North Fork Clanton Creek IA 04-LDM-1092

Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in 1990.

Basis for Assessment

Reviewed field sheet from the 1990 DNR stream use assessment to upgrade support from FST to FS due to (1) presence of a relatively diverse fish community (15 species from 6 families) for streams in the Mississippi River portion of the Southern Iowa Rolling Loess Prairies subecoregion (47f), (2) presence of nearly all the expected fish taxa (7 of 8) for streams in this subecoregion, and (3) lack of indications on field sheet of significant threats to the physical characteristics of the stream with only isolated areas of channel alterations and stream bank erosion noted.  The data upon which this assessment is based are more than 5 years old.   Additional monitoring is needed to update this assessment and to determine the status of the aqutaic communities and habitats.