Lake Sugema IA 04-LDM-1029

Van Buren County S15 T68 R10W 3 mi. SW Keosauqua.

This is a DRAFT assessment

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Open Data Collection Period Modal

For purposes of developing stream/river water quality assessments for integrated reporting, three years of water quality data are typically used for both conventional pollutant parameters (e.g., indicator bacteria) and the less frequently monitored toxic parameters (e.g., toxic metals). Since the 2004 IR cycle, DNR has used a three-year data gathering period for streams, rivers, and beaches. For most assessments, the use of three years of data increases the number of samples upon which the decision on use support is based and helps address the problem of weather-related year-to-year fluctuations in water quality.

Due to the lower sampling frequency in Iowa’s ambient lake, biological, fish kill, and fish tissue monitoring programs, five years of data are used for developing IR assessments and for identifying Section 303(d) listings.

Data Type	Data Timeframe
Beach Sampling Data	CY 2022 - 2024
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2022 - 2024
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2020 - 2024
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2020 - 2024*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2020 - 2024
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2020 - 2024
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2020 - 2024
*Biological sites sampled in both 2019 and 2023 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2026
Current Phase: Public Comment
Overall IR: 1 - All designated uses are met.
Trophic: Eutrophic
Trend: Stable
Created: 10/27/2025 3:09:51 PM
Updated: 1/8/2026 8:29:47 AM

Use Support

Class BLW

Aquatic Life - Lakes and wetlands

Fully Supported

Class HH

Human Health -

Fully Supported

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The Class BLW use was assessed (monitored) as “fully supported.” The Class HH (fish consumption) use was assessed as "fully supported" based on fish tissue sampling data.

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	WQ	CY 2021-2024	22890005	Lake Sugema
Iowa DNR	6	FT	See Below	1309	Lake Sugema

Class BLW - Binomial Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Mean Value	# Violations	# Acute / Chronic Violations	Violations needed for impairment	Violates Significantly >10% Rule?	Assessment Type	Support Level
22890005	6	Dissolved Oxygen	12 / 4	4.3	9.5	6.7	1	NA / NA	4	NO	MONITORED	FULL
22890005	6	pH	12 / 4	6.75	8.97	8.06	0	NA / NA	4	NO	MONITORED	FULL
22890005	6	Temperature	12 / 4	21.2	27.5	24.6	0	NA / NA	4	NO	MONITORED	FULL

Class BLW - Lake Planktonic Cyanobacteria:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples	Maximum Cyanobacteria Wet Mass	Maximum Cyanobacteria % Composition	Median Cyanobacteria Wet Mass	Median Cyanobacteria % Composition	Median Cyanobacteria Concentration = 75th Percentile	Assessment Type	Support Level
22890005	6	2	3.2263	82.66%	2.411	58.77%	NO	EVALUATED	NA

Class BLW - Toxic Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Maximum Value	Mean Value	Median Value	# Acute / Chronic Violations	>1 Acute / Chronic Violation	Assessment Type	Support Level
22890005	6	Ammonia	12 / 4	0.19	0.04	0.02	0 / 0	NO	MONITORED	FULL

Class HH - Fish Tissue Sampling:

Site ID	Biopart	Year	Species	# in sample / # of samples	Avg Length (cm)	(Avg) Hg (ppm)	Chlordane (ppm)	Sum PCBs (ppm)
1309	fillet	2014	channel catfish	3	56	0.06	0.02	0.06
1309	tissue plug	2019	largemouth bass	10	31.2	0.145
1309	tissue plug	2019	walleye	20	50.6	0.169
Support Level	Full

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

5/27/2021

Monitoring Start

9/16/2024

Monitoring End

8/14/2014

Fish Tissue Monitoring

7/1/2019

Fish Tissue Monitoring

Methods

150

Monitoring data more than 5 years old

200

Physical/Chemical Monitoring

260

Fish tissue analysis

340

Primary producer surveys (phytoplankton/periphyton/macrophyton)