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.
This is a Legacy Assessment. Prior to 2004, assessments were developed under a methodology that pre-dated the Integrated Report guidelines.
Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 05-TAR-0020_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Assessment is based on results of 1995 Biocriteria sampling: Fish IBI=30 (fair), BM-IBI= 39(fair).
Basis for Assessment
Biocriteria data indicate fairly poor habitat and low diversity of fish.
Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
| 10/12/1995 | Biological Monitoring |
Methods
| 220 | Non-fixed station physical/chemical monitoring (conventional pollutant only) |
| 315 | Regional reference site approach |
| 320 | Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys |
| 330 | Fish surveys |
| 380 | Quan. measurements of instream parms-- channel morphology-- floodplain-- 1-2 seasons-- by prof |
Monitoring Levels
| Biological | 4 |
| Habitat | 4 |
| Physical Chemistry | 1 |
| Toxic | 0 |
| Pathogen Indicators | 0 |
| Other Health Indicators | 0 |
| Other Aquatic Life Indicators | 0 |
| # of Bio Sites | 1 |
| BioIntegrity | Fair |