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Date: December 4, 2001
Time: 1:30 PM
GPS Coordinates: 39° 11.515', W 96° 34.707'
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
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans, Other: Trash
Animals at the Creek: Squirrel
Animals in the Creek: N/A
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(3), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (8), Grasses (1),
Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees (3), Lawn ()
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (8), Grasses (0), Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees
(3), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank:
Gentle Slope
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow Water
(<3 feet), Shallow Banks (<3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Sticks or twigs; Fallen leaves
Human Impact: N/A
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water;
Orange to red coating on stream bed
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 (4), Silt (1), Sand (4), Gravel (4), Cobbles (3), Boulders
(2), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (1)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
14
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 39%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 90 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.05 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: None
Observed
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crane Fly Larvae (1), Sowbug
(1)
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae (12)
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
5
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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