Date: April 30, 2001
Time: 9:00 AM

Visual Assessment

Major Land Uses in the watershed: Roads or Parking Lots

Trash at the Creek: Broken glass, Styrofoam, Aluminum cans
Animals in the Creek: Ducks

Stream Bank Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (6), Grasses (6), Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (2), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (8), Grasses (5), Woody shrubs/small trees (2), Big trees (3), Lawn (0)

Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply Sloping
Right Bank: Steeply Sloping

Shape of the Channel: Wide (>6 feet), Shallow (<3 feet)

Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade

What type of algae are present?: Dark Green Algae, Brown Coat of Algae on Rocks

Conditions in your stream: No unusual color

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): Silt (3), Sand (0), Gravel (4), Cobbles (3), Boulders (0), Bedrock (3)

Chemical Assessment

Temperature: 18 C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 42%
Nitrate: N/A
Phosphate: N/A
pH: N/A
Turbidity: N/A
Total Coliforms: N/A
Biological Oxygen Demand: N/A
Stream Flow: N/A

Macroinvertebrate Assessment

Sensitive Species: Mayfly Nymphs, Riffle Beetle Adults, Stonefly Nymphs
Somewhat Sensitive Species: Beetle Larvae, Crayfish, Scud
Tolerant Species: Aquatic Worms, Blackfly Larvae, Pouch Snails

How many times did your group sample with the kick net?: 4

Water Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): 18
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11)