Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Overcast

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking Lots, Paved Driveways, Roads; Golf Courses, Manicured Lawns or City Parks

Trash at the Creek: Old Tires, Broken Glass, Cans, Bags, Pipes, Shopping cart
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Daddy Longlegs, Mosquitos, Butterflies
Animals at the Creek: Water Striders, Whirly Gig Beetles, Diving Beetles, Crayfish

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (1), Bare Soil (6), Grasses (6), Big Trees (6), Shrubs/Small Trees (8)
Right Bank: Concrete (1), Grasses (5), Bare Soil (6), Big Trees (6), Shrubs/Small Trees (8)

Stream Bank Conditions: Undercut left bank, steeply sloping right bank

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

What's in the water?: Large Branches or Logs, Sticks or Twigs, Fallen Leaves
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?: Algae in spots, Brown coat of algae on rocks

Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water

Embeddedness (on a scale of 1-4): N/A
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest): Sand (1), Cobbles (1), Mud (3),
Silt (4), Gravel (4), Cement Platform (5)

Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 18 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: N/A
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: N/A
pH: 8
Turbidity: 20 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: none
Somewhat Sensitive Species: none
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 1
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)