Paint Creek IA 01-UIA-226
mouth (Allamakee Co.) to confluence with Little Paint Cr. in S32 T97N R3W Allamakee Co.
- Assessment Cycle
- 2020
- Release Status
- Final
- Data Collection Period
- Overall IR Category
- 2 - Some of the designated uses are met but there is insufficient data to determine if remaining designated uses are met.
- Trend
- Unknown
- Created
- 8/21/2020 1:34:30 PM
- Updated
- 10/15/2020 12:24:38 PM
Assessment Summary
The Class BWW1 use was assessed as "fully supported" based on biological sampling data. All other designated uses were "not assessed".
Assessment Explanation
Sources of Data: Data Source Data Source ID Data Type Data Age Site ID Site Name Site Description Iowa DNR 6 BIO See Below 13 Paint Creek Yellow River State Forest Presumptive Class A1 - No Data 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 13 8/22/18 74 52b MS/WW Hess 62 Good 61 Pass 13 8/13/14 74 52b MS/WW Hess 67 Good 61 Pass Fish: BioNet
Site ID Date Drainage
Area (mi2) Ecoregion Major
Drainage/ Thermal Riffle
Stream? FIBI
score FIBI
Class 52b
FIBI BIT FIBI
Pass/ Fail 13 8/23/18 74 52b MS/WW NA 66 Good 52 Pass 13 8/13/14 74 52b MS/WW NA 67 Good 52 Pass Overall: Community Assessment
Type Assessment
Result Support
Level Earned
IR Category Actual
IR Category Reason Benthic
Macroinvertebrates Monitored Pass
(2/2) Full Fish Monitored Pass
(2/2) Full Overall Monitored Pass Full 1 1 Assessment is monitored
because two or more samples collected in last five years were used to
complete the assessment.
Assessment Key Dates
8/23/2018 | Biological Monitoring |
8/13/2014 | Biological Monitoring |
Methods
315 | Regional reference site approach |
320 | Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys |
330 | Fish surveys |