| Date: May 19, 2005
Time:
1:00 pm
HUC8: 10260015 Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
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
Trash at the Creek:
Barbed wire,Fishing line and lures,Bottles, cans, Plastic Bags, Candy Wrappers
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Turtles, Snakes, Birds, Raccoons, Deer, Snakes,
Turkey
Animals in the Creek: Fish,Turtles, Frogs, Water Striders,
Diving Beetles, Water Boatmen or Back Swimmers, Water Snakes Stream
Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left
Bank: Concrete
(5.23), Big rocks/rip rap (2.18), Bare soil or sand (2.75), Grasses (10), Woody
shrubs/small trees (7.17), Big trees (7.35), Lawn (0.35)
Right Bank: Concrete
(3.33), Big rocks/rip rap (2.37), Bare soil or sand (3.06), Grasses (9), Woody
shrubs/small trees (7.76), Big trees (7.58), Lawn (0.47)
Stream Bank
Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank:
Gentle Slope
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
Shape
of the Channel: Wide/Narrow Banks (x feet), Deep/Shallow Water (x feet), Deep/Shallow
Banks (x 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?:Sun
What type of algae are
present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots;
Type of Algae:
Algae matted on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water;
Greenish colored water; Yellow-brown to dark brown water
Embeddedness
(How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): #4
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest): Mud (9),
Silt (.23), Sand (1.35), Gravel (1.23), Cobbles (.94), Boulders (.70), Bedrock
(0), Cement platform (.29), Plant Matter (.23)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
28
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 5 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 51%
Nitrate:
less than 5 ppm
Phosphate: 3 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity:
100 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological
Oxygen Demand:N/A
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: 3Species
Somewhat Sensitive Species: 3Species
Tolerant Species: 3Species How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: #10 Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): #18
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11) | |