Date: March 10, 2002
Time: 2:00 PM
GPS Coordinates: 39° 17.747', W 94° 55.784'
Elevation: 883 ft

Visual Assessment (Incomplete Data Set)

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

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

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

Habitat Types: N/A

Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Deep Water (>3 feet), Deep Banks (>3 feet)

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 (5), Silt (0), Sand (2), Gravel (5), Cobbles (5), Boulders (5), Bedrock (5), Cement platform (5)


Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 18 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 42%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 100 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 8 ppm
Stream Flow: 2.8 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: None
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams (8), Dragonfly Nymphs (5)
Tolerant Species: Pouch Snails (3)

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 5
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)