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Date: April 28th, 2002
Time: 2:25 PM
GPS Coordinates: 39° 01.040' N, 94° 48.921 W'
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Overcast
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Rural homes with septic systems; Cropland; Active grazing
land &/or feedlots
Trash at the Creek: Old tires, Barbed wire, tractors, Broken
glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Cows, Raccoons, Deer, Horses
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Snakes
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (7), Grasses (4),
Woody shrubs/small trees (0), Big trees (3), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (3), Bare soil
or sand (4), Grasses (7), Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees
(3), Lawn (2)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: N/A
Shape of the Channel: Narrow Banks (<6 feet), Shallow
Water (<3 feet), Shallow Banks (<3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact: N/A
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: N/A
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 (0), Sand (0), Gravel (0), Cobbles (5), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (2), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
14
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 39%
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.51 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Lavae (11), Mayfly Larvae (6), Riffle Beetle Adults (1), Stonefly
Nymphs (1)
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Damselfly Mynphs (9), Scud (7)
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms (4), Leeches (5), Pouch Snails
(2)
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 4
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
19
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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