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Water Quality Assessments
Impaired Waters List

Bear Creek IA 01-MAQ-34

from Beers Cr. (Jackson Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary in W1/2 S28T84NR2W Jones Co.

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Evaluated
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 01-MAQ-0140_2
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in Jones County.

Basis for Assessment

Changed assessment to FST due to above average habitat score and below average fish score due to poor sampling conditions due to high stream flow.

Causes and Sources of Impairment
Causes Use Support Cause Magnitude Sources Source Magnitude
Other habitat alterations Overall Use Support Not Impairing
  • Agriculture
  • Bank or Shoreline Modification/Destabilization
  • Channelization
  • Habitat Modification (other than Hydromodification)
  • Hydromodification
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
Other habitat alterations Aquatic Life Support Not Impairing
  • Agriculture
  • Bank or Shoreline Modification/Destabilization
  • Channelization
  • Habitat Modification (other than Hydromodification)
  • Hydromodification
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
Siltation Overall Use Support Not Impairing
  • Agriculture
  • Bank or Shoreline Modification/Destabilization
  • Channelization
  • Habitat Modification (other than Hydromodification)
  • Hydromodification
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
Siltation Aquatic Life Support Not Impairing
  • Agriculture
  • Bank or Shoreline Modification/Destabilization
  • Channelization
  • Habitat Modification (other than Hydromodification)
  • Hydromodification
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing
  • Not Impairing