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Date: December 7, 2001
Time: 10:50 AM
GPS Coordinates: 39° 01.038', W 94° 48.918'
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, Cropland; Active
grazing land &/or feedlots
Trash at the Creek: Old tires, Barbed wire, tractors, Broken
glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer, Snakes, Horses
Animals in the Creek: Fish,
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (4), Bare soil or sand (0), Grasses (7),
Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (1), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (4), Bare soil
or sand (0), Grasses (7), Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees
(1), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank:
Steeply Sloping
Habitat Types: N/A
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;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact:
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Yes
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Muddy 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 (1), Silt (2), Sand (0), Gravel (1), Cobbles (3), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
10
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 35%
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 7
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 3 ppm
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Hellgrammite,
Mayfly Nymph, Gilled Snail, Stonefly Nymph
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crane Fly Larvae, Crayfish, Alderfly
Larvae
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worm, Leech
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
20
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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