Riley County High School
Wildcat Creek
Keats, Kansas
October 31, 2001

Time: 2:30 pm
Rain in last 24 hours: None

Visual Assessment:
Surface Water Appearance: Clear
Stream Bed Deposit: Small Rocks
Odor: None
Algae Color: Green and Brown
Algae Located: On rocks
Stream Channel: Shaded 50% - 50%
Stream Bank Composition: 70% trees
Stream Bank Erosion: 60% - 70%
Land Use in Watershed: Agriculture
Litter: Small Amounts (cans)

Macro invertebrates:
Caddisfly (A-4)
Stonefly (A-1)
Water penny
Earthworms (D-3)
Riffle beetle
Hellgrammite
Mayfly Nymphs
Damselfly Larvae
Pouch Snail

Water Chemistry:
Temperature: 14 degrees Celsius
Flow: 1.08 ft/s
Dissolved Oxygen: Original: 4 ppm (good)Incubated: 0 ppm (excellent)
Nitrates: 0
Phosphates: 0
PH: 6,8
Turbitity: >40 to 100 JTU