Date: 5/15/03
Time: 8:30-11:30 a.m.

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; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots; Construction; Other

Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans, cups
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Cows, Snakes, Birds
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Whirly Gig Beetles, Water Boatmen or Back Swimmers, Crawdads, Tadpoles, Snails

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (1), Big rocks/rip rap (8), Bare soil or sand (0), Grasses (6), Woody shrubs/small trees (4), Big trees (8), Lawn (0), Other (8)
Right Bank: Concrete (1), Big rocks/rip rap (1), Bare soil or sand (0), Grasses (5), Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees (0), Lawn (2), Other (8)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Gentle Slope
Right Bank: Gentle Slope

Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, and Runs
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
Human Impact: nonr

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: n/s

What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae everywhere
Type of Algae: Algae matted on rocks

Conditions in your stream: No unusual color

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 (5), Silt (4), Sand (1), Gravel (1), Cobbles (3), Boulders (1), Bedrock (2), Cement platform (1)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 20 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 66%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 3 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 0 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A

(Note: Final values were an average of the results from 3 samplings.)

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: Gilled Snails, Stonefly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crayfish
Tolerant Species: Blackfly Larvae, Midge Larvae, Pouch Snails

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A

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