Middle River IA 04-LDM-1086

from confluence with Clanton Cr. (S28T76N R25W Warren Co.) to confluence with Bush Branch in S8 T75N R29W Madison Co.

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 2018 - 2020
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2018 - 2020
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
*Biological sites sampled in both 2015 and 2019 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2022
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 2 - Some of the designated uses are met but there is insufficient data to determine if remaining designated uses are met.
Trend: Unknown
Created: 12/28/2021 10:48:30 AM
Updated: 1/5/2022 1:34:24 PM

Use Support

Class A1

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Assessed

Class BWW1

Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 1

Fully Supported

Class HH

Human Health -

Fully Supported

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The Class BWW1 use was assessed as "fully supported” based on biological sampling data. The Class HH (fish consumption) use was assessed as "fully supported" based on fish tissue sampling data. All other designated uses were "not assessed."

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	138	Middle River	Pammel State Park - Winterset
Iowa DNR	6	FT	See Below	137	Middle River	SW of Winterset

Class A1 - No Data

Class BWW1 - Biological Sampling:

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:

BioNet Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage/Thermal	BM Sample Gear	BMIBI score	BMIBI Class	47f BMIBI BIT	BMIBI Pass/Fail
138	8/6/18	225	47f	MS/WW	Hess	53	Fair	51	Pass
138	9/25/17	225	47f	MS/WW	Hess	58	Good	51	Pass
138	9/9/16	225	47f	MS/WW	Hess	71	Good	51	Pass

Fish:

BioNet Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage/Thermal	Riffle Stream?	FIBI score	FIBI Class	47f FIBI BIT	FIBI Pass/Fail
138	8/6/18	225	47f	MS/WW	NA	36	Fair	36	Pass
138	9/25/17	225	47f	MS/WW	NA	50	Fair	36	Pass
138	9/9/16	225	47f	MS/WW	NA	50	Fair	36	Pass

Overall:

Community	Assessment Type	Assessment Result	Support Level	IR Category	Reason
Benthic Macroinvertebrates	Monitored	Pass (3/3)	Full
Fish	Monitored	Pass (3/3)	Full		Assessment was monitored because all samples were
Overall	Monitored	Pass	Full	1	collected in the last five years.

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)
137	fillet	2014	channel catfish	5	56.4	0.08	0.05	0.06
137	tissue plug	2014	flathead catfish	5	75.2	0.068
Support Level	Full

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

9/9/2016

Biological Monitoring

10/13/2015

Biological Monitoring

8/6/2018

Biological Monitoring

9/25/2017

Biological Monitoring

8/27/2015

Biological Monitoring

7/23/2014

Fish Tissue Monitoring

Methods

150

Monitoring data more than 5 years old

260

Fish tissue analysis

315

Regional reference site approach

320

Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys

330

Fish surveys