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East Branch Buttrick Creek IA 04-RAC-1150

mouth (S25 T84N R30W Greene Co.) to confluence with Lost Grove Cr. in SW 1/4 S4 T85 R29W Greene Co

Assessment Cycle
1994
Result Period
1990 - 1992
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 04-RAC-0070_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment.

Basis for Assessment

Stream use assessment form indicates below average habitat quality.   Little diversity of substrate and few pool/riffle sequences observed.   Siltation and pasture use impacts noted.  Channel bend pools and occasional snags provide some habitat diversity.   Frequent stream bank erosion noted.   Fair diversity of fish species observed.   Extensive channeliz.  observed in headwater (general use) reaches of stream.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
330 Fish surveys
375 Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof.
Monitoring Levels
Biological 3
Habitat 3
Physical Chemistry 0
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A