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1 MARAIS DES CYGNES BASIN TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD Waterbody: Marmaton River Water Quality Impairment: Dissolved Oxygen 1. INTR MARAIS DES CYGNES BASIN TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD Waterbody: Marmaton River Water Quality Impairment: Dissolved Oxygen 1. INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION Subbasin: Marmaton County: Bourbon, Allen and Crawford HUC 8: 10290104 HUC 11 (HUC 14s): 010 (010, 020, 030, 040, 050, 060, 070 and 080) 020 (010 and 020) Drainage Area: 421 square miles Main Stem Segment: WQLS: 5, 7, 8, 11, 12; starting at the state line and and traveling upstream to headwaters near Moran (Figure 1). Tributary Segments: Non-WQLS: Mill Creek (6) Little Mill Creek (34) Non-WQLS: Wolverine Creek (35) WQLS: Cedar Creek (41) WQLS: Paint Creek (13, 14) Bunion Creek (39) Hinton Creek (38) Owl Creek (45) Non-WQLS: Pawnee Creek (313) Elm Creek(15) WQLS: Prong Creek (44) WQLS: Robinson Branch (40) WQLS: Walnut Creek (32) WQLS: Turkey Creek (33) WQLS: Tennyson Creek (31) WQLS: Wolfpen Creek (37) WQLS: Sweet Branch (30) Designated Uses: Special Aquatic Life Support, Primary Contact Recreation; Domestic Water Supply; Food Procurement; Ground Water Recharge; Industrial Water Supply Use; Irrigation Use; Livestock Watering Use for Main Stem Segments. Expected Aquatic Life Support and Secondary Contact Recreation on Cedar Creek, Paint Creek, Bunion Creek, Hinton Creek, Owl Creek, 1 Prong Creek, Robinson Branch, Walnut Creek, Turkey Creek, Tennyson Creek, Wolfpen Creek and Sweet Branch. Food Procurement on Paint Creek. 1998 303(d) Listing: Table 1 - Predominant Non-point Source and Point Source Impacts (559); Points Source Impacts (208) Impaired Use: Aquatic Life Support Water Quality Standard: Dissolved Oxygen: 5 mg/L (KAR 28-16-28e(c)(2)(A)) Marmaton River Watershed Dissolved Oxygen TMDL N HUC and Stream Segments W E S #Y 06917000 %a 10290103010 207 KDHE Water Quality Monitoring Site %a Fixed BOURBON #0 Rotational L USGS Stream Gaging Site i #Y t t l e 010 City M 3 4 i W l l Lake M o C l il v l r S C e 303(d) Listed Stream - Dissolved Oxygen T r r 1 w i u n 2 e r e e k DO (segments labeled) C t e 6 M 10290104020 y r B 030 ill C C Other surface water (segments labeled) r r r a 3 T 010 r 5 n 0 e C 3 c n County 3 t h n 3 u R y n 6 o s l a 208 HUC11 Boundary (HUC11 Labeled) o b 06917500 n i n %a 020 W #Y C 5 C s 2 7 070 o e r 3 d Marmaton River Watershed n armaton R 3 M a 1 0 B r R 4 r C HUC14 labeled as 3-digit extension 1 2 a r 020 n 2 n 4 8 o 1 1 R c t 12 n 1 h a to Marais des Cygnes Basin 2 a m 06917380 rm r a a 12 #Y#0 M M 10290104010 1 2 1 559 1 3 14 1 14 080 ALLEN r C r C r 7 int n 3 a C 5 e P P 1 1 p a n r f r 38 C i 4 o l C n n i 3 o to 1 in t n m BR H l 3 CN RP W C u RA DC NT PL SM JW WS MS NM DP E r B AT 4 39 CD 1 SH TH MC PT JA SD GH RO OB CY RL r O 060 JF LV C w OT WY g n r l LC SN o C r GE WB r C 4 WA r LG GO TR EL RS DG JO P C t DK 1 4 e SA 4 n 5 e i n MR OS 4 EW a w FR MI a GL WH RH P P SC LE NS BT LY MP 040 RC MN CS CF AN LN FI PN HG HM KE SF HV RN AL ED GW WO BB GY BU 050 FO SG ST GT PR HS KW KM WL NO CR EK ME MT SV SW CA BA SU CL MG LB CK CM HP CQ CRAWFORD 10 0 10 20 Miles Figure 1 2. CURRENT WATER QUALITY CONDITION AND DESIRED ENDPOINT Level of Support for Designated Use under 1998 303(d): Not Supporting Aquatic Life Monitoring Sites: Station 208 near Fort Scott (downstream site) and Station 559 near Fort Scott (upstream site) 2 Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) 10 12 14 16 0 2 4 6 8 Long TermFlowConditions: 1970 to1999. Kansas-Missouri stateline);Site559:MarmatonR.near(USGSStation06917380); Flow Record: 2000 forStation559( Period ofRecordUsed: 11/5/85 Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) 1/7/86 3/4/86 10 12 14 16 0 2 4 6 8 5/6/86 7/8/86 6/11/90 9/9/86 11/4/86 8/13/90 1/13/87 Site208:calculatedflowbasedonmeasurementsat06917550(MarmatonR.near 3/10/87 10/8/90 5/12/87 7/14/87 12/3/90 9/8/87 11/3/87 Figure 3 2/7/94 1/12/88 1985-2000forStation208( 3/8/88 6/13/94 5/17/88 7/12/88 ). 8/8/94 10%ExceedenceFlows=648cfs 9/13/88 10/10/94 11/7/88 D 1/10/89 D i 4/4/89 i 12/5/94 ss ss Marma 6/13/89 Marma olv 2/2/98 8/15/89 olv Ac ed OxygenWQSite559 10/10/89 ed OxygenWQSite208 Figure 3 Figure 2 Ac 4/6/98 ute 12/12/89 ton R.nrFt.Scott ton R.nrFt.Scott Sa ute 6/11/90 6/1/98 Aquatic Li Sa 3 10/8/90 mple Aquatic Li mple 3/11/91 8/3/98 7/29/91 Figure 2 Date 1/6/99 11/4/91 Date fe (5 4/13/92 fe (5 2/4/99 8/3/92 12/7/92 3/3/99 mg/L) 5/3/93 mg/L) 9/13/93 ); 1990,1994,1998,1999and 4/8/99 2/7/94 8/8/94 , 8/5/99 12/5/94 7Q10 =0.1cfs 3/20/95 9/1/99 7/17/95 11/13/95 10/7/99 2/19/96 11/3/99 6/17/96 8/12/96 12/9/99 12/2/96 3/3/97 1/6/00 7/7/97 11/3/97 2/2/00 4/6/98 8/3/98 3/9/00 12/7/98 2/4/99 4/5/00 4/8/99 6/3/99 6/30/99 9/1/99 11/3/99 1/6/00 3/9/00 Current Conditions: Since loading capacity varies as a function of the flow present in the stream, this TMDL represents a continuum of desired loads over all flow conditions, rather than fixed at a single value. Sample data for each sampling site were categorized for each of the three defined seasons: Spring (Mar-Jul), Summer-Fall (Aug-Oct) and Winter (Nov-Feb). High flows and runoff equate to lower flow durations, baseflow and point source influences generally occur in the 75-99% range. Load curves were established for the Aquatic Life criterion by multiplying the flow values along the curve by the applicable water quality criterion and converting the units to derive a load duration curve of pounds of DO per day. This load curve graphically displays the TMDL since any point along the curve represents water quality at the standard at that flow. Historic excursions from WQS are seen as plotted points below the load curves. Water quality standards are met for those points plotting above the applicable load duration curves. Water Quality Site 208: Excursions were seen in all three seasons and are outlined in Table 1. Eighteen percent of Spring samples and 53% of Summer-Fall samples were below the aquatic life criterion. Eleven percent of Winter samples were under the aquatic life criterion. Overall, 24% of the samples were under the criterion (Figure 4). This would represent a baseline condition of non-support of the impaired designated use. Marmaton R. nr KS-MO Stateline Dissolved Oxygen TMDL 1000000 100000 10000 1000 100 DO (Lbs/Day) 10 1 0.1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percent of Days Load Exceeded TMDL (5 mg/L) Spring Sample Data (1985-2000) Summer/Fall Sample Data (1985-2000) Winter Sample Data (1985-2000) Figure 4 Water Quality Site 559: Excursions were seen in two of the three seasons and are outlined in Table 1. None of the Spring samples were below the aquatic life criterion. Thirty eight percent of the Summer-Fall and 8% percent of Winter samples were under the aquatic life criterion. Overall, 15% of the samples were under the criterion (Figure 5). This would represent a baseline condition of non-support of the impaired designated use. 4 Marmaton R. nr Marmaton Dissolved Oxygen TMDL 1000000 100000 10000 1000 100 DO (lbs/day) 10 1 0.1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percent of Days Load Exceeded TMDL (5 mg/L) Spring Sample Data (1990, 1994, 1998-2000) Summer/Fall Sample Data (1990, 1994, 1998-2000) Winter Sample Data (1990, 1994, 1998-2000) Figure 5 No DO violations have been encountered at flows exceeding 68 cfs on the Marmaton River near the state line, therefore a critical low flow can be identified on the Marmaton River as those flows of 68 cfs or less. TABLE 1 NUMBER OF SAMPLES UNDER DISSOLVED OXYGEN STANDARD OF 5 mg/L BY FLOW Station Season 0 to 10 to 25 to 50 to 75 to 90 to Cum Freq.
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