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Sand Creek IA 01-MAQ-50

mouth (S9 T88N R5W Delaware Co. to Todds Cr. in S8 T88N R5W Delaware Co.

Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Evaluated
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 01-MAQ-0235_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in 1991.

Basis for Assessment

Continued to assess support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses as FST due to (1) lack of any significant threats to continued support of aquatic life uses, (2) moderately diverse fish community (11 species from 4 families, plus several pollution-intolerant species such as smallmouth bass, rock bass, and northern hogsucker), and (3) presence of a majority of the expected fish taxa (8 of 11) for streams in the Iowan Surface subecoregion (47c).  The data upon which this assessment is based are more than 5 years old.  Additional monitoring is needed to update this assessment.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
Methods
150 Monitoring data more than 5 years old
Monitoring Levels
Biological 0
Habitat 0
Physical Chemistry 0
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A