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Hoosier Creek IA 02-IOW-696

mouth (S17 T81N R6W Johnson Co.) to confluence with S. Hoosier Cr. in S25 T82N R7W Linn Co.

Assessment Cycle
1998
Result Period
1994 - 1996
Designations
Assessment Type
Evaluated
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-IOW-0170_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Documentation
Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment in 1992.

Basis for Assessment

Continued to use the assessment of support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses developed for the 1994 report (=PS).   The field sheet from the May 1992 DNR stream use assessment shows a fish community of only three cyprinid species (red, sand, & bigmouth shiner); several species and genera typcial of Class B(LR) streams in this region were not captured.   Follow-up monitoring is needed to determine the status of aquatic communities and habitats and to determine the degree to which the Class B(LR) uses may be impaired.  [Note:  Hoosier Creek was sampled at this location in October 1982 as part of the Iowa State University statewide fish survey; (JRO-158-1992); 11 fish species from 4 families were captured with a backpack electrofisher; 5 of the 8 expected fish taxa for this subregion (47f) were present.]

Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
5/1/1992 DNR Stream Use Assessment
Methods
330 Fish surveys
375 Visual observation-- may not quantify some parameters-- single season-- by prof.
Monitoring Levels
Biological 3
Habitat 3
Physical Chemistry 0
Toxic 0
Pathogen Indicators 0
Other Health Indicators 0
Other Aquatic Life Indicators 0
# of Bio Sites 0
BioIntegrity N/A