Date: October 14, 2000
Time: 9:30 AM

Visual Assessment

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking Lots, Construction, City Park

Trash at the Creek: Old tires
Animals at the Creek: Racoons
Animals in the Creek: Mussels

Stream Bank Cover (8 is the greatest, 1 is the least):
Left Bank: Big trees (2), Grasses (3), Shrubs (3), Other (6), Lawn (8), Bare soil (8), Big rocks (8)
Right Bank: Big trees (1), Bare soil (1), Other (1), Grasses (2), Shrubs (6), Lawn (8), Big rocks (8)

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

What's in the water?: Sticks & logs, Leaves & twigs
What type of algae are present?: Dark green algae

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

Embeddedness (1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): 4
Content of the Stream Bed (5 is the greatest, 1 is the least): Bedrock (1), Silt (1), Sand (3), Gravel (3), Cobbles (4), Boulders (5)

Chemical Assessment 

Temperature: 16 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 81%
Nitrate: N/A
Phosphate: N/A
pH: 8
Turbidity: 30 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: 0.05 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: None
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crayfish, Sowbug
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms, Pouch Snails

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

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 6
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)