Date: September 9, 2005
Time: 8am
HUC8: 10270103050060

Visual Assessment

Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Overcast

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways, roads; Rural homes with septic systems; Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots, construction

Trash at the Creek: Bottles & cans, metal bar
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Snakes, Raccoons, Deer
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Frogs, Crawdads, water striders, whirly gig beetles, diving beetles, water boatman, water snakes

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 10 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Grasses and Forbs (5), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees (5), Big Trees (5), Bedrock (3),
Bare Soil or Sand (2), Big Rocks/Rip Rap (0), Concrete (0), Lawn (0), Other (0)
Right Bank: Grasses and Forbs (5), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees (5), Big Trees (5),
Bare Soil or Sand (2), Big Rocks/Rip Rap (0), Concrete (0), Lawn (0), Other (0)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply sloping banks (very erodible)
Right Bank: Steeply sloping banks (very erodible)

Habitat Types: Pools, runs, riffles
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:

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?:

What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots,
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks, hairy algae

Conditions in your stream: No unusual color

Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): 2.5
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 10 is the greatest): Mud (3), Silt (1), Sand (2), Gravel (5), Cobbles (4), Boulders (0), Bedrock (4), Cement Platform (0),

Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 22 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 5 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 48%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2. ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: N/A
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: Caddisfly Larvae, Mayfly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae, Crayfish, Damselfly Nymphs, Dragonfly Nymphs, Crane Fly Larvae
Tolerant Species: Aquatic worms, Midge Larvae

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A

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