Deer Creek IA 02-CED-591
mouth (S23 T99N R18W Mitchell Co.) to the Mitchell-Worth county line (west line S6 T100N R18W Mitchell 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-0540_1
Overall Use Support
Threatened
Aquatic Life Use Support
Threatened
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Stream use assessment is Mitchell County.
Basis for Assessment
Used data from one biocriteria sampling site in Mitchell County. Fish and habitat data metrics from stream use assessmt. Protocol were applied to the data to make use support determination. Reach that was sampled was in meandering segment of stream. Habitat quality was good, although channel is wide probably due to high flow impacts from channelization upstr. Very good fish community.
Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
| 8/15/1995 | Biological Monitoring |
Methods
| 220 | Non-fixed station physical/chemical monitoring (conventional pollutant only) |
| 315 | Regional reference site approach |
| 320 | Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys |
| 330 | Fish surveys |
| 380 | Quan. measurements of instream parms-- channel morphology-- floodplain-- 1-2 seasons-- by prof |
Monitoring Levels
| Biological | 4 |
| Habitat | 4 |
| Physical Chemistry | 1 |
| Toxic | 0 |
| Pathogen Indicators | 0 |
| Other Health Indicators | 0 |
| Other Aquatic Life Indicators | 0 |
| # of Bio Sites | 0 |
| BioIntegrity | N/A |