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Cold Springs Lake IA 05-NSH-1420

Cass County S15T75NR37W 1 mi S of Lewis.

Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 05-NSH-00310-L_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Basis for Assessment

The assessment developed for the 1996 report was reviewed and approved by the DNR Fisheries Bureau.  Thus, continue to assess support of the Class A (primary contact recreation) and Class B(LW) aquatic life uses as FST.

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)
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 2
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A