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Date: April 25, 2002
Time: Time
GPS Coordinates: N 38° 55.84', W 94° 37.195'
Elevation: NA
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Rain, Showers, Overcast
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Sewage Treatment
plant discharge.
Trash at the Creek: No trash
Animals at the Creek: Frogs
Animals in the Creek: Fish
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(3), Big rocks/rip rap (3), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (2),
Woody shrubs/small trees (4), Big trees (3), Lawn (1)
Right Bank: Concrete (5), Big rocks/rip rap (6), Bare soil
or sand (1), Grasses (3), Woody shrubs/small trees (5), 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), Deep 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?: Sunshine
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Algae matted on rocks; Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; 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 (3), Silt (1), Sand (2), Gravel (3), Cobbles (3), Boulders
(2), Bedrock (4), Cement platform (2)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
16.3
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 60%
Nitrate: 3 ppm
Phosphate: 1.3 ppm
pH: 7.9
Turbidity: 53 JTU
Total Coliforms: NA
Biological Oxygen Demand: 6 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.6 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crayfish, Dragonfly Nymphs
Tolerant Species: Aquatic worms, Midge Larvae
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: NA
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
9
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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