Dams Sub-watershed Big Beaver Creek (1) Clam Lake (3) Clinton River (23) Coon Creek (0) E. Br. Coon Creek (0) East Pond Creek (5) Galloway Creek (2) Gloede Ditch (1) Harrington Drain (0) Highbank Creek (0) M. Br. Clinton River (6) N. Br. Clinton River (5) Paint Creek (15) Plum Brook (3) Red Run River (1) Sashabaw Creek (1) Stony Creek (11) Tupper Brook (0) W. Br. Stony Creek (2) 952.30 Y 4164100 992.62 968.50 966.70 Y 4160800 957.50 957.50 966.70 966.70 949.30 949.30 4161540 Y Y 4161800 965.42 Y 4160900 928.60 928.60 929.22 Y 4161000 Y 4161820 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. 134
Clinton River Trail Yates Park Detroits Sportsman Congress Clinton River Rookery Preserve Bloomer Park Veterans Memorial Pointe Avon Nature Area Clinton River Ponds Preserve Riverbend Park River Bend Township 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
Bridgeview Road I-94 Mouth Lake St. Clair 1999 1999, 2000 2000 2001 Harris Lake Crystal Lake Adams Road Opdyke Road Ryan Road Mt. Clemens City Park Mt. Clemens VFW Hall Mt. Clemens Firehouse Cass Road M-97 Moravian/Belleview Road Figure 56. Clinton River caged-fish monitoring locations. Data from Michigan Department of Environmental Quality 2003. 136
F-29 Macomb County C-93 C-91 D-52 E-52 C-51 G-49 E-34 G-50 E. coli colonies per 100 ml sample 350.66-1282.27 1282.27-2369.86 2369.86-4437.12 4437.12-7048.43 7048.43-40428.52 E-92 J-30 E-77 J-31 C-65 G-53 J-54 R-71 M-84 O-56 E-35 C-57 K-85 J-82 G-81 G-33 M-48 O-76 H-60 Q-36 I-60 S-44 M-63 M-83 C-68 O-90 Q-69 J-66 M-62 E-67 Q-40 G-96 V-43 O-75 S-71 U-55 Q-72 D-67 U-41 S-95 S-95 Lake St. Clair C-51 East Branch Coon Creek C-57 Red Run Drain C-65 Middle Branch Clinton River C-68 Clinton River C-91 Stoney Creek C-93 Pond Creek D-52 East Pond Creek D-67 Sweeney Drain E-34 Highbank Drain E-35 Red Run Drain E-52 North Branch Clinton River E-67 Harrington Drain E-77 Healy Brook Drain E-92 Stony Creek West F-29 North Branch Clinton River G-33 Middle Branch Clinton River G-49 North Branch Clinton River G-50 East Branch Coon Creek G-53 Clinton River G-81 Bear Creek G-96 Clinton River H-60 Middle Branch Clinton River I-60 Middle Branch Clinton River J-30 North Branch Clinton River J-31 East Branch Coon Creek J-54 Clinton River J-66 Clinton River J-82 Bear Creek K-85 Lorraine Drain M-48 Deer Creek M-62 Clinton River M-63 Middle Branch Clinton River M-83 Clinton River M-84 Beaver Creek O-56 Red Run Drain O-75 Clinton River O-76 McBride Drain O-90 Clinton River Q-36 North Branch Clinton River Q-40 Clinton River Q-69 Canal Drain Q-72 Sterling Relief R-71 Plumbrook Drain S-44 North Branch Clinton River S-71 Plumbrook Drain S-95 Clinton River S-95 Clinton River U-41 Clinton River U-55 Red Run Drain V-43 Clinton River Spillway Figure 57. Average bacteria load in the Clinton River, Macomb County, 1999 2003. 137
0 5 Miles Figure 58. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Division, stream classifications, 1967. 138
Almont Armada Oxford Romeo Clarkston New Haven Rochester Pontiac Yates Dam Sterling Heights Mount Clemens Lake St. Clair Royal Oak Warren Hamtramck 0 5 Miles Figure 59. Drains and smaller streams in the Clinton River watershed, in addition to the mainstem and major tributaries. 139
Almont Armada Oxford Romeo Clarkston New Haven Pontiac Rochester Yates Dam Sterling Heights Mount Clemens Royal Oak Warren Lake St. Clair Hamtramck 0 5 Miles 1 Clinton River, I-75 2 Clinton River, Pontiac Lake Rd. 3 Clinton River, Cooley Lake Rd. 4 Sashabaw Creek, Waldon Rd. 5 Clinton River, Squirrel Rd. 6 Clinton River, Livernois Rd. 7 Clinton River, Yates Dam 8 Galloway Creek, Squirrel Rd. 9 Sargents Creek, Tienken Rd. 10 Paint Creek, Tienken Rd. 11 West Branch Stony Creek, Stony Creek Rd. 12 West Branch Stony Creek, Snell Rd. 13 McClure Drain, 28 Mile Rd. 14 Clinton River, Van Dyke 15 Clinton River, Dodge Park 16 Clinton River, Garfield 17 Red Run, Ryan Rd. 18 Red Run, Maple Lane 19 Plum Brook, 19 Mile Rd. 20 Plum Brook, Dodge Park 21 Gibson Drain, Dequindre Rd. 22 Big Beaver Creek, Mound Rd. 23 Middle Branch Clinton River, Jewel Rd. 24 Middle Branch Clinton River, 24 Mile Rd. 25 Middle Branch Clinton River, M-59 26 Coon Creek, Irwin Rd. 27 Coon Creek, 32 Mile Rd. 28 Coon Creek, 28 Mile Rd. 29 East Branch Coon Creek, Irwin Rd. 30 East Branch Coon Creek, 33 Mile Rd. 31 North Branch Clinton River, McKay Rd. 32 North Branch Clinton River, Wolcott Mills Metro Park 33 North Branch Clinton River, Middle Branch confluence 34 Apel Drain, McKay Rd. 35 Kidder Creek, Boardman Rd. 36 Clinton River, Crocker Rd. 37 Clinton River, Bridgeview 38 Clinton River Spillway, Harper Figure 60. Location of fish sampling sites surveyed during 2001 02. 140
141 Clinton River Assessment Saginaw Bay Thames River Watershed Clinton River Watershed Lake Huron St. Clair River Detroit River Lake St. Clair Lake Erie Michigan Ontario 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.