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Date: December 3, 2001
Time: 12:30 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; Cropland; Construction
Trash at the Creek: Fishing line and lures, Broken glass, cans,
Plumbing supplies, Pieces of old bridge
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer, Spiders
Animals in the Creek: Fish
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(5), Big rocks/rip rap (4), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (6),
Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees (7), Lawn (3), Other (1)
Right Bank: Concrete (7), Big rocks/rip rap (5), Bare soil
or sand (3), Grasses (4), Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees
(2), Lawn (8), Other (1)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: N/A
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: N/A
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact:
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae everywhere
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; 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): #
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (0), Silt (0), Sand (0), Gravel (0), Cobbles (0), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
8
°C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 68%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: N/A
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae (2), Mayfly Nymphs (20)
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crane Fly Larvae (2), Damselfly
Nymphs (1), Dragonfly Nymphs (1)
Tolerant Species: Leeches (50), Pouch Snails (2)
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 1
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
14
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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