East Fork Des Moines River IA 04-EDM-1793

from confluence with Prairie Cr. (west line S18 T98N R29W Kossuth Co.) to confluence unnamed tributary SSW of Armstrong in S22 T98N R31W Emmet 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: 2/2/2024 9:10:02 AM

Use Support

Class A1

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Assessed

Class BWW1

Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 1

Fully Supported

Class HH

Human Health -

Not Assessed

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The Class BWW1 use was assessed as “fully supported” based on biological sampling data and continuous dissolved oxygen monitoring 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	WQ	CY 2021	124	East Fork Des Moines River
Iowa DNR	6	BIO	See Below	124	East Fork Des Moines River	Near Seneca SWMA - Ringstead

Class A1 – No Data

Class BWW1 - Biological Sampling:

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:

Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	BM Sample Gear	BMIBI score	BMIBI Class	47b BMIBI BIT	BMIBI Pass/Fail
124	7/21/20	316.8	47b	MS	Hess	60	Good	62	Fail
124	8/29/11	316.8	47b	MS	Hess	72	Good	62	Pass
124	8/21/03	316.8	47b	MS	Hess	71	Good	62	Pass

Fish:

Site ID	Date	Drainage Area (mi2)	Ecoregion	Major Drainage	Riffle Stream?	FIBI score	FIBI Class	47b FIBI BIT	FIBI Pass/Fail
124	7/21/20	316.8	47b	MS	No	40	Fair	32	Pass
124	8/12/15	316.8	47b	MS	No	32	Fair	32	Pass
124	8/29/11	316.8	47b	MS	No	54	Good	32	Pass

Overall:

Community	Assessment Type	Assessment Result	Support Level	IR Category	Reason
Benthic Macroinvertebrates	Evaluated	Pass (2/3)	Full
Fish	Evaluated	Pass (3/3)	Full	1	Assessment was evaluated because samples greater than five years old
Overall	Evaluated	Pass	Full		were used to complete the assessment.

Class BWW1- Continuous DO Monitoring:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Days Monitoring (2021)	DO Criteria Type	# 2021 violations / Violations needed for impairment	Violates Annual Significantly >10% Rule?	Assessment Type	Support Level
			24 hr	0/4	No
124	6	13	16 hr	0/4	No	Evaluated	Full

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

8/29/2011

Biological Monitoring

8/12/2015

Biological Monitoring

7/21/2020

Biological Monitoring

8/21/2003

Biological Monitoring

9/30/2021

Monitoring Start

10/12/2021

Monitoring End

Methods

150

Monitoring data more than 5 years old

200

Physical/Chemical Monitoring

315

Regional reference site approach

320

Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys

330

Fish surveys