Badger Lake IA 04-UDM-1291
Webster County S19T90NR28W 4.5 mi N of Fort Dodge.
This is a Legacy Assessment. Prior to 2004, assessments were developed under a methodology that pre-dated the Integrated Report guidelines.
Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Trophic
Eutrophic
Trend
Improving
Legacy ADBCode
IA 04-UDM-03395-L_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Partial
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Basis for Assessment
Continued to assess support of the Class A primary contact recreation uses and the Class B(LW) aquatic life uses (both=PS) developed for the 1994 report. These assessments were reviewed by the DNR Fisheries Bureau. The DNR Fisheries biologist indicated that the water quality trend for this lake could be changed from "declining" to "improving." Due to these water quality problems, this lake was placed on the 1998 list of Section 303(d) waters at the recommendaton of the DNR Fisheries and Water Quality bureaus.
Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
| 340 | Primary producer surveys (phytoplankton/periphyton/macrophyton) |
| 120 | Surveys of fish and game biologists/other professionals |
| 222 | Non-fixed-station monitoring (conventional during key seasons and flows) |
Monitoring Levels
| Biological | 0 |
| Habitat | 0 |
| Physical Chemistry | 3 |
| Toxic | 0 |
| Pathogen Indicators | 0 |
| Other Health Indicators | 0 |
| Other Aquatic Life Indicators | 0 |
| # of Bio Sites | 0 |
| BioIntegrity | N/A |