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Date: March 15, 2002
Time: 8:00 PM
HUC8: 1024007 GPS: N 39 50.571' W 90 ?.351'
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast, Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Overcast
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Rural homes with septic systems;
Cropland; Active grazing land &/or feedlots
Trash at the Creek: Old tires, Barbed wire, tractors, Broken
glass, cans, tin, paper, plastic bags
Animals at the Creek: Raccoons (tracks)
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Striders
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(8), Big rocks/rip rap (2), Bare soil or sand (5), Grasses (0),
Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees (3), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (7), Big rocks/rip rap (2), Bare soil
or sand (5), Grasses (0), Woody shrubs/small trees (6), Big trees
(7), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: NA
Right Bank: NA
Habitat Types: NA
Shape of the Channel: Wide (>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?: Sun, paritial shade
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Algae matted
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): 2-3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (0), Silt (3), Sand (4), Gravel (5), Cobbles (2), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement platform (2)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
2
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 29%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8.5
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.46 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Caddisfly
Larvae, Hellgrammite, Mayfly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae
Tolerant Species: Blackfly Larvae, Midge Larvae
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
13
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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