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Date: September 11, 2002
Time: 2:00 PM
HUC8: 10240008
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Cropland
Trash at the Creek: No trash
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer, Cyote
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Bugs
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(1), Big rocks/rip rap (8), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (5),
Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees (8), Lawn (3)
Right Bank: Concrete (1), Big rocks/rip rap (4), Bare soil
or sand (8), Grasses (5), Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees
(8), Lawn (3)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Undercut
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
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: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: Greenish colored water
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 2
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (0), Silt (0), Sand (0), Gravel (+), Cobbles (+), Boulders
(+), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
26
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 6 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 74%
Nitrate: N/A
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 9
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae (40), Hellgrammite (1), Stonefly Nymphs (10)
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clans (115), Damselfly Nymphs
(3), Dragonfly Nymphs (2)
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms (1), Midge Larvae (1)
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
17
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
Biological
Monitoring
Fish
Species: Bullhead
(2), Bluegill (4)
Minnow Species: Redtail Shiners (2), Common Shiners (55),
Creek Chubs (4)
Frog Species: None
Invertebrate Species: Crayfish (1), Mussels (1)
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