| Date: 5/5/2005
Time:
9-11am
HUC8: Middle Kansas (10270102) Visual
Assessment
Weather in the past 24 hours: Clear/Sunny
Weather Today: Overcast
Major Land Uses in the watershed: Parking
lots, paved driveways, roads; Golf courses, manicured lawns, or city parks; Rural
homes with septic systems; Construction
Trash at the Creek: Broken
glass, cans, plastic bags, candy wrappers
Animals at the Creek: Frogs,
birds, earthworms, snails
Animals in the Creek: Fish, Water Striders,
Frogs Stream Bank
Cover (1 is the least, 8 is the greatest):
Left
Bank: Concrete
(0), Big rocks/rip rap (0), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (6), Woody shrubs/small
trees (10), Big trees (8), Lawn (0)
Right Bank: Concrete (0), Big rocks/rip
rap (0), Bare soil or sand (2), Grasses (7), Woody shrubs/small trees (10), Big
trees (8), Lawn (0)
Stream Bank Conditions:
Left Bank: Steeply
Sloping
Right Bank:
Steeply Sloping
Habitat Types: Pools, Riffles
Shape of
the Channel: Wide Banks (15 feet), Shallow Water (2 feet), Deep Banks (3 feet)
What's in the water?:
Naturally Occurring: Large branches or logs;
Sticks or twigs
Human Impact:
Is the creek in the sunshine or shade?: Shade
What type
of algae are present?:
Algae Present: Algae in spots
Type
of Algae: Brown coat of algae on rocks; Algae matted on rocks; Hairy Algae
Conditions in your stream: No unusual color; 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 (6),
Silt (9), Sand (1), Gravel (3), Cobbles (4), Boulders (0), Bedrock (5), Cement
platform (0)
Chemical
Assessment
Temperature:
14
C
Dissolved Oxygen: 4 ppm
Percent Oxygen Saturation: 39%
Nitrate:
less than 5ppm
Phosphate: 2 ppm
pH: 8
Turbidity:
40 JTU
Total Coliforms: x
Biological
Oxygen Demand: x ppm
Stream Flow: 2.25m/s
Macroinvertebrate
Assessment
Sensitive
Species: 3
Species
Somewhat Sensitive Species: 6 Species
Tolerant Species:
5 Species How
many times did your group sample with the kick net?: #6 Water
Quality Determination (as calculated from number of species present): #26
Scale: Excellent (>22), Good (17-22), Fair (11-16), Poor (<11) | |