Little Waterman Creek IA 06-LSR-1621

mouth (S4 T95N R39W O'Brien Co.) to headwaters in S15 T96N R40W O'Brien 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 2020 - 2022
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2020 - 2022
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2018 - 2022
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2018 - 2022*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2018 - 2022
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2018 - 2022
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2018 - 2022
*Biological sites sampled in both 2017 and 2021 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2024
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 2 - Some of the designated uses are met but there is insufficient data to determine if remaining designated uses are met.
Trend: Unknown
Created: 11/1/2023 8:12:23 AM
Updated: 12/22/2023 12:50:37 PM

Use Support

Class A1

Presumptive Use

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Assessed

Class BWW1

Presumptive Use

Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 1

Fully Supported

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The presumptive Class BWW1 use was assessed as “fully supported” based on biological sampling data. All other designated uses were "not assessed."

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	50	Little Waterman Creek	Waterman Creek SWMA -Hartley

Presumptive Class A1 – No Data

Presumptive Class BWW1 - Biological Sampling:

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:

Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	BM Sample Gear	BMIBI score	BMIBI Class	47a BMIBI BIT	BMIBI Pass/Fail
50	7/27/22	17.1	47a	MO	Surber	47	Fair	54	Fail
50	7/20/21	17.1	47a	MO	Surber	63	Good	54	Pass
50	8/5/20	17.1	47a	MO	Surber	55	Fair	54	Pass
50	9/16/19	17.1	47a	MO	Surber	44	Fair	54	Fail
50	8/22/18	17.1	47a	MO	Surber	61	Good	54	Pass

Fish:

Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	Riffle Stream?	FIBI score	FIBI Class	47a FIBI BIT	FIBI Pass/Fail
50	7/27/22	17.1	47a	MO	NA	59	Good	43	Pass
50	7/20/21	17.1	47a	MO	NA	46	Fair	43	Pass
50	8/5/20	17.1	47a	MO	NA	47	Fair	43	Pass
50	9/16/19	17.1	47a	MO	NA	51	Good	43	Pass
50	8/22/18	17.1	47a	MO	NA	48	Fair	43	Pass

Overall:

Community	Assessment Type	Assessment Result	Support Level	IR Category	Reason
Benthic Macroinvertebrates	Evaluated	Pass (3/5)	Full
Fish	Evaluated	Pass (5/5)	Full		Assessment was evaluated because the drainage area of
Overall	Evaluated	Pass	Full	1	the sample site was smaller than the calibrated range.

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

7/27/2022

Biological Monitoring

8/22/2018

Biological Monitoring

7/20/2021

Biological Monitoring

9/16/2019

Biological Monitoring

8/5/2020

Biological Monitoring

Methods

315

Regional reference site approach

320

Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys

330

Fish surveys