Honey Creek IA 01-VOL-301
mouth (S25T92N R5W Clayton Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary (second upstream trib.) in S5 T91N R5W Clayton Co.
- Cycle
- 2018
- 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
- 4/25/2019 9:02:24 AM
- Updated
- 8/1/2019 1:36:17 PM
The presumptive Class A1 (primary contact recreation) uses remain “not assessed” due to the lack of water quality information upon which to base an assessment. The Class B(WW2) aquatic life uses of the waterbody remain assessed (monitored) as “fully supporting" based on results of DNR/SHL biological sampling conducted in 2012 and 2013.
The (monitored) assessment of the Class B(WW2) aquatic life uses was based on data collected in 2012 and 2013 as part of the DNR/SHL headwater stream sampling project. A series of biological metrics which reflect stream water quality and habitat integrity were calculated from the biocriteria sampling data. The biological metrics are based on the numbers and types of benthic macroinvertebrate taxa and fish species that were collected in the stream sampling reach. The biological metrics were combined to make a fish community index of biotic integrity (FIBI) and a benthic macroinvertebrate community index of biotic integrity(BMIBI). The indexes rank the biological integrity of a stream sampling reach on a rising scale from 0 (minimum) to 100 (maximum). The 2012 FIBI score was 75 (excellent) and the BMIBI scores were 67 and 72 (both good). The 2013 FIBI score was 80 (excellent) and the BMIBI score was 40 (fair). The aquatic life use support was assessed (monitored) as fully supporting (=FS), based on a comparison of the FIBI and BMIBI scores with biological impairment criteria (BIC) established from a statistical analysis of data collected at stream ecoregion reference sites from 1994-2008. The FIBI BIC for this ecoregion is 52 and the BMIBI BIC for this ecoregion is 61. This segment passed the FIBI BIC 2/2 times and BMIBI BIC 2/3 times in the last five years. This assessment is considered "monitored" because there were two or more samples collected from this segment in multiple years from 2012-2016.