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Date: March 13, 2002
Time: 1:00-3:00 PM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast, Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Rural homes with septic systems; Cropland; Active grazing
land &/or feedlots
Trash at the Creek: one piece of Barbed wire
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoon tracks, Deer tracks
Animals in the Creek: Fish
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 (6),
Woody shrubs/small trees (1), Big trees (0), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (2), Grasses (2), Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees
(3), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Steeply
Sloping
Habitat Types: N/A
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow Water
(<3 feet), DeepBanks (>3 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: Algae in spots
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 (2), Silt (3), Sand (0), Gravel (1), Cobbles (0), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (1), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
8
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 34%
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 0 JTU
Total Coliforms: positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: 0.04 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Riffle
Beetle Adult
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae, Pouch Snails, etc...
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
7
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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