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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.)

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