton River, Yates Dam 26 – Coon Creek, Irwin Rd. 8 – Galloway Creek, Squirrel Rd. 27 – Coon Creek, 32 Mile Rd. 9 – Sargents Creek, Tienken Rd. 28 – Coon Creek, 28 Mile Rd. 10 – Paint Creek, Tienken Rd. 29 – East Branch Coon Creek, Irwin Rd. 11 – West Branch Stony Creek, Stony Creek Rd. 30 – East Branch Coon Creek, 33 Mile Rd. 12 – West Branch Stony Creek, Snell Rd. 31 – North Branch Clinton River, McKay Rd. 13 – McClure Drain, 28 Mile Rd. 32 – North Branch Clinton River, Wolcott Mills Metro Park 14 – Clinton River, Van Dyke 33 – North Branch Clinton River, Middle Branch conﬂuence 15 – Clinton River, Dodge Park 34 – Apel Drain, McKay Rd. 16 – Clinton River, Garﬁeld 35 – Kidder Creek, Boardman Rd. 17 – Red Run, Ryan Rd. 36 – Clinton River, Crocker Rd. 18 – Red Run, Maple Lane 37 – Clinton River, Bridgeview 19 – Plum Brook, 19 Mile Rd. 38 – Clinton River Spillway, Harper

Figure 60.–Location of ﬁsh sampling sites surveyed during 2001–02. 140 Clinton River Assessment

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Waterbody Percent tags recovered Clinton River 3.4 Lake Huron 10.8 St. Clair River 26.1 Lake St. Clair 47.8 Thames River 3.5 Detroit River 6.0 Lake Erie 2.5

Total tags recovered 770

Figure 61.–Walleye tag recoveries reported by sport and commercial ﬁshers from walleye originally tagged at spawning time, 1980–1991, in the Mouth Segment of the Clinton River. 141