West Otter Creek IA 02-CED-516
mouth (S7 T84N R7W Linn Co.) to confluence with unnamed perennial tributary in S6 T85N R7W Linn Co.
This is a Legacy Assessment. Prior to 2004, assessments were developed under a methodology that pre-dated the Integrated Report guidelines.
Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-CED-02307_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Stream use assessment in Linn County.
Basis for Assessment
Used result of DNR stream use assessment in May 1992 to assess 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 (11) better than 75th percentile score (10) for assessments made with seines, (3) presence of juvenile smallmouth bass in fish collection, and (4) professional judgement of Paul Sleeper, DNR Fisheries Biologist.
Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
| 5/1/1992 | DNR Stream Use Assessment |
Methods
| 330 | Fish surveys |
| 375 | Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof. |
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 |