About the Crawfish Watershed

Description of Watershed

The total estimated area in the watershed is 515,001 acres. This watershed is located in Dodge, Columbia, Dane and Jefferson Counties in southeast Wisconsin.

Average farm size is 196 acres. The terrain of the watershed varies from nearly level to moderately steep. The highly productive soils generally consist of silt loam over glacial till. It is for this reason that agriculture is by far the predominant land use with corn, soybeans and alfalfa being the major crops. Pastureland in the watershed comprises about 40,000 acres. There are also large areas of muck soils where vegetables and sod are the primary crops. The Crawfish River is a tributary to the Rock River which also has a highly agricultural watershed.
 

Map of Crawfish Watershed

Download soil and hydrological maps of the watershed.

Counties in Watershed

• Dodge

• Jefferson

• Columbia

• Dane

Program Contacts - Wisconsin

Wisconsin CSP Program Manager
Tom Krapf, Assistant State Conservationist, Madison
Phone:  608-662-4422 x 232
Email:  tom.krapf@wi.usda.gov 

Matt Otto, Resource Conservationist, Madison
Phone: 608-662-4422 x 245
Email: matt.otto@wi.usda.gov

Steve Prissel, Resource Conservationist, Juneau
Phone: 920-386-9999 x 129
Email: steve.prissel@wi.usda.gov
 

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