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Date: December 6, 2001
Time: 9:00 AM
GPS Coordinates: N 38° 50.559', W 94° 36.785'
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Sewage treatment plant discharge; Rural homes with septic
systems; Construction
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass
Animals at the Creek: None
Animals in the Creek: Fish
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (0), Grasses (3),
Woody shrubs/small trees (5), Big trees (4), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (0), Grasses (5), Woody shrubs/small trees (4), Big trees
(6), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions: Steeply sloping banks
Habitat Types: N/A
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (> 6 feet), Shallow Water
(< 3 feet), Deep Banks (> 3 feet)
What's in the water?: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs;
Fallen leaves
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?: Algae in spots, Algae matted
on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water, Greenish colored
water, Multi-colored sheen on water or oily smell
Embeddedness (1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): N/A
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (3), Silt (0), Sand (1), Gravel (4), Cobbles (4), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
10
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 35%
Nitrate: 3 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.605 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: None
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crane Fly Lavae, Crayfish
Tolerant Species: Pouch Snail
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
5
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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