Pleasant Creek Lake IA 02-CED-459

Linn County S31T85NR8W 4 mi. NNW of Palo.

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 2016 - 2018
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2016 - 2018
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018
*Biological sites sampled in both 2013 and 2017 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2020
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 1 - All designated uses are met.
Trophic: Eutrophic
Trend: Stable
Created: 7/16/2020 3:38:01 PM
Updated: 10/19/2020 10:14:35 AM

Use Support

Class A1

Recreation - Primary contact

Fully Supported

Class BLW

Aquatic Life - Lakes and wetlands

Fully Supported

Class HH

Human Health -

Fully Supported

General Use

General Use water -

Not Assessed

Impairment Delistings

Cycle Added	Class	Cause	Data Source	Rationale
2013	Class A1	Bacteria: Indicator Bacteria- E. coli	Beach monitoring: Iowa DNR WQMA	New data: WQ improvement (chemical / physical / bacterial)

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Assessment Summary

The Class A1 use is assessed (monitored) as “fully supported.” The Class BLW use is assessed (monitored) as “fully supported.” Class HH use remains assessed (evaluated) as "fully supporting" based on the results of fish contaminant monitoring in 2009.

Assessment Explanation

Sources of Data:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	WQ	CY 2016-2017	21570001	Pleasant Creek Beach (Pleasant Creek State Park)	Pleasant Creek Beach Location
Iowa DNR	6	WQ	CY 2014-2018	22570001	Pleasant Creek Lake	Pleasant Creek Lake Deep Point
Iowa DNR		FT	See Below	197	Pleasant Creek Lake

Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples / # Years	2016 Geometric Mean	2017 Geometric Mean	2018 Geometric Mean	Annual Geometric Mean Violation	# Violations	% Violations	Significantly >10% Violations	Assessment Type	Support Level
21570001	6	19 / 2	13.29	17.52	NA	NO	1	5%	NO	Monitored	Full

Pleasant Creek Lake was assessed as "partially supported" for the 2012 assessment/listing cycle. Based on DNR’s assessment methodology 2 consecutive assessment/listing cycles without violations of the geometric mean criterion and without significantly greater than 10% of the samples violating the single-sample maximum criterion are necessary to propose delisting based on bacteria violations. There were no violations of the geometric mean criterion and there were less than 10% of the samples exceeding the single-sample maximum criterion for the 2018 or current 2020 assessment listing cycle. Therefore, the impairment for indicator bacteria is suggested for delisting for the 2020 assessment/listing cycle.

Class A1 - pH

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples / # Years	Maximum Value	Mean Value	Median Value	# Violations	% Violations	Significantly >10% Violations	Assessment Type	Support Level
22570001	6	15 / 5	8.8	8.3	8.4	0	0%	NO	Monitored	Full

Class A1 - Lake TSI's

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Median Value	Median TSI Violation	Assessment Type	Support Level
22570001	6	Chlorophyll a TSI	15 / 5	36	76	57	NO	Monitored	Full
22570001	6	Secchi TSI	15 / 5	42	70	50	NO	Monitored	Full
22570001	6	Total Phosphorus TSI	15 / 5	45	71	56	NA	NA	NA
22570001	6	Inorganic suspended solids	15 / 5	0.6	9.8	1.6	NA	NA	NA

Class BLW - Conventional Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Maximum Value	Mean Value	Median Value	# Acute / Chronic Violations	% Acute/ Chronic Violations	Significantly >10% Violations	Assessment Type	Support Level
22570001	6	Ammonia	15 / 5	0.232	0.04	0.01	0 / 0	0% / 0%	NO	Monitored	Full
22570001	6	Dissolved oxygen	15 / 5	11.27	7.91	8.46	NA / 2	NA / 13%	NO	Monitored	Full
22570001	6	pH	15 / 5	8.8	8.3	8.4	0 / NA	0% / NA	NO	Monitored	Full
22570001	6	Temperature	15 / 5	26.9	23.28	23.6	0 / 0	0% / 0%	NO	Monitored	Full

Class BLW - Lake Planktonic Cyanobacteria:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples	Maximum Cyanobacteria Wet Mass	Maximum Cyanobacteria % Composition	Median Cyanobacteria Wet Mass	Median Cyanobacteria % Composition	Median Cyanobacteria Wet Mass = 75th Percentile	Assessment Type	Support Level
22570001	6	11	44.685	97 %	11.352	61.4 %	NO	Evaluated	NA

Class HH - Toxic Parameters: No Data

Site ID

Date

Species Name

Biopart

# in sample

chlordane result

chlordane violation?

PCBs result

PCBs violation?

Hg result

Hg violation?

Assessment Type

Support Level

197

7/16/09

channel catfish

fillet

<0.03

<0.09

0.212

Evaluated

Full

197

7/16/09

largemouth bass

fillet

0.042

Evaluated

Full

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

6/24/2014

Fixed Monitoring Start Date

9/9/2018

Fixed Monitoring End Date

7/16/2009

Fish Tissue Monitoring

Methods

120

Surveys of fish and game biologists/other professionals

222

Non-fixed-station monitoring (conventional during key seasons and flows)

260

Fish tissue analysis

340

Primary producer surveys (phytoplankton/periphyton/macrophyton)