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Date: December 5, 2001
Time: 8:15 AM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers, Overcast
Weather Today: Showers, OVercast
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Rural homes
with septic systems; Industrial discharge; Cropland; Active grazing
land &/or feedlots; Construction; Other: Lots of Rocks
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans; Other: Plastic bags,
Grafitti, Styrofoam
Animals at the Creek: Crane; Ducks
Animals in the Creek: Minnows, Mollusks
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (+), Bare soil or sand (0), Grasses (+),
Woody shrubs/small trees (+), Big trees (+), Lawn (0); Other: Small
Dam
Right Bank: Concrete (+), Big rocks/rip rap (+), Bare soil
or sand (0), Grasses (+), Woody shrubs/small trees (+), Big trees
(+), Lawn (0); Other: Small Dam
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Undercut
Right Bank:
Gentle Slope
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles
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: N/A
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Both
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae everywhere
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Algae matted
on rocks; Hairy Algae
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 (0), Silt (0), Sand (0), Gravel (0), Cobbles (+), Boulders
(+), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (+)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
14
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 39%
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: 1.5 ppm
pH: 8.5
Turbidity: 0 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 0 ppm
Stream Flow: 3.6 ft/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Mayfly
Nymphs (4)
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae (4), Clams (2),
Crayfish (2)
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae (4)
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
10
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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