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Littlefield Lake IA 05-NSH-1439

Audubon County S17T78NR34W approx 4 mi SE of Exira.

Assessment Cycle
1992
Result Period
1988 - 1990
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 05-NSH-00675-L_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Partial
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Basis for Assessment

This lake, despite impoundment in the early 1980s, has not yet been designated in the Iowa water quality standards.   Assessment for fishable and swimmable uses is based on recreational use data in Bachmann et al.  (1994).   Both fishable and swimmable uses were assessed as PS for the 1992 report.

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 3
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A