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
2000
Result Period
1996 - 1998
Designations
Assessment Methodology
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Trophic
Eutrophic
Trend
Stable
Legacy ADBCode
IA 04-UDM-03395-L_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Basis for Assessment
SUMMARY: The Class A (primary contact recreation) uses were considered "not assessed." The Class B(LW) aquatic life uses remained assessed as "partially supported." Fish consumption uses were "not assessed." EXPLANATION: The Class B(LW) aquatic life uses remain assessed as "partially supported" based on review and approval of the previous (1998) assessment by the DNR Fisheries Bureau in 2000. The water quality trend for this lake, however, was changed from "improving" to "stable." The fish consumption use remain "not assessed" due to lack of fish tissue monitoring at this lake.
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 |