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Date: November 5, 2002
Time: 1:20 PM
HUC8: 10240007
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
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
Trash at the Creek: Concrete, metal
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Deer (tracks), Crane
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Striders, Diving Beetles,
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete
(5), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (4), Grasses (2),
Woody shrubs/small trees (3), Big trees (6), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (2), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil
or sand (3), Grasses (2), Woody shrubs/small trees (4), Big trees
(7), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Undercut
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: Crop residue;
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: NA
What type of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae everywhere
Type of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Algae matted
on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Muddy water; No unusual color;
Foam
Embeddedness (How much silt is around the rocks, 1 is the least,
4 is the greatest): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (3), Silt (1), Sand (2), Gravel (1), Cobbles (3), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (1), Cement platform (4)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
8
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 34%
Nitrate: <5 ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 1 ppm
Stream Flow: 0.25 m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Hellgrammite,
Mayfly Nymphs, Gilled Snails, Riffle Beetle Adult
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crane Fly Larvae, Dragonfly Nynphs
Tolerant Species: 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):
18
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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