Iowa DNR
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Water Quality Assessments
Impaired Waters List

Price Creek IA 02-IOW-6377

from confluence with unnamed trib in NW1/4 S8 T81N R9W Iowa Co. to headwaters in S31 T82N R10W Benton Co.

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
11/30/2021 10:46:24 AM
Updated
12/28/2021 8:28:41 AM
Use Support
Class A1
Recreation - Primary contact
Not Supported
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
2010
Impairment Rationale
Geometric mean criterion exceeded
Data Source
Special project/study
Class BWW1
Aquatic Life - Warm Water Type 1
Fully Supported
Impairment Delistings
No delistings for this assessment cycle.
Documentation
Assessment Summary

The presumptive Class A1 use was assessed as “not supported” due to levels of indicator bacteria (E. coli) that exceeded state water quality criteria. The presumptive Class BWW1 use was assessed as "fully supported” based on biological sampling data. 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 presumptive Class A1 use changed from 5p (impaired; TMDL needed) to 4a (impaired; TMDL approved).

Assessment Explanation

Data Sources:

Data Source

Data Source ID

Data Type

Data Age

Site ID

Site Name

Site Description

Iowa DNR

6

WQ

CY 2018-2019

13480001

Price Creek at NN Ave (Site 1)

Iowa DNR

6

WQ

CY 2018-2018

13480002

Price Creek at P Ave (Site 2)

Iowa DNR

6

WQ

CY 2018-2018

13480003

Price Creek at PP Ave (Site 3)

Iowa DNR

6

WQ

CY 2018-2018

13480004

Price Creek at 110th St (Site 4)

Iowa DNR

6

WQ

CY 2018-2018

13480005

Price Creek at R Ave (Site 5)

Iowa DNR

6

WQ

CY 2018-2018

13480006

Price Creek at 100th St and S Ave (Site 6)

Iowa DNR

6

WQ

CY 2018-2018

13480007

Price Creek at T Ave (Site 7)

Iowa DNR

6

BIO

See Below

1097

Price Creek

Norway - Upstream

Presumptive Class A1 - Indicator Bacteria:

Site ID

Data Source ID

# Samples per Year (2018/ 2019/2020)

2018 Geometric Mean

2019 Geometric Mean

2020 Geometric Mean

Violates Annual Geometric Mean?

# 2018 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

# 2019 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

# 2020 SSM violations / SSM Violations needed for impairment

Violates Annual SSM Significantly >10% Rule?

Assessment Type

Support Level

13480001

6

9/8/0

1478

852

NA

YES

9 / 3

8 / 3

NA

YES

Monitored

Not

13480002

6

9/8/0

1086

933

NA

YES

8 / 3

8 / 3

NA

YES

Monitored

Not

13480003

6

9/0/0

1408

NA

NA

YES

7 / 3

NA

NA

YES

Monitored

Not

13480004

6

9/0/0

1027

NA

NA

YES

9 / 3

NA

NA

YES

Monitored

Not

13480005

6

8/8/0

2409

1220

NA

YES

8 / 3

8 / 3

NA

YES

Monitored

Not

13480006

6

8/0/0

1476

NA

NA

YES

7 / 3

NA

NA

YES

Monitored

Not

13480007

6

9/8/0

828

1683

NA

YES

8 / 3

8 / 3

NA

YES

Monitored

Not


Presumptive Class BWW1 - Biological Sampling:


Fish:

Site ID

Date

Drainage Area (mi2)

Ecoregion

Major Drainage

Riffle Stream?

FIBI score

FIBI Class

47f FIBI BIT

FIBI Pass/Fail

1097

8/21/20

12

47f

MS

NA

40

Fair

36

Pass

1097

9/10/19

12

47f

MS

NA

43

Fair

36

Pass

1097

8/18/17

12

47f

MS

NA

38

Fair

36

Pass

1097

9/14/16

12

47f

MS

NA

29

Fair

36

Fail

Overall:

Community

Assessment Type

Assessment Result

Support Level

IR Category

Reason

Fish

Evaluated

Pass (3/4)

Full

Assessment was evaluated because the drainage area of the site was

Overall

Evaluated

Pass

Full

1

smaller than the calibrated range.


Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
5/10/2018
Non-fixed Monitoring Start Date
9/3/2019
Non-fixed Monitoring End Date
9/14/2016
Biological Monitoring
8/18/2017
Biological Monitoring
9/10/2019
Biological Monitoring
3/9/2018
TMDL Completed
8/21/2020
Biological Monitoring
Methods
220
Non-fixed station physical/chemical monitoring (conventional pollutant only)
315
Regional reference site approach
330
Fish surveys
420
Indicator bacteria monitoring