|
Date: December 6, 2001
Time: 1:30 p.m.
HUC8: 11070201
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers, Overcast
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Rural homes with septic systems;
Cropland; Construction
Trash at the Creek: Fishing line and lures, Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Deer
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Boatmen or Back Swimmers
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(4), Big rocks/rip rap (5), Bare soil or sand (8), Grasses (7),
Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees (-), Lawn (-)
Right Bank: Concrete (4), Big rocks/rip rap (5), Bare soil
or sand (8), Grasses (7), Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees
(-), Lawn (-)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Gentle
Slope
Habitat Types: Riffles
Shape of the Channel: Narrow Banks ( < 6 feet), Shallow
Water (< 3 feet), Shallow Banks (< 3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs; Sticks or twigs;
Fallen leaves
Human Impact: Yes
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sunshine
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Algae matted on rocks; Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (3), Silt (1), Sand (-), Gravel (5), Cobbles (4), Boulders
(2), Bedrock (-), Cement platform (-)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
6.5
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 32%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: Did not complete
Stream Flow: 0.1 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Hellgrammite, Mayfly Nymphs, Gilled Snails, Riffle Beetle
Adult
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae, Clams, Crane Fly
Larvae
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms, Blackfly Larvae, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
24
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
|
|