Plunger Creek IA 04-LDM-1111

Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment.

Basis for Assessment

Used a review of the field sheet from the September 1990 DNR stream use assessment in Adair Co.  to continue to assess support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses as FST due to (1) presence of a relatively diverse fish community (11 species from 3 families) for streams in the Southern Iowa Rolling Loess Prairies subecoregion (47f), (2) presence of a majority of the expected fish taxa (6 of 8) for streams in this subecoregion, and (3) presence of relatively good aquatic habitats, with no significant threats to the physcial characteristics of this stream (i.e., only isolated areas of channel alteration and stream bank erosion).  The data upon which this assessment is based in more than 5 years old.   Additional monitoring is needed to update the assessment and to determine the status of the aquatic communities and habitats.