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Date: February 27, 2002
Time: 1:30 PM
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; Active grazing land &/or feedlots;
Construction; Other: Railroad Tracks
Trash at the Creek: Fishing line and lures, Broken glass, cans;
Other: Plastic
Animals at the Creek: Geese
Animals in the Creek: Fish
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(+), Big rocks/rip rap (8), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (6),
Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees (8), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (2), Big rocks/rip rap (8), Bare soil
or sand (2), Grasses (1), Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees
(8), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Gentle Slope
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: N/A
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?: Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae Present
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Algae matted
on rocks; Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: Greenish colored water; No unusual
color
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 (2), Silt (3), Sand (0), Gravel (5), Cobbles (5), Boulders
(4), Bedrock (1), Cement platform (2)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
0
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 45%
Nitrate: 2.5 ppm
Phosphate: 0 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.61.m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Mayfly
Nymphs (3); Riffle Beetle Adult (2)
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae (1); Dragonfly
Nymphs (1); Sowbug (1)
Tolerant Species: None Observed
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
12
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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