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Indian Creek IA 02-CED-504

mouth (S30 T83N R6W Linn Co.) to confluence with Dry Cr. in S1 T83N R7W Linn Co.

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-CED-0210_1
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in Linn County.

Basis for Assessment

Used results of DNR stream use assessment in September 1991 to assess support of the B(LR) aquatic life uses as FST due to (1) habitat score (24) better than the overall average score (22) for DNR stream use assessments, (2) fish score (9) slightly lower than 75th percentile for DNR stream assessments made with seines (10), but field notes indicate that rocky substrate hindered seining, and (3) personal communication from DNR biologist Paul Sleeper that Indian Creek is a high quality stream with a very diverse fish population.   Much of the watershed of Indian Creek is urban and impacts due to urban NPS runoff are likely.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
9/1/1991 DNR Stream Use Assessment
Methods
330 Fish surveys
375 Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof.
Monitoring Levels
Biological 3
Habitat 3
Physical Chemistry 0
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A