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Water Quality Assessments

Impaired Waters List

East Nodaway River IA 05-NOD-1391

mouth (S6 T67N R36W Page Co.) to confluence with Long Branch Cr at S17-18 line T70N R35W Taylor Co.

Assessment Cycle
1994
Result Period
1990 - 1992
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 05-NOD-0030_1
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Two stream use assessments in 1991.

Basis for Assessment

Stream assessment forms indicate habitat in some reaches is degraded because of old, long reach channelization.   Habitat is better in other reaches where the stream meanders & flows over bedrock outcrops.   Fish community is relatively diverse in good habitat areas, less diverse in other reaches.   Good popul- ations of channel catfish observed at both assess.  locations.   DNR quaterly monitoring station was sampled 8 time between Oct.  91 and July 1993:  no violations of any Class B(WW) WQC.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
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