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Dick Creek IA 05-CHA-1336

mouth to trib S18T69NR22W Wayne Co.

Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Evaluated
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 05-CHA-0067_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment 1991.

Basis for Assessment

Continued to use the assessment of support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses developed for the 1996 report (=FST).   This assessment, however, was conducted in early March; thus, results of fish sampling are suspect.  Additional monitoring is needed to update this assessment and to determine the status of the aquatic communities and habitats.   As noted on the field sheet from the 1991 stream use assessment, the primary threats to the continued support of the Class B(LR) uses are pasturing of the riparian area and the resultant stream bank sloughing/erosion.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
3/1/1991 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