Iowa DNR
Iowa DNR
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Water Quality Assessments
Impaired Waters List

Beaver Creek IA 04-UDM-1235

from confluence with Slough Cr. to confluence with unnamed tributary in S29 T84N R28W Boone Co.

Cycle
2020
Release Status
Final
Overall IR
1 - All designated uses are met.
Trend
Unknown
Created
9/15/2020 1:34:46 PM
Updated
10/12/2020 2:22:51 PM
Use Support
Class A1
Recreation - Primary contact
Fully Supported
Class BWW2
Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 2
Fully Supported
General Use
General Use water -
Not Assessed
Impairment Delistings
No delistings for this assessment cycle.
Documentation
Assessment Summary

The presumptive Class A1 use was assessed as "fully supported" based on limited pH sampling data. The Class BWW2 use was assessed as "fully supported” based on biological sampling data and water quality monitoring data.

Assessment Explanation

Sources of Data:

Data Source

Data Source ID

Data Type

Data Age

Site ID

Site Name

Site Description

USGS

11

WQ

CY 2013

5481820

Beaver Creek at Bouton

Iowa DNR

6

BIO

See Below

226

Beaver Creek

Buffalo Grove SWMA


Presumptive Class A1 - pH:

Site ID

Data Source ID

# Samples / # Years

Maximum Value

Mean Value

Median Value

# Violations

% Violations

Significantly >10% Violations

Assessment Type

Support Level

5481820

11

11 / 1

8.2

8.02

8

0

0%

No

Evaluated

Full


Class BWW2 - Conventional Parameters:

Site ID

Data Source ID

Parameter Name

# Samples / # Years

Maximum Value

Mean Value

Median Value

# Acute / Chronic Violations

% Acute/ Chronic Violations

Significantly >10% Violations

Assessment Type

Support Level

5481820

11

Ammonia

11 / 1

0.05

0.02

0.01

0 / 0

0% / 0%

No

Evaluated

Full

5481820

11

Chloride

11 / 1

35.3

28.4

27.9

0 / 0

0% / 0%

No

Evaluated

Full

5481820

11

Dissolved oxygen

11 / 1

11.4

8.5

8.7

NA / 0

NA / 0%

No

Evaluated

Full

5481820

11

pH

11 / 1

8.2

8.02

8

0 / NA

0% / NA

No

Evaluated

Full

5481820

11

Sulfate

11 / 1

51.7

30.1

28.4

0 / NA

0% / NA

No

Evaluated

Full

5481820

11

Temperature

11 / 1

25.5

20.3

20.2

0 / 0

0% / 0%

No

Evaluated

Full


Class BWW2 - Biological Sampling:

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:

BioNet Site ID

Date

Drainage Area (mi2)

Ecoregion

Major Drainage/Thermal

BM Sample Gear

BMIBI score

BMIBI Class

47b BMIBI BIT

BMIBI Pass/ Fail

226

8/3/17

188

47b

MS/WW

Surb

67

Good

62

Pass

226

8/11/11

188

47b

MS/WW

Hess

67

Good

62

Pass

Fish:

BioNet Site ID

Date

Drainage Area (mi2)

Ecoregion

Major Drainage/Thermal

Riffle Stream?

FIBI score

FIBI Class

47b FIBI BIT

FIBI Pass/ Fail

226

8/3/17

188

47b

MS/WW

No

60

Good

32

Pass

226

8/11/11

188

47b

MS/WW

No

54

Good

32

Pass

Overall:

Community

Assessment Type

Assessment Result

Support Level

Earned IR Category

Actual IR Category

Reason

Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Evaluated

Pass (2/2)

Full

Fish

Evaluated

Pass (2/2)

Full

Overall

Evaluated

Pass

Full

1

1

Assessment is evaluated because it included samples not collected in the last five years.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
8/3/2017
Biological Monitoring
8/11/2011
Biological Monitoring
5/7/2013
Fixed Monitoring Start Date
8/6/2013
Fixed Monitoring End Date
Methods
150
Monitoring data more than 5 years old
220
Non-fixed station physical/chemical monitoring (conventional pollutant only)
315
Regional reference site approach
320
Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys
330
Fish surveys