Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Eric D Dantoin

Eric Dantoin is a Hydrologic Technician with the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Biology and Natural Resource Management, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, 2004

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Stream Gaging
  • Sediment Sampling (suspended and bed)
  • Habitat Assessment Surveys
  • Erosion monitoring
  • Water Quality Data Collection in Lakes
  • Trace Element Sampling

 

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Assessment and monitoring of gully erosion control, Bark River, WI
  • Channel changes from submerged flow deflectors and large floods, North Fish Creek, WI [Link]
  • Geomorphic assessment of erosion and sedimentation hot spots, Bad River, WI [Link]
  • Effects of sand sedimentation, flooding, and base-flow on brook trout habitat, Whittlesey Creek, WI
  • Regional Hydraulic Geometry Curves
  • Wisconsin USGS streamgaging network
  • Wisconsin USGS crest-stage gage program
  • Rest Lake Study
  • Bad River Watershed Water Quality Data Collection and Analysis
  • Mentor and Support Northland College Sigurd Olson Institute
  • Anvil Lake:  Response in the water quality of Anvil Lake, Vilas County, WI, in to changes in nutrient loading, with special emphasis on the effects of changes in water level
  • Little St. Germain:  Assement of Phosphorus Loading and Stage Regulation of Little St. Germain, Vilas County

 

Science and Products

link
Photograph of Faith Fitzpatrick discussing soil cores and findings with staff from the Bad River Tribe's Natural Resources Dept.

Bad River watershed assessments

The Bad River has one of the highest sediment loads of all Lake Superior tributaries and is an important resource for lake sturgeon and the Bad River Tribe. This study monitors the effects of streamflow variability on sediment-related problems, including understanding the influence of land cover on hydrology, habitat, erosion and sedimentation rates, and water quality of the Bad River.
By
Upper Midwest Water Science Center
link

Bad River watershed assessments

The Bad River has one of the highest sediment loads of all Lake Superior tributaries and is an important resource for lake sturgeon and the Bad River Tribe. This study monitors the effects of streamflow variability on sediment-related problems, including understanding the influence of land cover on hydrology, habitat, erosion and sedimentation rates, and water quality of the Bad River.
Learn More
No results found.

Flood of July 2016 in northern Wisconsin and the Bad River Reservation

Heavy rain fell across northern Wisconsin and the Bad River Reservation on July 11, 2016, as a result of several rounds of thunderstorms. The storms caused major flooding in the Bad River Basin and nearby tributaries along the south shore of Lake Superior. Rainfall totals were 8–10 inches or more and most of the rain fell in an 8-hour period. A streamgage on the Bad River near Odanah, Wisconsin, r
Authors
Faith A. Fitzpatrick, Eric D. Dantoin, Naomi Tillison, Kara M. Watson, Robert J. Waschbusch, James D. Blount
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

Flood of June 2008 in Southern Wisconsin

In June 2008, heavy rain caused severe flooding across southern Wisconsin. The floods were aggravated by saturated soils that persisted from unusually wet antecedent conditions from a combination of floods in August 2007, more than 100 inches of snow in winter 2007-08, and moist conditions in spring 2008. The flooding caused immediate evacuations and road closures and prolonged, extensive damages
Authors
Faith A. Fitzpatrick, Marie C. Peppler, John F. Walker, William J. Rose, Robert J. Waschbusch, James L. Kennedy
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

Monitoring channel morphology and bluff erosion at two installations of flow-deflecting vanes, North Fish Creek, Wisconsin, 2000-03

Flow-deflecting vanes were installed in the streambed along two meander bends with eroding bluffs in 2000 and 2001 in the upper main stem of North Fish Creek, a tributary to Lake Superior in Wisconsin. About 45 vanes were arranged in 15 arrays at each site to deflect the flow away from the eroding toe or base of the bluff (outside of a bend) and toward the point bar (inside of a bend). Channel cro
Authors
Faith A. Fitzpatrick, Marie C. Peppler, Heather E. Schwar, John A. Hoopes, Matthew W. Diebel
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center

Science and Products