Wanatee Creek IA 02-CED-506

Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in Linn County.

Basis for Assessment

Used a review of the field sheet from the September 1991 DNR stream use assessment to continue to assess support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses as FST due to (1) moderately diverse fish community (9 species from 3 families) for streams in the Mississippi River portion of the Southern Iowa Rolling Loess Prairies subecoregion (47f), (2) presence of a majority of the expected fish taxa (6 of 8) for streams in this subregion, and (3) indications on field sheet of high quality aquatic habitats and lack of significant threats to physical characteristics of this stream (see above assessment developed for the 1994 report).   The data upon which this assessment is based are more than 5 years old.  Addtional monitoring is needed to update this assessment and to better determine the status of the aquatic communities.