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Date: December 6, 2001
Time: 9:45 AM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers, Overcast
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Rural homes with septic systems;
Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots; Construction
Trash at the Creek: No trash
Animals at the Creek: Frogs (Northern Cricket)
Animals in the Creek: Fish (Orange Throat Darter, Stoneroller,
Slender Madtom)
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (2), Bare soil or sand (1), Grasses (4),
Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (5), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (2), Bare soil
or sand (1), Grasses (3), Woody shrubs/small trees (4), Big trees
(5), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: N/A
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (> 6 feet), Shallow Water
(< 3 feet)
with Deep Pools (> 3 feet), Shallow Banks (< 3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: 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: Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water;
Orange to red coating on stream bed
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 (4), Boulders
(2), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
8
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 34%
Nitrate: < 5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
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
Tolerant Species: Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
8
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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