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Date: March 6, 2002
Time: 8:30 AM
GPS Coordinates: 37° 11.4', W 96° 43.3'
Elevation: 1150 ft
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: Old tires, Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons
Animals in the Creek: Fish
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (1), Bare soil or sand (7), Grasses (2),
Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees (1), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (7), Grasses (8), Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees
(1), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: NA
Habitat Types: NA
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;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact: NA
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sunshine
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Algae matted on rocks; Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: No unusual color
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (1), Silt (4), Sand (2), Gravel (4), Cobbles (5), Boulders
(1), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (2)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
20
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 88%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.15 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: NA
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Crayfish
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):
5
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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