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Date: May 8, 2002
Time: 11:00 AM
Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Storm
Weather Today: Overcast
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking Lots; Golf Courses,
Manicured Lawns, or City Parks
Trash at the Creek: Old Tires; Barbed Wire, Tractors;
Broken Glass, Cans; Metals
Animals at the Creek: Frogs, Raccoons, Deer, Snails,
Butterflies
Animals in the Creek: Water Striders, Crawdad (hole)
Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Bare Soil/Sand (3), Grasses (7), Big Trees (4), Shrubs/Small Trees (5), Rotton wood (3)
Right Bank: Big Trees (3), Bare Soil/Sand (1), Grasses (5), Shrubs/Small Trees (6), Rotton wood (2)
Stream Bank Conditions: Left -- Gentle Sloping; Right -- Steeply sloping banks
Habitat Types: Riffles, Runs
Shape of the Channel: Wide Banks (>6 feet), Shallow water (<3 feet), Shallow 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, Brown coat of algae on rocks
Conditions in your stream: No unusual color
Embededness (on a scale of 1-4): 3
Content of the Stream Bed (1 is the least, 5 is the greatest): Silt (3), Sand (1), Mud (5), Gravel (3)
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Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: (none)
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Damselfly nymphs, Crayfish
Tolerant Species: Pouch Snail
How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 2
Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species
present): 14
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor
(<11)
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