Date: October 11, 2003
Time: 10:30-12:00 pm

Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers
Weather Today: Rain

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways, roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Cropland (?); Active grazing land &/or feedlots; Construction

Trash at the Creek: Bottles & cans; Plastic Bags; Candy Wrappers
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons, Birds
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Striders

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 10 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Grasses and Forbs (7), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees (8), Big Trees (7), Bedrock (0), Bare Soil or Sand (10), Exposed Roots (6), Big Rocks/Rip Rap (0), Concrete (0), Lawn (0), Other (0)
Right Bank: Grasses and Forbs (7), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees (8), Big Trees (6), Bedrock (0), Bare Soil or Sand (10), Exposed Roots (9), Big Rocks/Rip Rap (0), Concrete (0), Lawn (0), Other (0)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Undercut
Right Bank: Steeply Sloping

Habitat Types: Pools, riffles, and 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, logs, sticks, twigs, fallen leaves
Human Impact: None

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade

What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae everywhere
Type of Algae: Green coat of algae on rocks

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

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 (9), Silt (10), Sand (5), Gravel (7), Cobbles (8), Boulders (0), Bedrock (2), Cement Platform (0), Plant Matter (8), Other (0)

Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 18 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 61%
Nitrate: 2 ppm
Phosphate: 0 ppm
pH: 7.5
Turbidity: 20 JTU
Total Coliforms: positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: 0.1 m/s

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Data Not Available