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Date: December 5, 2001
Time: 10:45 AM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers, Overcast
Weather Today: Showers, Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, Rural homes
with septic systems; Industrial discharge?; Active grazing land
&/or feedlots?; Construction; Native prairie plants - grasses
and forbs; Flood control
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans, Plastic containers,
Plastic bags, Paper
Animals at the Creek: Deer, Hawk
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Soft-shelled Turtle
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (4), Grasses (7),
Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees (0), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (3), Grasses (8), Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees
(0), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank:
N/A
Habitat Types: 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; Sticks or twigs
Human Impact: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots (very little)
Type of Algae: N/A
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water;
Dusty film on surface
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 (0), Silt (0), Sand (5), Gravel (0), Cobbles (0), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
17
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 81%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 8 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.6 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Riffle
Beetle Adult
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Damselfly Nymphs, Dragonfly
Nymphs
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
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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