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Date: April 30, 2002
Time: 2:30 Pm
GPS Coordinates: 39° 18.206', W 96° 43.399'
Elevation: 1109 ft
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers
Weather Today: Clear, Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Cropland
Trash at the Creek: Furniture, Old tires; Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons, Beavers
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Boatmen or Back Swimmers
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (+), Grasses (0),
Woody shrubs/small trees (0), Big trees (0), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (+), Grasses (+), Woody shrubs/small trees (0), Big trees
(0), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: N/A
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: Fallen leaves
Human Impact: N/A
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: N/A
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: N/A
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Multi-colored sheen on water
or oily smell
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): N/A
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (2), Silt (0), Sand (1), Gravel (2), Cobbles (2), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (2), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
18
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 63%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 7
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: 1 ppm
Stream Flow: 1.4 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae (5), Hellgrammite (2), Mayfly Nymphs (10), Gilled Snails
(1), Stonefly Nymphs (4)
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae (4), Clams (2),
Crayfish (9), Drgonfly Nymphs (2)
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms (100+), Leeches (6)
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
25
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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