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Date: May 2, 2002
Time: 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers
Weather Today: Overcast to Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Rural homes
with septic systems; Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots;
Construction
Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, cans
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Snakes, Birds
Animals in the Creek: Fish (Catfish, darters), Water Striders,
Water Snakes, Tadpoles, Crayfish
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(1), Big rocks/rip rap (5), Bare soil or sand (5), Grasses (6),
Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees (3), Lawn (3)
Right Bank: Concrete (1), Big rocks/rip rap (1), Bare soil
or sand (3), Grasses (6), Woody shrubs/small trees (8), Big trees
(4), Lawn (4)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Undercut
Right Bank: Undercut
to Steeply Sloping
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, Runs
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: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Sun
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water;
Foam
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 (3), Silt (3), Sand (5), Gravel (5), Cobbles (4), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (5), Cement platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
14
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 39%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: <1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 20 JTU
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: 0.15 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Hellgrammite, Mayfly Nymphs, Riffle Beetle Adult, Stonefly
Nympnhs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Clams, Crane Fly Larvae, Damselfly
Nymphs, Dragonfly Nymphs, Scud
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 6
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
29
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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