Date: December 4, 2001
Time: 9:00 AM
GPS Coordinates: N 37° 23.781', W 97° 19.839'
Elevation: NA

Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Overcast

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Cropland

Trash at the Creek: No trash
Animals at the Creek: NA
Animals in the Creek: NA

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (1), Big rocks/rip rap (6), Bare soil or sand (7), Grasses (8), Woody shrubs/small trees (5), Big trees (4), Lawn (2)
Right Bank: Concrete (1), Big rocks/rip rap (3), Bare soil or sand (8), Grasses (5), Woody shrubs/small trees (7), Big trees (6), Lawn (2), Other (2)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: NA
Right Bank: NA

Habitat Types:
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
Human Impact:

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sunshine

What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Hairy Algae

Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; Yellow-brown to dark brown water

Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): 4
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest): Mud (5), Silt (4), Sand (5), Gravel (0), Cobbles (0), Boulders (0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 12 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 74%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: NA
Stream Flow: 0.4 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: NA
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Dragonfly Nymphs
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 3
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)