2022 assessment for Ocheyedan River

Ocheyedan River IA 06-LSR-1638

mouth (S13 T96N R37W Clay Co.) to confluence with Little Ocheyedan R. in S28 T98N R39W Osceola Co.

2022
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 2018 - 2020
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2018 - 2020
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
*Biological sites sampled in both 2015 and 2019 were also assessed.

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Overall IR

5 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL is needed.

Trend

Stable

Created

12/2/2021 2:13:45 PM by

Updated

1/26/2022 7:51:12 AM by

Use Support

Class A1

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Supported

Bacteria: Indicator Bacteria- E. coli

Support Level

Not Supported

Impairment Code

5a - Pollutant-caused impairment. TMDL needed.

Cause Magnitude

Slight

303(d) Listing Status

Continuing

Source

Unknown: Source Unknown

Source Confidence

Low

Cycle Added

2008

Impairment Rationale

Geometric mean criterion exceeded

Data Source

Ambient monitoring: Iowa DNR-rivers

TMDL Priority

Tier III

Class BWW2

Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 2

WINOFI

Biological: low fish IBI

Support Level

Further Investigation Needed

Impairment Code

3b-c - Use potentially biologically impaired based on calibrated IBI metrics.

Cause Magnitude

Slight

303(d) Listing Status

Continuing

Source

Unknown: Source Unknown

Source Confidence

Low

Cycle Added

2006

Impairment Rationale

Low Biotic Index

Data Source

Biological monitoring: Iowa DNR WQMA

303(d) Delistings for this Cycle

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The Class A1 use was assessed as "not supported" due to 2012-2014 levels of indicator bacteria that violated state water quality criteria. The Class BWW2 use was assessed as "WINOFI" based on biological sampling data.

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	WQ	CY 2012-2014	10210001	Ocheyedan River near Spencer (US2)
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	1236	Ocheyedan River	Riverton Wildlife Area – Spencer – REMAP #416
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	354	Ocheyedan River	Spencer – REMAP #59

Class A1 – Indicator Bacteria:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples / # Years	2012 Geometric Mean	2013 Geometric Mean	2014 Geometric Mean	Annual Geometric Mean Violation	# Violations	% Violations	Significantly >10% Violations	Assessment Type	Support Level
10210001	6	22 / 3	149	264	209	Yes	10	45%	Yes	Evaluated	Not

Class BWW2 - 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
1236	8/28/19	439	47a	MO	Floating Art Sub	64	Fair	54	Pass
354	8/26/19	408.8	47a	MO	Floating Art Sub	62	Fair	54	Pass

Fish:

Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	Riffle Stream?	FIBI score	FIBI Class	47a FIBI BIT	FIBI Pass/Fail
1236	8/28/19	439	47a	MO	NA	34	Fair	43	Fail
354	8/26/19	408.8	47a	MO	NA	39	Fair	43	Fail

Overall:

Community	Assessment Type	Assessment Result	Support Level	IR Category	Reason
Benthic Macroinvertebrates	Evaluated	Pass (2/2)	Full
Fish	Evaluated	Fail (0/2)	Not	3bc	Assessment was evaluated because the multiple samples were not
Overall	Evaluated	Fail	WINOFI		collected in different years.

Class BWW2- Continuous DO Monitoring:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Days Monitoring (2016/2017/2018/ 2019/2020)	DO Criteria Type	# 2016 violations / Violations needed for impairment	# 2017 violations / Violations needed for impairment	# 2018 violations / Violations needed for impairment	# 2019 violations / Violations needed for impairment	# 2020 violations / Violations needed for impairment	Violates Annual Significantly >10% Rule?	Assessment Type	Support Level
			24 hr	NA	NA	NA	0/4	NA	No
354	6	0/0/0/14/0	16 hr	NA	NA	NA	0/4	NA	No	Evaluated	Full

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

1/9/2012

Fixed Monitoring Start Date

9/8/2014

Fixed Monitoring End Date

8/26/2019

Biological Monitoring

8/28/2019

Biological Monitoring

Methods

150

Monitoring data more than 5 years old

210

Fixed station physical/chemical monitoring (conventional pollutants only)

222

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

315

Regional reference site approach

320

Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys

330

Fish surveys

380

Quantitative physical habitat assessment

420

Indicator bacteria monitoring