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Date: December 5, 2001
Time: 9:45 AM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Overcast
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
Animals at the Creek: Frogs (Leopard, Plains, and Northern
Cricket), Deer, Mourning Doves, Mallard Ducks
Animals in the Creek: Fish (Slender Madtom), Mussel shells
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(1), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (4),
Woody shrubs/small trees (7), Big trees (4), Lawn (4)
Right Bank: Concrete (1), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (4), Grasses (3), Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees
(2), Lawn (1)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Gentle Slope
Right Bank: Undercut
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (> 6 feet), Shallow Water
(< 3 feet) with deep pools (> 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
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water;
Orange to red coating on stream bed; No unusual color; Multi-colored
sheen on water or oily smell; 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 (3), Sand (0), Gravel (2), Cobbles (5), Boulders
(1), Bedrock (2), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
14C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 38%
Nitrate: < 5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: 1.5 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Damselfly Nymphs
Tolerant Species: Pouch Snail
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
6
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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