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Date: December 5, 2001
Time: 3:50 PM
GPS Coordinates: 37° 37.928', W 95° 24.798'
Elevation: 875 ft
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers, Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Showers
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Cropland; Oil Wells
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: None
Animals in the Creek: N/A
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (8), Bare soil or sand (7), Grasses (1),
Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (3), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (8), Bare soil
or sand (7), Grasses (1), Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees
(3), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, and Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Deep Water
(>3 feet), Deep Banks (>3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Mostly Shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: No Algae
Type of Algae: None
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 2
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (0), Silt (1), Sand (4), Gravel (4), Cobbles (4), Boulders
(4), Bedrock (5), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
20
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 44%
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: x ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: 6 ppm
Stream Flow: 1.85 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Mayfly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Crayfish
Tolerant Species: Blackfly Larvae, Pouch Snails, etc...
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 1
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
12
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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