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Date: May 9, 2001
Time: 10:30 AM
Visual
Assessment
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Roads or parking lots;
Cropland; Golf courses, maintained city parks, lawns
Trash at the Creek: No trash
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, wading birds
Animals in the Creek: Fish
Stream Bank
Cover (8 is the greatest, 1 is the least):
Left Bank: Bare
soil (1), Shrubs/small trees (1), Grasses (2), Big trees (2), Big
rocks (3), Other (7)
Right Bank: Big rocks (1), Big trees (1), Grasses (1), Shrubs/small
trees (2), Bare soil (3), Concrete (6)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply sloping
Right Bank: Steeply sloping
Habitat Types: N/A
Shape of the Channel: Narrow Banks (> 6 feet), Shallow Banks
(< 3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Leaves & twigs
Human Impact: Grass clipping
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type of algae are present?: Dark green algae; Brown coat
of algae on Rocks; Algae matted on stream bed; Hairy algae; Algae
located in spots
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; Yellow-brown to dark
brown water; No unusual color
Embeddedness (1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): 2
Content of the Stream Bed (5 is the greatest, 1 is the least):
Gravel (2), Cobbles (2), Silt (3),
Boulders (4), Sand (5)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
18
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 8 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 84%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 1.5 ppm
pH: 8.5
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: 0.32 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Hellgrammite, Mayfly Nymph, Riffle Beetle Adult, Stonefly
Nymph
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae, Crayfish, Dragonfly
Nymphs
Tolerant Species: Leeches, Midge Larvae, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
24
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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