Unnamed Tributary to Walnut Creek IA 02-IOW-6318

from mouth (T81N R14W Sec17 Poweshiek Co.) to headwaters (T81N R15W Sec1 Poweshiek 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 2018 - 2020
Stream/River Water Quality Data	CY 2018 - 2020
Lake Water Quality Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Biological Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020*
Fish Kill Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Fish Tissue Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
Continuous Dissolved Oxygen Sampling Data	CY 2016 - 2020
*Biological sites sampled in both 2015 and 2019 were also assessed.

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Cycle: 2022
Release Status: Final
Overall IR: 4 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL has been completed or is not needed.
Trend: Unknown
Created: 1/12/2022 7:19:38 AM
Updated: 1/12/2022 7:23:14 AM

Use Support

Class A1

Presumptive Use

Recreation - Primary contact

Not Supported

Bacteria: Indicator Bacteria- E. coli

Support Level

Not Supported

Impairment Code

4a - Pollutant-caused impairment. TMDL has been completed.

Cause Magnitude

Moderate

Status

Continuing

Source

Unknown: Source Unknown

Source Confidence

N/A

Cycle Added

2012

Impairment Rationale

Geometric mean criterion exceeded

Data Source

Special project/study

Class BWW1

Presumptive Use

Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 1

Not Assessed

Impairment Delistings

No delistings for this assessment cycle.

Documentation

Assessment Summary

The presumptive Class A1 use was assessed as "not supported" based on levels of indicator bacteria (E. coli) that exceeded state water quality criteria. All other designated uses were "not assessed". Note: A TMDL covering the bacteria impairments for all segments, with the segment code prefix "IA 02-IOW" in the Iowa River Basin, was approved by EPA in 2018. Due to the completion of the TMDL, the IR category for the Class A1 use was changed from 5p (impaired; TMDL needed) to 4a (impaired; TMDL approved).

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 2010-2011	13790003	Unnamed Creek near 150 St	Site 4

Presumptive Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria: Historical

Site ID	Data Source ID	# Samples / # Years	2010 Geometric Mean	2011 Geometric Mean	Annual Geometric Mean Violation	# Violations	% Violations	Significantly >10% Violations	Assessment Type	Support Level
13790003	20	25 / 2	252	733	Yes	18	72%	Yes	Evaluated	Not

Presumptive Class BWW1 – No Data

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

3/22/2010

Non-fixed Monitoring Start Date

9/16/2011

Non-fixed Monitoring End Date

3/9/2018

TMDL Completed

Methods

150

Monitoring data more than 5 years old

220

Non-fixed station physical/chemical monitoring (conventional pollutant only)

420

Indicator bacteria monitoring