Date: October 22, 2002
Time: 10:00 AM
HUC: 10270101

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

Trash at the Creek: N/A
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Squirrels
Animals in the Creek: Water Striders

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (2), Big rocks/rip rap (3), Bare soil or sand (6), Grasses (1), Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees (8), Lawn (1)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (2), Bare soil or sand (5), Grasses (1), Woody shrubs/small trees (7), Big trees (1), Lawn (0)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
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, logs, sticks, 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: Algae matted on rocks

Conditions in your stream: 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 (5), Gravel (5), Cobbles (5), Boulders (1), Bedrock (5), Cement platform (-)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 10 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 35%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 90 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: None
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crane Fly Larvae, Damselfly Nymphs, Dragonfly Nymphs
Tolerant Species: None

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 6
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)