Soap Creek IA 04-LDM-1033
from confluence with Little Soap Cr. (S1 T70N R13W Davis Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary in S31 T71N R16W Monroe Co.
Assessment Comments
Stream use assessment.
Basis for Assessment
Continued to use the assessment of support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses developed for the 1996 report (=FST). A review of the field sheets from the two DNR stream use assessments in March 1991, however, shows that only 3 Cyprinid species were captured at each site. These results suggest a fish community that is far below the diversity expected in streams of the Central Irregular Plains (40) ecoregion. Less than a majority of the expected fish taxa (3 of 8 and 2 of 8) were present at each location. These unexpected results (especially with capture of 24 species from 8 families in Subsegment 1 of this waterbody in October 1994) may be due to sampling in late winter (early March). Follow-up monitoring is needed to determine the status of the aquatic communities and habitats and to determine the degree to which the Class B(LR) uses may be impaired.
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
| 330 | Fish surveys |
| 375 | Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof. |
| 150 | Monitoring data more than 5 years old |
Monitoring Levels
| Biological | 3 |
| Habitat | 3 |
| Physical Chemistry | 0 |
| Toxic | 0 |
| Pathogen Indicators | 0 |
| Other Health Indicators | 0 |
| Other Aquatic Life Indicators | 0 |
| # of Bio Sites | 0 |
| BioIntegrity | N/A |