Buffalo Creek IA 01-WPS-378
from confluence with unnamed tributary in N 1/2 S27T88NR7W (Buchanan Co.) to confluence of the East Branch and West Branch of Buffalo Creek in S35 T90N R8W Buchanan Co.
- Assessment Cycle
- 2022
- Release Status
- Final
- Data Collection Period
- Overall IR Category
- 3 - Insufficient data exist to determine whether any designated uses are met.
- Trend
- Unknown
- Created
- 1/11/2022 1:13:42 PM
- Updated
- 1/12/2022 3:37:54 PM
Assessment Summary
The Class BWW2 use remains assessed as "WINOFI" based on biological sampling data. All other designated uses were "not assessed."
Assessment Explanation
Data Sources: Data Source Data Source ID Data Type Data Age Site ID Site Name Site Description Iowa DNR 6 BIO See Below 754 Buffalo Creek Winthrop BioNet Site ID Date Drainage Area (mi2) Ecoregion Major Drainage BM Sample Gear BMIBI score BMIBI Class 47c BMIBI BIT BMIBI Pass/Fail 754 9/28/10 69 47c MS Art Sub 40 Fair 52 Fail BioNet Site ID Date Drainage Area (mi2) Ecoregion Major Drainage Riffle Site? FIBI score FIBI Class 47c FIBI BIT FIBI Pass/Fail 754 9/28/10 69 47c MS No 53 Good 44 Pass Community Assessment Type Assessment Result Support Level IR Category Reason Benthic Macroinvertebrates Evaluated Fail (0/1) Not Fish Evaluated Pass (1/1) Full Overall Evaluated Fail WINOFI 3bc Assessment was evaluated because it was based
on a single sample.
Presumptive Class A1 - No Data
Class BWW2 - Biological Sampling:
Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Fish:
Overall Assessment:
Assessment Key Dates
9/28/2010 | Biological Monitoring |
Methods
150 | Monitoring data more than 5 years old |
315 | Regional reference site approach |
320 | Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys |
330 | Fish surveys |