Date: 3/05/02
Time: 9:15 a.m.

Visual Assessment

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

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Cropland

Trash at the Creek: Furniture, Barbed Wire, Broken Glass
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons,
Animals in the Creek: None

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (0), Big Rocks (0), Bare Soil or Sand (4), Grasses (4), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees (2), Big Trees (5), Lawn (0), Other (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big Rocks (0), Bare Soil or Sand (6), Grasses (3), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees (1), Big Trees (5), Lawn (0), Other (0)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Undercut

Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow Water (<3 feet), Deep Banks (>3 feet)

What's in the water?
Naturally Occuring: 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 matted on rocks, Algae in spots

Conditions in your stream: Greenish color, Yellow-brown to dark brown water

Embeddedness (1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): 2
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest): Mud (3), Silt (4), Sand (1), Gravel (3), Cobbles (5), Boulders (0), Bedrock (0), Cement Platform (0)

Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 10 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 35%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 7.6
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2.5 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.85 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: Mayfly Larvae, Riffle Beetle Adult
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Crane Fly Larvae, Dragon Fly Nymphs
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae, Pouch Snails

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

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 15
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)