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Date: May 7, 2002
Time: 3:15 PM
GPS Coordinates: N 39° 1.473', W 94° 36.974'
Elevation: NA
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today:Overcast
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks.
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans, plastics
Animals at the Creek:NA
Animals in the Creek:NA
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(5), Big rocks/rip rap (4), Bare soil or sand (3), Grasses (2),
Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees (3), Lawn (1)
Right Bank: Concrete (5), Big rocks/rip rap (3), Bare soil
or sand (3), Grasses (2), Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees
(1), Lawn (1)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: NA
Habitat Types:
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?: Sunshine
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Algae matted
on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; Yellow-brown to dark
brown water; Foam
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 (2), Silt (2), Sand (1), Gravel (3), Cobbles (3), Boulders
(1), Bedrock (3), Cement platform (4)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
7.5
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 64%
Nitrate: 1 ppm
Phosphate: 0.5 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 10 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 1 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.3 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Gilled
Snails, Stonefly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms, Blackfly Larvae, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 5
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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