Red Run shoals 2012
Shoals occur naturally from erosion and deposition of fine granular material;
extending into a body of water, creating a shallowing (shoaling) of the water.
Landslides can create shoals in a river which interfere with water flow.
Shoal removal will reduce sedimentation and improve water quality.
Part of the multi-million dollar effort will most likely
include excavation/dredging of the banks.
http://www.levinforcongress.com/release_details.asp?id=73
I took a walk on Thursday February 23, 2012 before snow hit Warren,MI.
Fresh tire tracks and an auger hole caught my attention.
The geo-textile fabric recently placed to avoid erosion
failed and a new landslide occurred.
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Recent traffic on Red Run
Auger Hole Core Sample ???
Old landslide shoal pinch point
Recent landslide Feb 2012
Landslide despite geo-tex cloth
Red Run shoal creation
Shoal on Red Run
Landslide getting worse Feb 23, 2012
Warren Michigan Red Run Drain View
Local Weather for Red Run
This weather station is very, very close to the Red Run in Warren,Michigan
near the Macomb/Oakland county border at 14 Mile and Dequindre.
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KMISTERL4
March 3, 2012 Quiet Water Symposium
Many have a love of the non-motorized outdoors
via hiking, paddling, cycling, campfire cooking, etc.
A great annual event attracting literally thousands of people
takes place March 3, 2012 at Michigan State Pavillion
in East Lansing, Michigan.
-Billed as the largest One Day event of its kind in the nation !
http://www.americancanoe.org/events/event_details.asp?id=199725
Warren is Wet
Warren,Michigan has a rich history well recorded to around the 1800′s.
There are many historical references to marshlands and canoe travel.
Warren is indeed an industrial area that developed out of wetlands.
Scroll down this webpage to learn more about the early survey crews:
http://macombhistory.us/miscitems/WarrenVillage.html
Warren,Michigan started near the banks of the Red Run
http://macombhistory.us/maps/mapWarrenVil1916LOCS.jpg
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Warren Michigan is Wet
Warren water
Warren,Michigan 2012 Geographical Survey
Source: U.S. Census Bureau’s MAF/TIGER database (BAS12)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration
U.S. Census Bureau
email geo.bas@census.gov
call 1-800-972-5651
CLICK on the maps and find your neighborhood.
http://www2.census.gov/geo/www/bas12/st26_mi/incplace/p2684000_warren/BAS12P12600084000_001.pdf
http://www2.census.gov/geo/www/bas12/st26_mi/incplace/p2684000_warren/BAS12P12600084000_002.pdf
http://www2.census.gov/geo/www/bas12/st26_mi/incplace/p2684000_warren/BAS12P12600084000_003.pdf
http://www2.census.gov/geo/www/bas12/st26_mi/incplace/p2684000_warren/BAS12P12600084000_004.pdf
Best of luck getting actual storm drain piping info or grey water diagrams online.
That door has been closed by the federal government
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL32189.pdf
2012 Cleaning the Red Run
Pollution prevention to the tune of $350,000
along with stormwater management for $ 500,000
is taking place along the Red Run as local governments
take action to clean up the Clinton River and Lake St. Clair.
Page 42/43 of the 52 page document (December 2011)
from the Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District
http://www.semcog.org/uploadedFiles/Programs_and_Projects/Water/Lake_St_Clair/SIP-Iteration.pdf
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Red Run Projects 159 and 161
A $2,112,000 initiative is also underway to restore
Fish Passage in the Red Run Headwaters
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Red Run Project 79
People may start to think the Red Run is actually
nice, clean and worthwhile in the next few years.
The vast majority of water that flows along it
is nothing but rain water runoff from thunderstorms.
2012 Plans for Red Run
It will be interesting to see the continued development of the
Red Run and it’s steep slopes in 2012 as springtime approaches
A large portion of the Red Run is in Warren, Michigan
located in Macomb County (Dequindre is the actual borderline)
Oakland County Red Run construction project 76281
via the Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Solicitation Number: W911XK-10-R-0037
Agency: Department of the Army
Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location: USACE District, Detroit
Contractor Awardee:
SITE DEVELOPMENT, INC. (096967393)
30850 STEPHENSON HWY
MADISON HEIGHTS, MI 48071-1614
Solicitation: W911XK-10-R-0037-0001
Contract : W911XK-10-C-0026
In the Amount of $2,157,293
http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=7096&destination=ShowItem
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Example of other projects
Site Development Red Run Project
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Red Run USACE Award Dates
Retention Treatment Basins in Metro Detroit
When rainfall is very light you’ll notice almost no storm drain flow volume
in the Red Run as a majority is routed the Detroit Wastewater Treatment Plant (DWTP)
When rainfall is heavy, the water volumes begin to exceed the outlet capacity
for DWTP; excess flow goes into the George W. Kuhn Retention Treatment Basin.
There it is stored, screened and disinfected prior to discharge to the Red Run Drain.
A majority of the water entering the Red Run is therefore just plain rain water.
Any water volume released from the retention center was treated with bleach.
The Red Run Inter-County Group has cracked down on older illicit sewer hookups
sending investigators out to track/trace the flows with dye and fix the issues.
2012 should be a good year as infrastructure personnel continue to make improvements.
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Retention Basin Facilities in Metro Detroit
Fish in Red Run have slim chance
I can’t find data of fish in the Red Run, even as it merges
into the Clinton River eventually, and flows into Lake St. Clair.
The Kuhn Retention Basin completed in 2006 between I-75 and John R
slightly north of 12 Mile Road in Madison Heights holds storm water
amounts of approximately 124 million gallons; and then lets it all go
during heavy rainfall events into the Red Run drain.
Kuhn Retention Facility Location
Any fish existing in the Red Run; gets violently swept downstream;
repeatedly during the year; from the stormwater releases at Kuhn.
I doubt fish swim “upstream” against current into the Red Run.
There are waterfowl in and around the Red Run quite often.
I have yet to see any bird take a fish into its beak and eat it.
The Red Run is a storm drain and no longer a natural river.
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Red Run into Clinton River
Red Run Clinton River Impairment 2005
Red Run – River of blood
Chief Pontiac lay siege to Fort Detroit in 1763 known as Pontiac’s Rebellion.
Captain James Dalyell attempted to end the Indians’ siege of the fort
by attacking with 247 British troops an Indian Camp approximately
two miles north of the fort; near what is now East Jefferson/Mt. Elliott.
The battle near Parent Creek came to be known as the Battle of Bloody Run.
It is quite possible that other battles occurred slightly north of Detroit
in the areas now known as Royal Oak, Madison Heights, Warren
giving the Red Run its name as well.
See more historical background info here:
http://detroit1701.org/Bloody Run Marker.html
http://cityofwarren.org/index.php/historic-commission
http://redrundrain.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/1875-macomb-county-map.jpg
http://www.nndb.com/people/072/000049922/
Bloody Run
Red Run
