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Mosquito Creek IA 04-RAC-1200

mouth (S34 T79N R29W Dallas Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary in S21 T81N R30W Guthrie Co.

Assessment Cycle
1994
Result Period
1990 - 1992
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 04-RAC-0240_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment.

Basis for Assessment

Stream assessment forms indicate fairly good habitat quality despite sedimentation impacts.   Coarse substrate embeddedness and poorly developed pools observed.   Rel.  wide and shallow conditions prevail.   Some pool habitat provided in association with woody debris snags.   Moderate diversity of fish observed.  Time of year may be a factor in the somewhat lower than expected fish sampling results.

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