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Lizard Creek IA 04-UDM-1278

mouth to confluence with unnamed tributary in N 1/2 S31 T90N R30W Webster Co.

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 04-UDM-0300_1
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment.

Basis for Assessment

Used results of the September 1994 DNR stream use assessment approx 3 miles W of Ft.  Dodge to assess support of the Class B(WW) aquatic life uses as FST due to (1) habitat score (28) much better than the overall median score (22) for DNR stream use assessments, (2) indications on field sheet of very diverse substrates, several pool/riffle sequences, no channel alterations (very rare for DNR stream habitat assessment), and relatively stable banks, (3) fish score (12) better than the 75th percentile score (10) for assessments made with seines, and (4) field sheet comment ("many areas too deep, wide, rocky to seine").   DNR fisheries survey approx 3 miles further upstream supports the September 1994 stream use assessment.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
9/1/1994 DNR Stream Use Assessment
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