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Date: December 8, 2001
Time: 9:30
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Construction
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans; Plastic; Rusted metal
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons
Animals in the Creek: None
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(1), Big rocks/rip rap (4), Bare soil or sand (6), Grasses (2),
Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees (4), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (1), Grasses (4), Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees
(3), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Undercut
Right Bank: Steeply Sloping
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (> 6 feet), Shallow Water
(< 3 feet), Deep Banks (> 3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Algae matted
on rocks; Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water;
Foam
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 2
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (1), Silt (1), Sand (2), Gravel (3), Cobbles (5), Boulders
(2), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
9
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 51%
Nitrate: 12.5 ppm
Phosphate: 4ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: N/A
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Damselfly Nymphs, Dragonfly
Nymphs
Tolerant Species: Leeches, Midge Larvae, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
12
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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