Date: February 20, 2002
Time: N/A
GPS Coordinates: 38° 06.912', W 97° 36.647'

Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots

Trash at the Creek: Old tires, Broken glass, cans, Bleach bottle
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Striders

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (-), Big rocks/rip rap (-), Bare soil or sand (+), Grasses (+), Woody shrubs/small trees (-), Big trees (+), Lawn (-)
Right Bank: Concrete (+), Big rocks/rip rap (+), Bare soil or sand (+), Grasses (+), Woody shrubs/small trees (-), Big trees (+), Lawn (-)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: N/A

Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, and Runs
Shape of the Channel: Narrow Banks (< 6 feet), Shallow Water (< 3 feet), Deep Banks (> 3 feet)

What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs
Human Impact: None

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: N/A

What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Hairy Algae

Conditions in your stream: Greenish colored water

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 (5), Silt (4), Sand (5), Gravel (0), Cobbles (0), Boulders (0), Bedrock (3), Cement platform (0)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 4 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 31%
Nitrate: N/A
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 100 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.7 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: Gilled Snails
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams
Tolerant Species: Blackfly Larvae, Midge Larvae

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 7
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)