Bailey Creek IA 02-WFC-820

Lincoln Street at Sheffield (T93N R20W Sec9 Franklin County) to confluence with unnamed tributary (T94N R22W Sec16 Cerro Gordo County)

This is a Legacy Assessment. Prior to 2004, assessments were developed under a methodology that pre-dated the Integrated Report guidelines.

Assessment Cycle

1998

Result Period

1994 - 1996

Designations

Assessment Type

Monitored

Integrated Report

Category 0

Legacy ADBCode

IA 02-WFC-0110_0

Overall Use Support

Fully

Aquatic Life Use Support

Fully

Fish Consumption

Not assessed

Documentation

Assessment Comments

Assessment is based on results of DNR/UHL biocriteria sampling on July 22, 1996: Fish-IBI=57 (good); BM-IBI=80 (excellent).

Basis for Assessment

Used results of the July 1996 DNR stream biocriteria sampling to assess support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses as FS due to (1) exceptionally diverse fish community (21 spp., 5 fams) with nearly all (10 of 11) regionally expected fish taxa present and (2) no violations of Class B(LR) WQ criteria in the sample collected during biocriteria sampling.

Monitoring and Methods

Assessment Key Dates

7/22/1996	Biological Monitoring

Methods

330	Fish surveys
380	Quan. measurements of instream parms-- channel morphology-- floodplain-- 1-2 seasons-- by prof
220	Non-fixed station physical/chemical monitoring (conventional pollutant only)
315	Regional reference site approach
320	Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys

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	1
BioIntegrity	Good

Causes and Sources of Impairment

Causes	Use Support	Cause Magnitude	Sources	Source Magnitude
Other habitat alterations	Overall Use Support	Not Impairing	Agriculture Bank or Shoreline Modification/Destabilization Channelization Habitat Modification (other than Hydromodification) Hydromodification	Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing
Other habitat alterations	Aquatic Life Support	Not Impairing	Agriculture Bank or Shoreline Modification/Destabilization Channelization Habitat Modification (other than Hydromodification) Hydromodification	Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing
Siltation	Overall Use Support	Not Impairing	Agriculture Bank or Shoreline Modification/Destabilization Channelization Habitat Modification (other than Hydromodification) Hydromodification	Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing
Siltation	Aquatic Life Support	Not Impairing	Agriculture Bank or Shoreline Modification/Destabilization Channelization Habitat Modification (other than Hydromodification) Hydromodification	Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing Not Impairing