RIVER SEGMENTS. Manistee River Assessment. Figure 1. The Manistee River watershed in northwestern lower Michigan. Seg 1 Deward.

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1 Manistee River ssessment RIVER SEGMENTS Seg 1 - Headwaters to M-72 Seg 2 - M-72 to Smithville (M-66) Seg 3 - Smithville (M-66) to M-115 Bridge Seg 4 - Hodenpyl Dam to Red Bridge (oates Hwy) Seg 5 - Tippy Dam to M-55 Bridge Seg 6 - North Branch Manistee River Seg 7 - Bear reek Seg 8 - Pine River Seg 1 Deward 0 10 MILES Seg 6 Grayling Fife Sharon Seg 3 Seg 2 Bear Seg 7 Kaleva Mesick Manton Michigan Manistee Seg 5 Wellston Seg 4 Seg 8 adillac Bristol Tustin Figure 1. The Manistee River watershed in northwestern lower Michigan. 115

2 Manistee River ssessment 1 2 Deward MILES Grayling Michigan Manistee Wellston 88 Buckley Mesick Bear Harrietta Fife Manton adillac 68 Sharon Figure 2. Major tributaries of the Manistee River. 116

3 Manistee River ssessment 1. Deer Outlet 2. Frenchman s reek 3. Goose reek 4. Portage reek 5. Black reek 6. lear reek 7. North Branch Manistee 8. Flowing Well reek 9. Morrison reek 10. ollar reek 11. Sands reek 12. Devil reek 13. Little Devil reek 14. annon reek 15. Pierson reek 16. Willow reek 17. Maple reek 18. Little annon reek 19. Silver reek 20. Waterhole reek 21. Filer reek 22. Nelson reek 23. Spring reek 24. Bourne reek 25. Ham reek 26. Hopkins reek 27. Voice reek 28. Bridson reek 29. Fife Inlet 30. Fife Outlet 31. Gould reek 32. Golden reek 33. Morrisy reek 34. hase reek 35. Walton Outlet 36. Manton (edar) reek 37. Buttermilk reek 38. Silver reek 39. Sands reek 40. pple reek 41. Blind reek 42. Filer reek 43. Soper reek 44. nderson reek 45. West Branch nderson reek 46. dams reek 47. ole reek 48. East Branch Wheeler reek 49. Wheeler reek 50. Burkett reek 51. Preston reek 52. otton reek 53. Fletcher reek 54. ripple reek 55. Small reek 56. Tar reek 57. Seaton reek 58. Slagle reek 59. Dead reek 60. edar reek 61. rguilla reek 62. Hinton reek 63. Sands reek 64. Johnson reek 65. Peterson reek 66. Snyders reek 67. Pine River 68. North Branch Pine River 69. Spalding reek 70. Sixteen reek 71. Fairchild (Negro) reek 72. East Branch Pine River 73. Rose Outlet 74. Edgett reek 75. Diamond Outlet 76. Sprague reek 77. Beaver reek 78. Little Beaver reek 79. oe reek 80. Dyer reek 81. Sellars reek 82. Silver reek 83. Elm reek 84. Poplar reek 85. Dowling reek 86. Hoxie reek 87. Sylvan reek 88. Pine reek 89. Bear reek 90. First reek 91. Second or Hatches reek 92. Third reek 93. Dutchman reek 94. Lemon reek 95. Healy Outlet 96. Little Bear reek 97. Green s reek 98. Halls reek 99. rner reek 100. Big Beaver reek 101. Williamson reek 102. Little Beaver reek 103. edar reek 104. hicken reek 105. Podunk reek 106. Boswell reek 107. hief reek 108. Sickle reek 109. laybank reek 117

4 Manistee River ssessment Michigan Manistee M-55 Bridge Manistee Bear Bear reek Kaleva opemish Hodenpyl Dam Buckley M-115 Bridge Mesick Baxter Bridge Sherman Harrietta Brethren Tippy oates Hwy Dam (Red Bridge) Wellston Stronach Dam Poplar Pine reek Lincoln Bridge oe reek Pine reek 0 10 MILES Pine River Fife Manton reek US-31 Bridge adillac Manton North Branch Pine River Rose Outlet Rose Rainbow Jim's Manistee North Branch Manistee Sharon Mecum Road Smithville annon reek Mancelona Road Bridge Pickeral Bridge Blue YellowTree's Landing ameron Bridge Goose reek M-72 Deward Grayling Margrethe Portage reek Figure 3. General sites within watershed. 118

5 Manistee River ssessment Spawning habitat and associated behaviors migrations migrations Refuge habitat daily winter drought migrations Food and growth habitat Figure 4. The basic life cycle of stream fish with respect to habitat use (adapted from Schlosser 1991). 119

6 Manistee River ssessment = Non-trout = Trout Deward 0 10 MILES Grayling Fife Sharon Buckley Bear Mesick Manton Harrietta Michigan Manistee Wellston adillac Figure 5. Designated trout streams in the Manistee River watershed. Data from Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division. 120

7 Manistee River ssessment 6 Standardized discharge MR-Manistee MR-Sherman MR-Grayling EBPR-Tustin PR-LeRoy Percent exceedence Figure 6. Flow duration curves for selected sites on the Manistee and Pine Rivers. Information from United States Geological Survey for period of record. 121

8 Manistee River ssessment Ratio of high:low flow yield Manistee near Grayling Little Manistee near Freesoil u Sable near Grayling Manistee near Sherman u Sable near Mio u Sable near u Sable Boardman near Mayfield Pine near Hoxeyville Stream or river reach Big Sable near Freesoil White River near White Hall Manistee near Manistee S. Branch u Sable near Luzurne Pine near Leroy E. Branch Pine near Tustin N. Branch Kawkawlin near Kawkawlin Figure 7. Ratio of high:low flow yields for selected Michigan rivers. Data from Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division. 122

9 Manistee River ssessment Peaking flow Discharge (cfs) River flow Noon Time (hours) Figure 8. Typical daily peaking flow pattern at Tippy Dam. 123

10 Manistee River ssessment Temperature ( ) :00 12:00 00:00 12:00 00:00 12:00 00:00 Time (units) Figure 9. Temperature patterns at lcona peaking project on the u Sable River, Michigan. 124

11 Manistee River ssessment 1300 River surface elevation (ft) Sharon M - 72 Hodenpyl 600 Tippy 500 mouth River mile headwaters Figure 10. Gradient (elevation change in ft/mi) of the Manistee River. 125

12 Manistee River ssessment River surface elevation (ft) M - 37 Lincoln Bridge 750 Stronach 650 onfluence River mile headwaters Figure 11. Gradient (elevation change in ft/mi) of the Pine River. 126

13 Manistee River ssessment In Idaho streams, undisturbed channels held 8 times greater biomass of trout on the average. Over 80 years after channelization, biomass of fish remains 80 to 90 percent below original levels. Figure 12. Natural and altered channel-cross sections and trout biomass (from Gebhards 1973). 127

14 Manistee River ssessment Water Elevation hannel Bottom Figure 13a. Degraded mainstem channel-cross section below Tippy Dam. Islands Water Elevation Islands hannel Bottom Figure 13b. ggraded mainstem channel-cross section below Tippy Dam. 128

15 Manistee River ssessment Kalkaska - Rubicon Grayling - Rubicon Emmet - Kalkaska - East Excessively drained Well drained Emmet - Rousseau Moderately well drained Bergland - Munuscong - Selkirk Rifle - arbondole - Greenwood Rousseau - Emmet - Rubicon Nester - Iosco - Emmet Ogemaw - Rubicon - Nester Newton - Finch - Rubicon Very poorly and poorly drained Figure 14. Soil associations in the Manistee River watershed. Source: U.S. Department of griculture, U.S. Forest Service, Manistee River Wild and Scenic River Final Study Report and Environmental Impact Statement. 129

16 Manistee River ssessment = ccess site = ampground 0 10 MILES Deward Grayling Buckley Fife Sharon Bear Mesick Manton Michigan Manistee Wellston Harrietta adillac Figure 15. Public access site and campground locations in the Manistee River watershed. Data from Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation and United States 130

17 Manistee River ssessment Deward 0 10 MILES Grayling Fife Sharon Buckley Bear Mesick Manton Harrietta Michigan Manistee Wellston adillac Figure 16. Location of dams in the Manistee River watershed. 131

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