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Date: October 11, 2001
Time: 8:00 AM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Overcast
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking lots, paved driveways,
roads; Rural Homes with Septic Systems; Cropland, and Active Grazing
Land and/or feedlots.
Trash at the Creek: Old tires, barbed wire, broken glass,
cans, rusty pots and pans, cement with wire running through it
Animals at the Creek: frogs, raccoons, deer, snakes, crane,
earth worms
Animals in the Creek: fish, water-striders, minnows
Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (8) Big Rocks (7) Grasses (2) Woody shrubs
(2) big trees (5)
Right Bank: Concrete (8) Big Rocks (8) Grasses (8) Woody
shrubs (2) big trees (3)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Undercut
Right Bank: 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, sticks or twigs, fallen
leaves
Human impact: None
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Both
What type of algae are present?: Algae in spots: Brown coat
of algae on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water,
muddy in areas
Embeddedness (1 is the least, 4 is the greatest): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest):
Mud (2), Silt (2), Sand (5), Gravel(4), Cobbles (1), Boulders (0),
Bedrock (0), Cement Platforms (5)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature: 9.5 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 35%
Nitrate: 5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 8 ppm
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive Species: 3 Species
Somewhat Sensitive Species: 4 Species
Tolerant Species: 4 Species
How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 3
Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species
present): 21
Scale:
Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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