Desoto Bend IA 06-WEM-1716
Harrison County S21T78NR45W 5 mi. W of Missouri Valley.
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-WEM-00340-L_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Primary Contact Recreation
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Monitored in 1992 by ISU as part of the Clean Lakes Classification study (1994).
Basis for Assessment
The assessments developed for the 1994 and 1996 reports were reviewed and approved by the DNR Fisheries Bureau. Thus, both the Class A (primary contact recreation) uses and the Class B(LW) aquatic life uses were assessed as FST.
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 |