Little River Watershed Lake IA 05-GRA-1358
Decatur County S19T69NR25W approx 2 mi NW of Leon.
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
Legacy ADBCode
IA 05-GRA-00810-L_0
Overall Use Support
Fully
Aquatic Life Use Support
Fully
Fish Consumption
Fully
Primary Contact Recreation
Fully
Drinking Water
Fully
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Basis for Assessment
Used assessments of support of the Class A drinking water uses (=FS), Class B(LW) aquatic life uses (=FS), and Class C drinking water uses (=FS) developed for the 1994 and 1996 reports. The March/April 1998 Iowa Conservationist notes that Little River Lake provides good to excellent fishing for bluegill, bullheads, largemouth bass, walleye/saugeye, channel catfish, and crappie.
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) |
| 270 | PWS chemical monitoring (ambient water) |
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 |