Date: March 7, 2002
Time: 9:30 AM
GPS Coordinates: 39° 27.375', W 98° 6.647'
Elevation: 1371 ft

Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Overcast (freezing drizzle)

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: No trash, Furniture
Animals at the Creek: N/A
Animals in the Creek: N/A

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (8)
Right Bank: Bare soil or sand (6), Grasses (6), Woody shrubs/small trees (1), Big trees (1)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: N/A
Right Bank: Undercut

Habitat Types: Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Deep Water (>3 feet),
Right Bank - Wide Bank (>3 feet); Left Bank - Shallow Bank (<3)

What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs
Human Impact: N/A

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun

What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae present in water. Not on rocks.
Type of Algae: N/A

Conditions in your stream: Greenish colored water; Foam; White cottony masses

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):Boulders (1), Cement platform (5)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 0 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 27%
Nitrate: 2.5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 7
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 1 ppm
Stream Flow: N/A

Macroinvertebrate Assessment
Assessment Not Completed