Date: December 8, 2001
Time: 11:00 AM
GPS Coordinates: 39° 59.552', W 94° 37.888'
Elevation: 883 ft

Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
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: Wrappers
Animals at the Creek: None
Animals in the Creek: None

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (2), Bare soil or sand (7), Grasses (0), Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (0), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (6), Bare soil or sand (1), Grasses (0), Woody shrubs/small trees (7), Big trees (0), Lawn (0)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: NA
Right Bank: NA

Habitat Types: NA
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow Water (<3 feet), Left Bank-Deep (>3 feet)
Right Bank Shallow (<3 feet).

What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Sticks or twigs; Fallen leaves
Human Impact: NA

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun

What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots.
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks.

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): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest): Mud (1), Silt (5), Sand (1), Gravel (3), Cobbles (4), Boulders (1), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (1)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 7 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 66%
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: 0.5 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 20 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.1 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: none
Somewhat Sensitive Species: none
Tolerant Species: none

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 0
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)