Manteno Park Pond IA 06-BOY-1505

Shelby County S2T81NR40W 8 mi NW of Defiance.

Open Data Collection Period Modal

For purposes of developing stream/river water quality assessments for integrated reporting, three years of water quality data are typically used for both conventional pollutant parameters (e.g., indicator bacteria) and the less frequently monitored toxic parameters (e.g., toxic metals). Since the 2004 IR cycle, DNR has used a three-year data gathering period for streams, rivers, and beaches. For most assessments, the use of three years of data increases the number of samples upon which the decision on use support is based and helps address the problem of weather-related year-to-year fluctuations in water quality.

Due to the lower sampling frequency in Iowa’s ambient lake, biological, fish kill, and fish tissue monitoring programs, five years of data are used for developing IR assessments and for identifying Section 303(d) listings.

Data Type	Data Timeframe
Beach Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2018
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2016 - 2018
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018
*Biological sites sampled in both 2013 and 2017 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2020
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 5 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL is needed.
Trophic: Eutrophic
Trend: Declining
Trend Comment: Addition of algal impairment in 2018
Created: 8/27/2020 9:37:05 AM
Updated: 10/15/2020 7:55:42 AM

Use Support

Class A1

Recreation - Primary contact

Partially Supported

Algal Growth: Chlorophyll a

Support Level

Partially Supported

Impairment Code

5a - Pollutant-caused impairment. TMDL needed.

Cause Magnitude

Slight

Status

Continuing

Source

Agriculture

Source Confidence

Moderate

Cycle Added

2018

Impairment Rationale

Narrative criteria violation: aesthetically objectionable conditions

Data Source

Ambient monitoring: Iowa DNR-lakes

TMDL Priority

Tier I

Class BLW

Aquatic Life - Lakes and wetlands

Fully Supported

Class HH

Human Health -

Not Assessed

General Use

General Use water -

Not Assessed

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The Class A1 uses are assessed (monitored) as “partially supported” due to aesthetically objectionable conditions caused by algae blooms. The Class BLW uses are assessed (monitored) as “fully supported.” All other designated uses are “not assessed.”

Assessment Explanation

Sources of Data:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	WQ	CY 2014-2018	22830001	Manteno Lake

Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria: No Data

Class A1 - pH:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples / # Years	Maximum Value	Mean Value	Median Value	# Violations	% Violations	Significantly >10% Violations	Assessment Type	Support Level
22830001	6	15 / 5	8.5	7.9	8	0	0%	NO	Monitored	Full

Class A1 - Lake TSI's

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Median Value	Median TSI Violation	Assessment Type	Support Level
22830001	6	Chlorophyll a TSI	15 / 5	36	78	65	YES	Monitored	Not
22830001	6	Secchi TSI	15 / 5	51	70	60	NO	Monitored	Full
22830001	6	Total Phosphorus TSI	15 / 5	53	87	69	NA	NA	NA
22830001	6	Inorganic suspended solids	15 / 5	0.3	33	3	NA	NA	NA

Class BLW - Conventional Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Maximum Value	Mean Value	Median Value	# Acute / Chronic Violations	% Acute/ Chronic Violations	Significantly >10% Violations	Assessment Type	Support Level
22830001	6	Ammonia	15 / 5	0.144	0.04	0.02	0 / 0	0% / 0%	NO	Monitored	Full
22830001	6	Dissolved oxygen	15 / 5	15.4	8	8.1	NA / 3	NA / 20%	NO	Monitored	Full
22830001	6	pH	15 / 5	8.5	7.9	8	0 / NA	0% / NA	NO	Monitored	Full
22830001	6	Temperature	15 / 5	27.5	21.8	22.7	0 / 0	0% / 0%	NO	Monitored	Full

Class BLW - Lake Planktonic Cyanobacteria:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples	Maximum Cyanobacteria Wet Mass	Maximum Cyanobacteria % Composition	Median Cyanobacteria Wet Mass	Median Cyanobacteria % Composition	Median Cyanobacteria Wet Mass = 75th Percentile	Assessment Type	Support Level
22830001	6	10	6.274	44.5 %	0.400	2.6 %	NO	Evaluated	NA

Class HH - No Data

Additional Notes:Information from the DNR Fisheries Bureau suggests that Manteno Lake has rooted aquatic vegetation that provides good fish habitat and ties up nutrients that otherwise would be available for algae growth. Sediment ponds above this pond have been built providing some protection. Best management practices in the watershed to reduce sediment and nutrient from reaching the pond are very important to maintaining the water quality and the sport fishery in Manteno Park Pond.

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

5/20/2014

Fixed Monitoring Start Date

8/14/2018

Fixed Monitoring Start Date

Methods

120

Surveys of fish and game biologists/other professionals

222

Non-fixed-station monitoring (conventional during key seasons and flows)

340

Primary producer surveys (phytoplankton/periphyton/macrophyton)