Honey Creek IA 01-MAQ-53

Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in Delaware County.

Basis for Assessment

Used a review of the field sheet from the October 1991 DNR stream use assessment, and the field sheet from the April 1998 DNR fish survey, both NE of Manchester, to upgrade the assessment of support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life sues from FST to FS due to (1) presence of a relatively diverse fish community (12 species from 3 families) for small streams in the Iowan Surface subecoregion (47c), (2) presence of nearly all the expected fish taxa (9 of 11) for streams in this subregion, (3) indications on field sheet of habitat quality well above average, with very diverse subsrates and numerous pool/riffle sequences and (4) lack of significant impacts to the physical characteristics of the stream.  The data upon which this assessment is based are more than five years old.  Additional monitoring is needed to update this assessment.