Maple River IA 06-LSR-1585

from confluence with Odebolt Cr. (NE 1/4 S15 T87N R40W Ida Co.) to confluence with Silver Cr. in S13 T88N R40W Ida Co.

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 2012 - 2014
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2012 - 2014
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2010 - 2014
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2010 - 2014*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2010 - 2014
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2010 - 2014
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2010 - 2014
*Biological sites sampled in both 2009 and 2013 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2016
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 3 - Insufficient data exist to determine whether any designated uses are met.
Trend: Unknown
Created: 9/22/2016 7:23:33 AM
Updated: 9/22/2016 7:23:33 AM

Use Support

Class A1

Presumptive Use

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Assessed

Class BWW1

Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 1

Not Assessed

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 (primary contact recreation) uses remain "not assessed" due to the lack of information upon which to base an assessment. Due to the age of the data, the assessment of the Class B(WW-1) aquatic life uses is changed from "fully supported" (evaluated) based on results of IDNR/SHL biological (biocriteria) sampling in 1997 to “not assessed”. Fish consumption uses remain "not assessed" due to the lack of fish contaminant monitoring in this stream segment.

Assessment Explanation

[Note Prior to the 2008 Section 305(b) cycle, this stream segment was designated only for Class B(WW) aquatic life uses, including fish consumption uses. Due to changes in Iowa’s surface water classification that were approved by U.S. EPA in February 2008 (see http://www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/water/standards/files/swcdoc2.pdf), this segment is also now presumptively designated for Class A1 (primary contact recreation) uses. This segment remains designated for warmwater aquatic life use (now termed Class B(WW1) uses), and for fish consumption uses (now termed Class HH (human health/fish consumption uses).]

For previous assessment/listing cycles, the assessment of the Class B(WW1) aquatic life uses was based on data collected in 1997 as part of the IDNR/SHL stream biocriteria project. The 1997 FIBI score was 35 (fair) and the BMIBI scores were 71 (good) and 68 (good). The aquatic life use support was assessed (evaluated) as fully supporting (=FS), based on a comparison of the FIBI and BMIBI scores with biological impairment criteria (BIC) established for previous Section 305(b) reports. The biological impairment criteria were determined from a statistical analysis of data collected at stream ecoregion reference sites from 1994-2008. The FIBI BIC for this ecoregion is 31 and the BMIBI BIC for this ecoregion is 54. This segment passed the FIBI BIC 1/1 times and passed the BMIBI BIC 2/2 times in the last 14 years. Because the data upon which these assessment were based are now more than ten years old, the Class B(WW1) uses are now considered “not assessed.” As water quality data age, they are less able to represent current water quality conditions. As data age beyond ten years, their ability to represent current water quality conditions is increasing suspect. Additional monitoring is needed in this assessment segment to update status of its aquatic communities.

Fish consumption uses remain "not assessed" due to the lack of fish contaminant monitoring in this river segment.

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

None listed

Methods

150

Monitoring data more than 5 years old