Date: December 7, 2001
Time: 1:30
GPS Coordinates: 39° 14.27', W 96° 35.15'

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; Rural homes with septic systems

Trash at the Creek: Old tires, Fishing line and lures, Broken glass, cans, Nails, Trash
Animals at the Creek: Gadwall Duck
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Diving Beetles

Stream Bank Cover:
Left Bank: Concrete, Big rocks/rip rap, Bare soil or sand, Grasses, Woody shrubs/small trees
Right Bank: Big rocks/rip rap, Bare soil or sand, Grasses, Woody shrubs/small trees, Big trees, Lawn

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Steeply Sloping

Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Deep Water (>3 feet), Deep Banks (>3 feet)

What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Sticks or twigs
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: Brown coat of algae on rocks

Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water

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 (3), Silt (2), Sand (3), Gravel (5), Cobbles (4), Boulders (4), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 14 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 39%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 4 ppm
pH: 8.5/9
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 1 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: Caddisfly Larvae, Gilled Snail, Stonefly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Scud
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): 14
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)