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Date: April 23, 2002
Time: 8:45 AM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Storm (heavy rain)
Weather Today: Showers (intermittent rain)
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, Fishing
line and lures, Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Cows, Raccoons, Deer, Snakes
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Striders
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (2), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (1),
Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees (8), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (4), Grasses (1), Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees
(8), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: N/A
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: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae everywhere
Type of Algae: Algae matted on rocks
Conditions in your stream: No unusual color
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 (1), Silt (1), Sand (5), Gravel (5), Cobbles (4), Boulders
(2), Bedrock (1), Cement platform (1)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
20
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 44%
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: 0 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Gilled
Snails
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Crayfish, Sowbug
Tolerant Species: Leeches, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
11
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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