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Date: December 3, 2001
Time: 1:20 PM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Cropland
Trash at the Creek: Old refrigerator
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Frogs
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: N/A
Right Bank: N/A
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: N/A
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; Sticks or twigs;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact: Crop residue
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: No Algae
Type of Algae:
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; Yellow-brown to dark
brown water; 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 (5), Silt (4), Sand (0), Gravel (5), Cobbles (3), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (5), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
5
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 31.5%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8.5
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 3 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.87 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Hellgrammite,
Mayfly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: None
Tolerant Species: Leeches, Midge Larvae, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 1
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
9
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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