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Pilot Creek IA 04-UDM-1294

mo to trib S16T93NR32W Pocahontas Co.

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 04-UDM-0360_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in October 1992.

Basis for Assessment

Used results of the October 1992 DNR stream use assessment to assess support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses as PS due to (1) habitat score (18) much worse than the overall median score (22) for stream use assessments and (2) indications on field sheet of extensive channelization and no substate diversity (sand).   Only two fish species seined.  Notes on field sheet indicated that stream meanders and habitat improves in the downstream reaches.   The majority of the Class B(LR) reach, however, is channelized and thus only partially supports aquatic life uses.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
10/1/1992 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