Belva Deer Lake IA 03-NSK-6241

approximately 5 miles NE of Sigourney (T76N R11W Secs 21 16 17 Keokuk Co. )

Open Data Collection Period Modal

For purposes of developing stream/river water quality assessments for integrated reporting, three years of water quality data are typically used for both conventional pollutant parameters (e.g., indicator bacteria) and the less frequently monitored toxic parameters (e.g., toxic metals). Since the 2004 IR cycle, DNR has used a three-year data gathering period for streams, rivers, and beaches. For most assessments, the use of three years of data increases the number of samples upon which the decision on use support is based and helps address the problem of weather-related year-to-year fluctuations in water quality.

Due to the lower sampling frequency in Iowa’s ambient lake, biological, fish kill, and fish tissue monitoring programs, five years of data are used for developing IR assessments and for identifying Section 303(d) listings.

Data Type	Data Timeframe
Beach Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2018
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2016 - 2018
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2014 - 2018
*Biological sites sampled in both 2013 and 2017 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2020
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 1 - All designated uses are met.
Trophic: Eutrophic
Trend: Stable
Created: 9/2/2020 2:32:32 PM
Updated: 10/15/2020 11:22:44 AM

Use Support

Class BLW

Aquatic Life - Lakes and wetlands

Fully Supported

Class HH

Human Health -

Fully Supported

General Use

General Use water -

Not Assessed

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

Belva Deer Lake is not designated for Class A1 uses in the Iowa Surface Water Classification. The Class BLW uses are assessed (monitored) as “fully supported.” Class HH uses are assessed (monitored) as “fully supported” based on turtle tissue monitoring.

Assessment Explanation

Sources of Data:

Data Source	Data Source ID	Data Type	Data Age	Site ID	Site Name	Site Description
Iowa DNR	6	WQ	CY 2014-2018	22540001	Lake Belva Deer	Lake Deep Point
Iowa DNR		FT	See Below	354	Lake Belva Deer

Lake TSI's

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Minimum Value	Maximum Value	Median Value	Median TSI Violation	Assessment Type	Support Level
22540001	6	Chlorophyll a TSI	15 / 5	41	72	61	NO	Monitored	Full
22540001	6	Secchi TSI	15 / 5	38	70	63	NO	Monitored	Full
22540001	6	Total Phosphorus TSI	15 / 5	48	70	61	NA	NA	NA
22540001	6	Inorganic suspended solids	15 / 5	0.4	10	2	NA	NA	NA

Class BLW - Conventional Parameters:

Site ID	Data Source ID	Parameter Name	# Samples / # Years	Maximum Value	Mean Value	Median Value	# Acute / Chronic Violations	% Acute/ Chronic Violations	Significantly >10% Violations	Assessment Type	Support Level
22540001	6	Ammonia	15 / 5	0.231	0.04	0.02	0 / 0	0% / 0%	NO	Monitored	Full
22540001	6	Dissolved oxygen	15 / 5	14.05	8.97	9.42	NA / 1	NA / 7%	NO	Monitored	Full
22540001	6	pH	15 / 5	9.04	8.46	8.53	1 / NA	7% / NA	NO	Monitored	Full
22540001	6	Temperature	15 / 5	26.6	23.6	23.9	0 / 0	0% / 0%	NO	Monitored	Full

Class BLW - Lake Planktonic Cyanobacteria:

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples	Maximum Cyanobacteria Wet Mass	Maximum Cyanobacteria % Composition	Median Cyanobacteria Wet Mass	Median Cyanobacteria % Composition	Median Cyanobacteria Wet Mass = 75th Percentile	Assessment Type	Support Level
22540001	6	11	192.824	99.6 %	4.371	66.9 %	NO	Evaluated	NA

Class HH - Fish Tissue Sampling:

Site ID

Date

Species Name

Biopart

# in sample

chlordane result

chlordane violation?

PCBs result

PCBs violation?

Hg result

Hg violation?

Assessment Type

Support Level

354

9/23/16

snapping turtle

shoulder

<0.02

<0.06

0.06

Monitored

Full

354

8/6/15

snapping turtle

shoulder

<0.02

<0.06

0.3

Monitored

Full

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

5/28/2014

Fixed Monitoring Start Date

9/9/2018

Fixed Monitoring End Date

8/6/2015

Fish Tissue Monitoring

9/23/2016

Fish Tissue Monitoring

Methods

222

Non-fixed-station monitoring (conventional during key seasons and flows)

340

Primary producer surveys (phytoplankton/periphyton/macrophyton)