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Pratt Creek IA 02-CED-522

mouth (S6 T85N R11W Benton Co.) to confluence with unnamed tributary in NE 1/4 S7 T85N R11W Benton Co.

Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Evaluated
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-CED-0250_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Three stream use assessments in Benton County.

Basis for Assessment

Continue to use the assessment of support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses developed for the 1994 report (PS).   Fish communities at two of the three sites assessed for DNR stream use assessments in July 1991 (7 spp., 2 fams; 5 spp., 2 fams; and  3 spp; 1 fam) contain relatively few of the species typical of Class B(LR) streams in this region.  Follow-up monitoring is needed to determine the status of the aquatic communities and habitats and to determine the degree to which the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses may be impaired.  Because the information on which this assessment is based in more than 5 years old, changed the 305(b) assessment category from "monitored" to "evaluated."

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
7/3/1991 DNR Stream Use Assessment
7/2/1991 DNR Stream Use Assessment
7/1/1991 DNR Stream Use Assessment
Methods
330 Fish surveys
375 Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof.
150 Monitoring data more than 5 years old
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