Date: October 18, 2000
Time: "Mid-Afternoon"

Visual Assessment

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Roads and/or Parking Lots, Maintained City Parks, Lawns

Trash at the Creek: Old tires, Aluminum cans
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Snakes

Stream Bank Cover (8 is the least, 1 is the most):
Left Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil and sand (2), Grasses (2), Woody shrubs/small trees (4), Big trees (3), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil and sand (2), Grasses (2), Woody shrubs/small trees (4), Big trees (3), Lawn (0)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply sloping banks
Right Bank: Undercut banks

Is the stream bank falling into the stream? Yes

Habitat Types: Pools
Shape of the Channel: Narrow (<6 feet), Shallow (<3 feet)

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade

What type of algae are present?: No Algae

Conditions in your stream: Muddy water, Yellow-brown to dark brown water, Rotten egg odor

Embeddedness (on a scale of 1-4, 1 being the least embedded): 4
Content of the Stream Bed (5 is the most, 1 is the least): Sand (1), Silt (0), Gravel (0), Cobbles (5), Boulders (0), Bedrock (0)

Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 18 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 2-4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 21-42%
Nitrate: < 5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 100 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: 0 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: Riffle Beetle Adult (1), Stonefly Nymphs (1)
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae (1), Clams (1), Crayfish (1), Dragonfly Nymphs (1)
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae (1), Pouch Snails (1)

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A

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