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Date: 5/8/03
Time: 15:00
HUC8: 10270104
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: showers
Weather Today: clear/sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Rural homes
with septic systems; Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots;
Trash at the Creek: Old tires, Fishing line and lures, Broken
glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons, Snakes, 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 (4), Bare soil or sand (3), Grasses (1),
Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (5), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (5), Bare soil
or sand (1), Grasses (2), Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees
(4), 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), Shallow 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: human impact
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: equally sunny and shady
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: No Algae
Type of Algae: n/a
Conditions in your stream: No unusual color
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 1
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (0), Silt (4), Sand (0), Gravel (3), Cobbles (1), Boulders
(2), Bedrock (5), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
20
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 88%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: 1.3m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: caddisfly
larvae, Mayfly Nymphs, Riffle Beetle adult
Somewhat Sensitive Species: clams, crayfish, damselfly nymphs
Tolerant Species: leeches, midge larvae, pouch snails etc.
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 4
(Note: Dip nets and kicknets were used in collecting macroinvertebrates
at this site.)
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
18
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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