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Date: November 22, 2002
Time: Morning
HUC8: 10270104
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Sewage Treatment
plant discharge; Rural homes with septic systems; Cropland; Active
grazing land &/or feedlots; Landfills; Construction; Other:
Railroad
Trash at the Creek: No Trash
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Dogs
Animals in the Creek: Frogs, Stonefly
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 10 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Grasses
and Forbs (8), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees (4), Big Trees (8), Bedrock
(1),
Bare
Soil or Sand (5), Exposed Roots (7), Big Rocks/Rip Rap (0), Concrete
(0), Lawn (0), Other (0)
Right Bank: N/A
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: N/A
Right Bank: N/A
Habitat Types: N/A
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow Water
(<3 feet), Deep Banks (>3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Sticks or twigs; Fallen leaves
Human Impact: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: N/A
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: N/A
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 (6), Silt (1), Sand (4), Gravel (2), Cobbles (9), Boulders
(1), Bedrock (0), Cement Platform (0), Plant Matter (2), Other (2)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
8
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 34%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 7
Turbidity: 0 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Gilled Snail, Stonefly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Crayfish, Damselfly Nymphs,
Alderfly Larvae, Watersnipe Fly
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae, Pouch Snail
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
21
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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