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Date: April 25, 2002
Time: 2:15 PM
GPS Coordinates: 38° 06.909', W 97° 36.648'
Elevation: 1426 ft
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Overcast; Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Rural homes with septic systems;
Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots
Trash at the Creek: Old tires, Barbed wire, tractors, Broken
glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer, Beavers, Snakes
Animals in the Creek: None
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(5), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (5), Grasses (5),
Woody shrubs/small trees (5), Big trees (5), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (5), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (5), Grasses (5), Woody shrubs/small trees (5), Big trees
(0), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Undercut
Right Bank: Undercut
Habitat Types: Riffles
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;
and Fallen leaves
Human Impact: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: No Algae
Type of Algae: None
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; Yellow-brown to dark
brown water; Foam
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 4
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (2), Silt (0), Sand (5), Gravel (0), Cobbles (0), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
18
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 84%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 100 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positivie
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Hellgrammite,
Stonefly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Dragonfly Nymphs, Scud
Tolerant Species: N/A
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
10
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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