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Date: April 29, 2002
Time: 10:10 AM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Rural homes
with septic systems; Cropland; Construction; Old KGE power plant
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans, plastics, metal barrel
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer, Snakes, Duck
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 (4), Bare soil or sand (0), Grasses (5),
Woody shrubs/small trees (1), Big trees (0), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (5), Grasses (7), Woody shrubs/small trees (1), Big trees
(0), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping, rocks added to left bank to prevent
erosion
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: Pools
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow Water
(<3 feet), Shallow Bank (<3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs
Human Impact: N/A
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: No Algae
Type of Algae: N/A
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; Yellow-brown to dark
brown water; Foam
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 (4), Silt (0), Sand (0), Gravel (5), Cobbles (2), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
20
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 88%
Nitrate: N/A
Phosphate: 4 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: totally cloudy
Total Coliforms: positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 0 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.34 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Mayfly
Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Damselfly Nymphs, Dragonfly Nymphs
Tolerant Species: N/A
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
7
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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