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Date: November 7, 2001
Time: 1:00 PM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Clear/Sunny
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking Lots; Golf Courses,
Manicured Lawns, or City Parks
Trash at the Creek: Broken Glass, Cans
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer, Snaks,
Crawdads
Animals in the Creek: Water Striders, Whirly Gig Beetles,
Diving Beetles, Water Snakes
Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (1), Japanese Honeysuckle (6), Big Trees (7), Shrubs/Small Trees (8)
Right Bank: Lawn (1), Big Trees (2), Bare Soil or Sand (2), Grasses (2), Shrubs/Small Trees (8)
Stream Bank Conditions: Steeply sloping banks
Habitat Types: Pools
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow water (<3 feet), Deep Banks (>3 feet)
What's in the water?: Large Brances or Logs, Sticks and Twigs, Fallen Leaves
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: mostly shade
What type of algae are present?: Algae in spots, Algae matted on rocks
Conditions in your stream: Yellow-brown to dark brown water, Dusty film on surface
Embededness (on a scale of 1-4): 4
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest): Silt (2), Sand (4), Mud (5)
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Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: Gilled
Snail
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Crane Fly Larvae, Crayfish
Tolerant Species: Midge Larvae, Pouch Snail
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2
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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