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North Fork Black Hawk Creek IA 02-CED-551

mouth (T87N R15W Sec1 Grundy County) to confluence with South Fork Black Hawk Creek(T88N R15W Sec8 Grundy County)

Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-CED-0383_0
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments

1992 DNR stream use assessment in Grundy county.

Basis for Assessment

Changed assessment of support of B(LR) aquatic life uses developed for the 1994 report (PS) to FST due to historical information from ISU fish surveys in early 1980s suggesting considerably better habitat and much more diverse fish community.   Stream is certainly threatened by agricultural nonpoint sources, but historical information suggests better than average habitat and aquatic community.

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
6/1/1992 DNR Stream Use Assessment
Methods
330 Fish surveys
375 Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof.
Monitoring Levels
Biological 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