Princeton State Wildlife Area IA 01-WPS-331

Scott County S26T80NR5E north of Princeton IA.

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 2012 - 2014
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2012 - 2014
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2010 - 2014
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2010 - 2014*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2010 - 2014
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2010 - 2014
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2010 - 2014
*Biological sites sampled in both 2009 and 2013 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2016
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 3 - Insufficient data exist to determine whether any designated uses are met.
Trend: Unknown
Created: 8/19/2016 10:22:53 AM
Updated: 3/13/2017 10:49:09 AM

Use Support

Class BLW

Aquatic Life - Lakes and wetlands

WINOFI

Sedimentation/Siltation

Support Level

Further Investigation Needed

Impairment Code

3b - Use potentially impaired based on an evaluated assessment.

Cause Magnitude

Moderate

Status

Continuing

Source

Hydromodification

Source Confidence

Moderate

Cycle Added

2000

Impairment Rationale

Adverse impacts on plant/animal communities

Data Source

Biological monitoring: Iowa DNR Wildlife

General Use

General Use water -

Not Assessed

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The aquatic life uses remain assessed (evaluated) as "partially supported" due to siltation related to annual flooding by the Mississippi River. According to the DNR Wildlife Bureau, this wetland has recently been protected from annual flood deposits by construction of a new boundary dike. This is the same assessment at that developed for previous assessment/listing cycles.

Assessment Explanation

The aquatic life uses remain assessed (evaluated) as "partially supported" based on information from the Iowa DNR Wildlife Bureau (see assessment for the 1998 and 2000 reports). The assessment category for this wetland of "evaluated" indicates that the assessment is based entirely on "best professional judgment." In terms of Section 305(b) reporting, "monitored assessments" are based primarily on recent, site-specific ambient monitoring data and thus have relatively high confidence. IDNR considers waterbodies identified as "impaired" based on "monitored assessments" as candidates for the state's Section 303(d) list. "Evaluated assessments" are those based on data older than five years or other than site-specific ambient monitoring data (e.g., questionnaire surveys of fish and game biologists [=best professional judgment]) and thus have relatively lower confidence. IDNR does not consider waterbodies identified as "impaired" based on "evaluated assessments" as candidates for the state's Section 303(d) list.

Note: This waterbody is not in Iowa's current surface water classification and is thus classified only for general uses. As such, only the general use protection for aquatic life will be assessed.

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

None listed

Methods

120

Surveys of fish and game biologists/other professionals