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Date: March 5, 2002
Time: 1:20 PM
GPS Coordinates: N 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, 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
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 (4), Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees
(3), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Steeply
Sloping
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: Orange to red coating on stream
bed
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 (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
2
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 29%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 7
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.5 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: None
Somewhat Sensitive Species: None
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
1
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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