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Date: March 8, 2002
Time: 12:39 AM
GPS Coordinates: N 37° 45.520', W 97° 20.784'
Elevation: 1320 ft
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Overcast
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; Native Prarie; Flood
Control Dikes
Trash at the Creek: Furniture, Broken glass, cans, plastic bottles,
old car parts, 55 gal. rusty drum
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Deer, Beavers, Horse, Spiders
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Spider
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 (1),
Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees (0), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (4), Grasses (1), 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), Shallow Bank (<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: No Algae
Type of Algae: N/A
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water;
brown sludge foam (not natural looking)
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 (5), Silt (4), Sand (3), Gravel (2), Cobbles (1), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
18
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 42%
Nitrate: did not register
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: 0.66 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Mayfly Nymphs, Gilled Snails
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Damselfly Nymphs, Dragonfly Nymphs
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
14
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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