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Water Quality Assessments
Impaired Waters List

Silver Creek IA 01-TRK-192

mouth (S16 T94N R5W Clayton Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary in S32 T95N R5W Clayton Co.

Cycle
2024
Release Status
Final
Overall IR
5 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL is needed.
Trend
Unknown
Created
11/1/2023 8:12:33 AM
Updated
1/16/2024 10:45:28 AM
Use Support
Class A1
Recreation - Primary contact
Not Supported
Support Level
Not Supported
Impairment Code
5p - Impairment occurs on a waterbody with a presumptive A1 or B(WW1) use.
Cause Magnitude
High
Status
Continuing
Source
Unknown: Source Unknown
Source Confidence
N/A
Cycle Added
2008
Impairment Rationale
Geometric mean criterion exceeded
Data Source
TMDL monitoring: Iowa DNR
TMDL Priority
Tier III
Class BWW2
Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 2
Not Supported
Support Level
Not Supported
Impairment Code
4a - Pollutant-caused impairment. TMDL has been completed.
Cause Magnitude
Slight
Status
Continuing
Source
Unknown: Source Unknown
Source Confidence
Low
Cycle Added
2004
Impairment Rationale
Low Biotic Index
Data Source
Biological monitoring: Iowa DNR WQMA
Impairment Delistings
Cycle Added Class Cause Data Source Rationale
2014 Class BWW2 Organic Enrichment: Low Dissolved Oxygen Ambient monitoring: Iowa DNR-rivers New data: WQ improvement (chemical / physical / bacterial)
Documentation
Assessment Summary

The presumptive Class A1 use was assessed as “not supported” due to levels of indicator bacteria (E. coli) that exceeded state water quality criteria. The Class BWW2 use was assessed as "not supported" based on biological sampling data. Note: The Iowa DNR TMDL for biology, sediment, and ammonia for this segment of Silver Creek was approved by U.S. EPA in July 2012. Because not all the impairments identified for this assessment segment were covered by the TMDL (i.e., indicator bacteria), this segment remains impaired and in IR Category 5.

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source

Data Source ID

Data Type

Data Age

Site ID

Site Name

Site Description

Iowa DNR

6

WQ

CY 2021-2022

11220014

Silver Creek at 172 ST

Site SC04/SiCR1

Iowa DNR

6

BIO

See Below

571

Silver Creek

Monona– SiCR1

Iowa DNR

6

BIO

See Below

973

Silver Creek

Luana


Presumptive Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria:

Site ID

Data Source ID

# Samples per Year (2020/ 2021/2022)

2020 Geometric Mean

2021 Geometric Mean

2022 Geometric Mean

Violates Annual Geometric Mean?

# 2020 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

# 2021 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

# 2022 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

Violates Annual SSM Significantly >10% Rule?

Assessment Type

Support Level

11220014

6

0/4/6

NA

695

1068

YES

NA

4 / NA

5 / NA

YES

Eval

Not


Presumptive Class A1 - pH:

Site ID

Data Source ID

# Samples / # Years

Minimum Value

Maximum Value

Mean Value

# Violations

Violations needed for impairment

Violates Significantly >10% Rule?

Assessment Type

Support Level

11220014

6

10 / 2

7.71

8.39

8.01

0

3

NO

Mon

Full


Class BWW2 - Binomial Parameters:

Site ID

Data Source ID

Parameter Name

# Samples / # Years

Minimum Value

Maximum Value

Mean Value

# Violations

# Acute / Chronic Violations

Violations needed for impairment

Violates Significantly >10% Rule?

Assessment Type

Support Level

11220014

6

Dissolved Oxygen

10 / 2

3.43

12.52

7.58

1

NA / NA

3

NO

Mon

Full

11220014

6

pH

10 / 2

7.71

8.39

8.01

0

NA / NA

3

NO

Mon

Full

11220014

6

Temperature

10 / 2

7.2

23.8

16.5

0

NA / NA

3

NO

Mon

Full


Class BWW2 - Biological Sampling:


Benthic Macroinvertebrates:

BioNet Site ID

Date

Drainage Area (mi2)

Ecoregion

Major Drainage/Thermal

BM Sample Gear

BMIBI score

BMIBI Class

52b BMIBI BIT

BMIBI Pass/Fail

571

8/20/18

27

52b

MS/WW

Surb

61

Good

61

Pass

571

8/14/14

27

52b

MS/WW

Surb

55

Fair

61

Fail

973

8/14/14

17

52b

MS/WW

Surb

44

Fair

61

Fail


Fish:

BioNet Site ID

Date

Drainage Area (mi2)

Ecoregion

Major Drainage/Thermal

Riffle Stream?

FIBI score

FIBI Class

52b FIBI BIT

FIBI Pass/Fail

571

8/20/18

27

52b

MS/WW

NA

44

Fair

52

Fail

571

8/14/14

27

52b

MS/WW

NA

46

Fair

52

Fail

973

8/14/14

17

52b

MS/WW

NA

41

Fair

52

Fail


Overall:

Community

Assessment Type

Assessment Result

Support Level

IR Category

Reason

Benthic Macroinvertebrates

Evaluated

Fail (1/3)

Not

Assessment was evaluated because the samples used to complete

Fish

Evaluated

Fail (0/3)

Not

the assessment were not collected in a recent five-year period.

Overall

Evaluated

Fail

Not

4a

Impairment is covered by 2012 TMDL.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
8/20/2018
Biological Monitoring
8/14/2014
Biological Monitoring
5/27/2021
Monitoring Start
9/13/2022
Monitoring End
7/11/2012
TMDL Completed
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
420
Indicator bacteria monitoring