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Date: December 6, 2001
Time: 11:00
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Cropland; Active grazing land
&/or feedlots
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Cows, Raccoons, Deer
Animals in the Creek: Water Striders
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (8), Grasses (3),
Woody shrubs/small trees (0), Big trees (0), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (2), Grasses (8), Woody shrubs/small trees (7), Big trees
(5), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: WideBanks (>6 feet), Shallow Water
(<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: Algae matted on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; Yellow-brown to dark
brown water
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 (4), Silt (2), Sand (2), Gravel (4), Cobbles (5), Boulders
(1), Bedrock (3), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
12
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 37%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.3 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: None
Somewhat Sensitive Species: None
Tolerant Species: None
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
0
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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