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Lake Icaria IA 05-NOD-1398

Adams County S10T72NR34W 4 mi N of Corning.

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 05-NOD-00550-L_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Partial
Drinking Water
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Basis for Assessment

Used assessments of support of designated uses developed for the 1994 report; no new information available.  Lake is included in the "Adams County Three Lakes Water Quality Project" submitted to DNR in March 1996 by the Adams County Soil and Water Conservation District.   Project seeks to implement further NPS control in the watershed of Icaria, Binder, and Corning West lakes.

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)
260 Fish tissue analysis
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