The Wetlands of Cherokee Marsh

Maps

Hydric soils in Dane County. A hydric soil is a soil that formed under conditions of saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic (without oxygen) conditions in the upper part.

Cherokee Lake

Map of Cherokee Lake, 1968. Shows the spits of land that defined the lake's boundary after it was created by dredging wetlands. All of that land has eroded away except for the oak island (the circle marked "PW").

Cherokee Lake in 1962 (aerial photo). Shows dredging in progress.

Cherokee Lake in 1968 (aerial photo).

The Wetlands of Dane County, Wisconsin

In 1974, the Dane County Regional Plan Commission in cooperation with the Wisconsin DNR researched and published a book titled The Wetlands of Dane County, Wisconsin. The book describes and evaluates the county's wetlands.

Cherokee Marsh maps and descriptions from the book:

Overview
Map A (north)
Map A Key
Map B (central)
Map B Key
Map C (south)
Map C Key

All of the above files in a zip file

Introduction and description of the wetland ecosystem (9 MB)

Dane County Water Resources. Map showing the watershed and marshes lost since 1905.

The book is available in local libraries.