Soldier Creek IA 04-UDM-1277

Assessment Comments

Assessment is based on results of a November 1994 DNR stream use assessment.

Basis for Assessment

Used a review of the field sheet from the November 1994 DNR stream use assessment in Webster County to downgrade the assessment of support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses from FST to PS due to (1) presence of a relatively depauperate fish community (5 species from 2 families) for streams in the Des Moines Lobe subecoregion and (2) presence of less than a majority of the expected fish taxa (4 of 11) for streams in this subregion.   Relatively poor results of the sampling for fish may have been influenced, as noted on the field sheet, by rocky substrates and/or by sampling late in the season (early November).   Nonetheless, follow-up monitoring is needed to better define the status of the aquatic communities of this stream and to determine the degree to which the Class B(LR) uses may be impair