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Minnewashta Lake IA 06-LSR-1650

Dickinson County S29T99NR36W 2 mi. NNE of Milford.

Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Evaluated
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 06-LSR-02825-L_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Fully
Documentation
Assessment Comments

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

Basis for Assessment

Used assessments of support of designated uses developed for the 1994 report.   These assessments were reviewed by the DNR Fisheries Bureau in 1998; no changes in the assessments were recommended.

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)
150 Monitoring data more than 5 years old
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