Cedar Creek IA 04-LDM-1053
mouth (S33 T75N R17W Mahaska Co.) to confluence with North Cedar Cr. in S15 T74N R18W Marion Co.
- Assessment Cycle
- 2024
- Release Status
- Pending
- Data Collection Period
- Overall IR Category
- 5 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL is needed.
- Trend
- Unknown
- Created
- 11/1/2023 8:12:58 AM
- Updated
- 12/29/2023 1:05:35 PM
Assessment Summary
The presumptive Class A1 use was assessed as "not supported" due to levels of indicator bacteria (E. coli) that violated state water quality criteria. The Class BWW1 use was assessed as "fully supported" based on biological sampling and on water quality monitoring data. The Class HH use was assessed as "fully supported" based on water quality monitoring 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 2020-2022 10630002 Cedar
Creek near Bussey
Iowa DNR 6 BIO See Below 915 Cedar
Creek Bussey Site ID Data Source ID # Samples per Year (2020/ 2021/2022) 2020 Geometric Mean 2021 Geometric Mean 2022 Geometric Mean Violates Annual Geometric Mean? # 2020 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment # 2021 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment # 2022 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment Violates Annual SSM Significantly >10% Rule? Assessment Type Support Level 10630002 6 8/8/8 196 242 374 YES 3 / 3 2 / 3 3 / 3 YES Mon Not Site ID Data Source ID # Samples / # Years Minimum Value Maximum Value Mean Value # Violations Violations needed for impairment Violates Significantly >10% Rule? Assessment Type Support Level 10630002 6 35 / 3 6.4 8.3 7.7 1 7 NO Mon Full 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 10630002 6 Chloride 36 / 3 5.6 61 11.6 NA 0 / 0 7 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Dissolved Oxygen 36 / 3 6.6 14.1 10 0 NA / NA 7 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 pH 35 / 3 6.4 8.3 7.7 1 NA / NA 7 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Sulfate 36 / 3 42 170 98 0 NA / NA 7 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Temperature 36 / 3 0 29.3 13.1 0 NA / NA 7 NO Mon Full 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 10630002 6 Ammonia 35 / 3 0.19 0.05 0.02 0 / 0 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Cadmium 20 / 3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 / 0 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Chromium 20 / 3 4 0.7 0.5 0 / 0 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Lead 20 / 3 1 0.91 1 0 / 0 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Nickel 20 / 3 9.1 4.5 3.7 0 / 0 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Selenium 18 / 2 2 0.7 0.5 0 / 0 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Silver 20 / 3 1 0.902 1 0 / 0 NO Mon Full 10630002 6 Zinc 20 / 3 10 2 1.4 0 / 0 NO Mon Full Site ID Date Drainage Area (mi2) Ecoregion Major Drainage BM Sample Gear BMIBI score BMIBI Class 40a BMIBI BIT BMIBI Pass/Fail 915 8/15/19 374 40a MS Surber 42 Fair 41 Pass 915 8/18/16 374 40a MS Hess 46 Fair 41 Pass Site ID Date Drainage Area (mi2) Ecoregion Major Drainage Riffle Stream? FIBI score FIBI Class 40a FIBI BIT FIBI Pass/Fail 915 8/18/16 374 40a MS NA 48 Fair 33 Pass Community Assessment Type Assessment Result Support Level IR Category Reason Benthic
Macroinvertebrates Evaluated Pass (2/2) Full Fish Evaluated Pass (1/1) Full 1 Assessment was evaluated because the samples
used to complete Overall Evaluated Pass Full the assessment were not collected in a
recent five-year period. Site ID Data Source ID Parameter Name # Samples / # Years Maximum Value Mean Value Median Value Number of Non - Detects Mean Value > Criterion or MCL Assessment Type Support Level 10630002 6 Selenium 18 / 2 2 0.7 0.5 12 NO Mon Full
Presumptive Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria:
Class A1 – pH:
Class BWW1 - Binomial Parameters:
Class BWW1 - Toxic Parameters:
Class BWW1 - Biological Sampling:
Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Fish:
Overall:
Class HH-F - Toxic Parameters:
Assessment Key Dates
1/6/2020 | Monitoring Start |
12/1/2022 | Monitoring End |
8/15/2019 | Biological Monitoring |
8/18/2016 | Biological Monitoring |
Methods
200 | Physical/Chemical Monitoring |
315 | Regional reference site approach |
320 | Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys |
330 | Fish surveys |
420 | Indicator bacteria monitoring |