Restoration Plan for Oak Creek Watershed

The Oak Creek watershed restoration plan is a second-level plan developed in the context of the 2007 regional water quality management plan update for the Greater Milwaukee watersheds. The plan provides specific, targeted recommendations to address four major focus areas: water quality, recreational use and access, habitat conditions, and flooding. In addition, the Mill Pond and dam located on Milwaukee County parkland within the City of South Milwaukee was evaluated using the plan focus areas. The plan is designed to address the nine key elements for watershed plans identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Final Report

Executive Summary

Community Assistance Planning Report No. 330, A Restoration Plan for the Oak Creek Watershed—Volume 1: Chapters 1-5 (12/2021, 464 pp)

Community Assistance Planning Report No. 330, A Restoration Plan for the Oak Creek Watershed—Volume 2: Chapter 6 (12/2021, 326 pp)

Community Assistance Planning Report No. 330, A Restoration Plan for the Oak Creek Watershed—Volume 3: Appendices (12/2021, 386 pp)

Oak Creek Watershed Restoration Plan GIS Files

The geodatabases linked here contain geographical data presented in the Oak Creek watershed restoration plan (SEWRPC Community Assistance Planning Report No. 330). The three Oak Creek Watershed Restoration Plan Instream Survey Data geodatabases contain physical features of the stream system and other features identified during the field surveys of the mainstem of Oak Creek, the North Branch of Oak Creek, and the Mitchell Field Drainage Ditch in 2016 and 2017. The geodatabase file OakCreekWRPMapFiles.gdb contains map feature layers for some of the maps presented in the plan report.

Description of Geodatabase Files Available for Download

OakCreekWRP_InstreamSurveyData_1of3.gdb

OakCreekWRP_InstreamSurveyData_2of3.gdb

OakCreekWRP_InstreamSurveyData_3of3.gdb

OakCreekWRPMapFiles.gdb