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Date: April 23, 2002
Time: 3:15 PM
GPS Coordinates: N 39° 1.473', W 94° 36.967'
Elevation: NA
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks;
Trash at the Creek: Barbed wire, tractors, Broken glass, cans,
plastic bags.
Animals at the Creek: Ducks.
Animals in the Creek: Ducks.
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(4), Big rocks/rip rap (3), Bare soil or sand (4), Grasses (1),
Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (1), Lawn (2)
Right Bank: Concrete (6), Big rocks/rip rap (5), Bare soil
or sand (3), Grasses (2), Woody shrubs/small trees (1), Big trees
(3), Lawn (2)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: NA
Right Bank: NA
Habitat Types: NA
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:NA
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Mostly Sunshine
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots.
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks
Conditions in your stream: No unusual color.
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (3), Silt (1), Sand (4), Gravel (3), Cobbles (3), Boulders
(1), Bedrock (2), Cement platform (5)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
24
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 2 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 44%
Nitrate: 2 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 7.5
Turbidity: 10 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 5 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.4 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Mayfly Nymphs.
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae
Tolerant Species: Blackfly Larvae, Leeches, Pouch Snails.
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
11
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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