Iowa DNR
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Water Quality Assessments
Impaired Waters List

West Tarkio Creek IA 05-TAR-1497

from the Iowa/Missouri state line to confluence with an unnamed tributary in S9 T69N R38W Page Co.

Assessment Cycle
1994
Result Period
1990 - 1992
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 05-TAR-0020_0
Overall Use Support
Fully
Aquatic Life Use Support
Fully
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Assessment based on the September 1991 DNR stream use assessment conducted in Page county.

Basis for Assessment

Stream assessment form indicates generally fair habitat.   Old channelization and pasture impacts evident.   Pools and riffles are formed in hardpan, some gravel and wood provide diversity of substrates.   Fairly diverse fish community of minnow, sucker, and catfish species.   Fish community is threatened by channelization impacts on habitat and probably by flow extremes.

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