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Date: December 7, 2001
Time: 1 :30 PM
GPS Coordinates: 38° 6.912', W 97° 36.640'
Elevation: N/A
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Rural homes with septic systems;
Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots
Trash at the Creek: Furniture, Old tires, Barbed wire, tractors,
Fishing line and lures, Broken glass, cans, pipe, plastic, fishing
pole
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer, Dog
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Mussels
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (5), Bare soil or sand (8), Grasses (0),
Woody shrubs/small trees (0), Big trees (8), Lawn (0), Leaves (8)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (5), Bare soil
or sand (8), Grasses (0), Woody shrubs/small trees (0), Big trees
(8), Lawn (0), Leaves (8)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Undercut
Right Bank: Steeply
Sloping
Habitat Types: Riffles and Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (> 6 feet), Shallow Water
(< 3 feet), Shallow 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?: Shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: No Algae
Type of Algae: None
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water;
Multi-colored sheen on water or oily smell
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): N/A
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
N/A
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
8
C
Dissolved Oxygen 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 34%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 7
Turbidity: 0 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.5 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
N/A
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