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Date: October 27, 2001
Time: N/A
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: 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: Old tires, Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons, Birds, Dogs
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Striders,
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (0), Grasses (8),
Woody
shrubs/small trees (7), Big trees (6), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (7), Grasses (8),
Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees (5), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank:
Steeply Sloping
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow Water
(<3 feet), Deep Banks (>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: Brown coat of algae 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): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (1), Silt (0), Sand (3), Gravel (4), Cobbles (2), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0), Leaves (5)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
10
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 35%
Nitrate: 0 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 0 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A ppm
Stream Flow: N/A m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Mayfly Nymphs, Stonefly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Sowbug
Tolerant Species: Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
12
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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