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Date: September 27, 2001
Time: 1:15 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: Furniture, Barbed wire, Broken glass
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer
Animals in the Creek: None
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (4),
Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (5), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (6), Grasses (1), Woody shrubs/small trees (1), Big trees
(5), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: N/A
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow Water
(<3 feet), Deep Banks (>6 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: N/S
Type of Algae: Algae matted on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Muddy waterYellow-brown to dark
brown water
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 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:
15
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 40%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 7.5
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 2 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.875 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Mayfly
Larvae, Riffle Beetle Adult
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae, Clams, Crane Fly
Larvae, Crayfish
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 4
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
16
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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