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Duck Creek IA 01-UIA-254

mouth (NE 1/4 S14 T100N R6W Allamakee Co.) to IA/MN state line (S11 T100N R6W Allamakee Co.).

Assessment Cycle
2000
Result Period
1996 - 1998
Designations
Assessment Methodology
Assessment Type
Evaluated
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 01-UIA-0185_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Assessment was based on occurrence of fish kill in August 1998.

Basis for Assessment

SUMMARY:  The general aquatic life uses of this stream were considered "partially supported."  EXPLANATION:  A fish kill occurred in this tributary of Waterloo Creek on August 28, 1998, near Dorchester in Allamakee County.   The kill was attributed to runoff of animal waste.   An estimated 1,650 fish were killed (1,625 sculpins (Cottus spp.) and 25 brown trout (Salmo trutta).   According to DNR's assessment methodology for Section 305(b) reporting, occurrence of a single pollution-caused fish kill within the most recent three-year period (1997-1999) indicates that the aquatic life uses of a waterbody are only "partially supported."  Thus, the general aquatic life uses of this stream were assessed as "partially supported."

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
8/28/1998 Fishkill
Methods
140 Incidence of spills and/or fish kills
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