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Date: 5/14/03
Time: 9am
GPS Coordinates: 39° 17.747', W 94° 55.784'
Elevation: 883 ft
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: overcast, clear/sunny
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
Trash at the Creek: a few plastic items
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, snails
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Striders, Diving Beetles,
Water Boatmen or Back Swimmers,
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (4),
Woody shrubs/small trees (7), Big trees (8), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (2), Grasses (5), Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees
(6), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Steeply
Sloping
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
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:
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade/Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: No unusual color
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (2), Silt (1), Sand (1), Gravel (3), Cobbles (4), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (5), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
18
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 42%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 7
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms:
Biological Oxygen Demand:
Stream Flow: 3.5m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: mayfly
nymphs, stonefly nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: clams, crane fly larvae, crayfish,
damselfly nymphs, water snipe fly
Tolerant Species: leeches, pouch snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 16
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
fair
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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