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Moorehead Park Pond IA 06-LSR-1587

Ida County S10T87NR39W 0.5 mi N of Ida Grove.

Assessment Cycle
1994
Result Period
1990 - 1992
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 06-LSR-00805-L_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Monitored in 1990 by ISU as part of the Clean Lakes Classification study (1994).

Basis for Assessment

Assessment was changed to FST for the 1994 report for the following reasons: (1) results of monitoring show that averages of secchi depth, chl-a, total-P, and TSS are approximately equal to, or better than, overall averages for the 116 SPOLs sampled in 1990 and 1992; (2) according to Bachmann et al.  (1994), lake does not have problems with fishkills and supports a relatively high amount of fishing.   Support of uses is threatened by the relatively high sedimentation rate (7.0 cm/yr) and consequently the relatively short estimated life expectancy (56 years).

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