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Date: May 1, 2003
Time: 8:30-11:30
HUC8: 10290101- 1014
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Showers
Weather Today: Overcast
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Active grazing land &/or
feedlots
Trash at the Creek: Barbed Wire, Tractors; Bottles & cans;
Oil Can
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Birds, Deer, Cows
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Frogs, Water Striders, Crawdad
Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 10 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Grasses
and Forbs (5), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees (5), Big Trees (6), Bedrock
(0),Bare
Soil or Sand (6), Exposed Roots (4), Big Rocks/Rip Rap (0), Concrete
(0), Lawn (0), Other (0)
Right Bank: Grasses and Forbs (4), Woody Shrubs/Small Trees
(4), Big Trees (6), Bedrock (0), Bare Soil or Sand (7), Exposed
Roots (8), Big Rocks/Rip Rap (0), Concrete (0), Lawn (0), Other
(0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Undercut
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles, and 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: Algae matted on rocks; Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: Greenish colored water; 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 (2), Silt (2), Sand (3), Gravel (2), Cobbles (0), Boulders
(0), Bedrock (0), Cement Platform (0), Plant Matter (1), Other (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
15
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 40 %
Nitrate: < 5 ppm
Phosphate: 1 ppm
pH: (average of 3) 7.67
Turbidity: 40 JTU
Total Coliforms: Positive
Biological Oxygen Demand: 4 ppm
Stream Flow: N/A
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: None
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crayfish, Damselfly Nymphs, Scud
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms, Leeches, Pouch Snails
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: N/A
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present):
9
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)
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