Date: April 23, 2001
Time: 8:00 AM

Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: N/A
Weather Today: N/A

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

Trash at the Creek: Broken Glass, Styrofoam, Aluminum Cans, Bags of Trash
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons, Snakes, Dogs
Animals in the Creek: N/A

Stream Bank Cover (8 is the greatest, 1 is the least):
Left Bank: Grasses (2), Shrubs/Small Trees (2), Big Trees (3), Concrete (4), Bare Soil (5)
Right Bank: Grasses (2), Shrubs/Small Trees (2), Big Trees (3), Concrete (4), Bare Soil (5)

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

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

What's in the water?: Sticks and Logs, Leaves and Twigs
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?: Light Green Algae, Dark Green Algae, Brown coat of algae on rocks, Algae Matted on Stream Bed

Conditions in your stream: Muddy Water, Yellow-brown to dark brown water, Orange to red coating on stream bed

Embeddedness (on a scale of 1-4): 3-4
Content of the Stream Bed (5 is the greatest, 1 is the least): Silt (1), Sand (2), Gravel (3), Cobbles (4), Bedrock (4)

Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 12C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: N/A
Nitrate: < 5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 20 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: none
Somewhat Sensitive Species: none
Tolerant Species: none

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

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 0
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)