Loch Ayr IA 05-GRA-1381

Ringgold County S30T69NR29W 2 miles N of Mt. Ayr.

Open Data Collection Period Modal

For purposes of developing stream/river water quality assessments for integrated reporting, three years of water quality data are typically used for both conventional pollutant parameters (e.g., indicator bacteria) and the less frequently monitored toxic parameters (e.g., toxic metals). Since the 2004 IR cycle, DNR has used a three-year data gathering period for streams, rivers, and beaches. For most assessments, the use of three years of data increases the number of samples upon which the decision on use support is based and helps address the problem of weather-related year-to-year fluctuations in water quality.

Due to the lower sampling frequency in Iowa’s ambient lake, biological, fish kill, and fish tissue monitoring programs, five years of data are used for developing IR assessments and for identifying Section 303(d) listings.

Data Type	Data Timeframe
Beach Sampling Data	CY 2018 - 2020
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2018 - 2020
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
*Biological sites sampled in both 2015 and 2019 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2022
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 5 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL is needed.
Trophic: Hypereutrophic
Trend: Unknown
Created: 12/30/2021 2:04:30 PM
Updated: 2/2/2022 2:23:44 PM

Use Support

Class A1

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Supported

Turbidity: Secchi Disk Transparency

Support Level

Not Supported

Impairment Code

5a - Pollutant-caused impairment. TMDL needed.

Cause Magnitude

Moderate

Status

New

Source

Unknown: Source Unknown

Source Confidence

N/A

Cycle Added

2022

Impairment Rationale

Narrative criteria violation: aesthetically objectionable conditions

Data Source

Ambient monitoring: Iowa DNR-lakes

TMDL Priority

Tier I

Class BLW

Aquatic Life - Lakes and wetlands

Not Assessed

Class C

Drinking Water -

Fully Supported

Class HH

Human Health -

Not Assessed

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The Class A1 use was assessed (monitored) as "not supported" due to aesthetically objectionable conditions caused by non-algal turbidity. The Class C use remains “fully supported” based on results of atrazine monitoring from 2010-12. All other designated uses were “not assessed.”

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	WQ	CY 2018-2020	22800002	Loch Ayr

Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria: No Data

Class A1 - pH

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Mean Value	# Violations	Violations needed for impairment	Violates Significantly >10% Rule?	Assessment Type	Support Level
22800002	6	9 / 3	7.5	8.8	8.3	0	3	NO	Evaluated	Full

Class A1 - Lake TSI's

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Median Value	Median TSI Violation?	Assessment Type	Support Level
22800002	6	Chlorophyll a TSI	9 / 3	37	75	53	NO	Monitored	Full
22800002	6	Secchi TSI	9 / 3	50	77	70	YES	Monitored	Not
22800002	6	Total Phosphorus TSI	9 / 3	57	83	70	NA	NA	NA
22800002	6	Inorganic suspended solids	9 / 3	0.6	12	0.7	NA	NA	NA

Class BLW - Conventional Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Mean Value	# Violations	# Acute / Chronic Violations	Violations needed for impairment	Violates Significantly >10% Rule?	Assessment Type	Support Level
22800002	6	Ammonia	9 / 3	0.001	0.305	0.09	NA	0 / 0	3	NO	Evaluated	Full
22800002	6	Dissolved Oxygen	9 / 3	5.7	8.6	6.8	0	NA / NA	3	NO	Evaluated	Full
22800002	6	pH	9 / 3	7.5	8.8	8.3	0	NA / NA	3	NO	Evaluated	Full
22800002	6	Temperature	9 / 3	16.7	28.9	24.6	0	NA / NA	3	NO	Evaluated	Full

Class C - Conventional Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Mean Value	Median Value	# Violations	Violates Significantly >10% Rule?	Assessment Type	Support Level
22800002	6	Inorganic nitrogen (nitrate and nitrite)	9 / 3	0.02	0.83	0.19	0.03	0	NO	Evaluated	Full
22800002	6	pH	9 / 3	7.5	8.8	8.3	8.3	0	NO	Evaluated	Full

Class C - Toxic Parameters: Syngenta “Iowa Voluntary Atrazine Monitoring Program” from 2010 through 2012

Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Maximum Value	Mean Value	% Violations	Number of Non - Detects	Mean Value > Criterion or MCL	Assessment Type	Support Level
Atrazine	25 / 3	0.92	NA	0%	NA	No	Monitored	Full

Class HH: No Data

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

10/5/2010

Fixed Monitoring Start Date

10/2/2012

Fixed Monitoring End Date

5/21/2018

Fixed Monitoring Start Date

8/17/2020

Fixed Monitoring End Date

Methods

222

Non-fixed-station monitoring (conventional during key seasons and flows)

270

PWS chemical monitoring (ambient water)