Kansas StreamLink
...a watershed exploration
StreamLink Collaborator
Northern Hills Junior High
Indian Creek

Date: November 19, 2003
Time: 8:00 am, 3:00 pm


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 6 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 32%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.04 m/s

Other Notes:

There had been no rain for weeks before the study. The stream was hardly
flowing and had a slight odor.

Evidence of the following animals were
observed: cricket frogs (several live frogs), deer (tracks), raccoon (tracks), beaver (cut trees), several bird species (sighted and heard), crayfish, snails, a
few minnows (shiners).



 
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