Date: December 7, 2001
Time: 2:00 PM

Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Public Hunting

Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: None
Animals in the Creek: None

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (+), Grasses (+), Woody shrubs/small trees (+), Big trees (+), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (+), Grasses (+), Woody shrubs/small trees (+), Big trees (+), Lawn (0)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Gentle Slope
Right Bank: N/A

Habitat Types: N/A
Shape of the Channel: N/A

What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs
Human Impact: None

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun

What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: N/A

Conditions in your stream: N/A

Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): 4
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest): Mud (4), Silt (1), Sand (0), Gravel (1), Cobbles (0), Boulders (0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 14 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 59%
Nitrate: >5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 60 JTU
Total Coliforms: positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: Did not complete

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: Gilled Snails
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams
Tolerant Species: None

Note: We were not able to use the kick net due to weather conditions
How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 0

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): #
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)