Little Spirit Lake IA 06-LSR-1659
Dickinson County S8T100NR36W 5 mi. NE of Montgomery.
This is a Legacy Assessment. Prior to 2004, assessments were developed under a methodology that pre-dated the Integrated Report guidelines.
Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 06-LSR-02870-L_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Partial
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Monitored in 1990 and 1992 by ISU as part of the Clean Lakes Classification Study (1994).
Basis for Assessment
Changed the assessment of overall support of the Class A primary contact recreation uses and the Class B(LW) aquatic life uses of this lake from "not supporting" to "partially supporting" at the recommendation of the DNR Fisheries Bureau. DNR Fisheries indicated that the water quality impairments and trend identified for the lake (i.e., aquatic plants and organic enrichment due to natural shallowness; stable WQ trend) remain accurate.
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 |