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Arrowhead Lake IA 04-RAC-1136

Sac County S4T86NR36W S edge of Lake View.

Assessment Cycle
1994
Result Period
1990 - 1992
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 04-RAC-00480-L_0
Overall Use Support
Fully
Aquatic Life Use Support
Fully
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Monitored in 1990 by ISU for the Clean Lakes Classification study (1994).

Basis for Assessment

Fishable use assessed as FS and swimmable uses were not assessed for the following reasons: (1) BPJ of DNR Fisheries; (2) average levels of secchi depth, total-P, and sedimentation rate are in the best 10 percent of the 86 SPO impoundments sampled in 1990 and 1992; averages of chl-a, TSS, and years-to-fill also much better than overall averages for the 86 SPOLs; (3) lake does not have problem with fishkills.   Lake does not have a swimming beach, and Bachmann et al.  report swimming use as zero; thus, use not assessed.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
340 Primary producer surveys (phytoplankton/periphyton/macrophyton)
120 Surveys of fish and game biologists/other professionals
222 Non-fixed-station monitoring (conventional during key seasons and flows)
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 3
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A