Wharam Creek IA 02-WIN-847
mo to trib S7T97NR20W Cerro Gordo Co.
This is a Legacy Assessment. Prior to 2004, assessments were developed under a methodology that pre-dated the Integrated Report guidelines.
Assessment Cycle
1996
Result Period
1992 - 1994
Designations
Assessment Type
Monitored
Integrated Report
Category 0
Legacy ADBCode
IA 02-WIN-0070_0
Overall Use Support
Partial
Aquatic Life Use Support
Partial
Fish Consumption
Not assessed
Documentation
Assessment Comments
Stream use assessment in Cerro Gordo County.
Basis for Assessment
Used results of the October 1992 DNR stream use assessment to assess support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses as PS due to (1) habitat score (19) poorer than the overall median score (22) for DNR stream use assessments, (2) indications on field sheet of little diversity of substrates, few pool/riffle sequences, frequent channel alterations, and freqent erosion of stream banks, and (3) note on field sheet ("not a healthy creek due to muck/mud and lack of DO due to sediment oxygen demand").
Monitoring and Methods
Assessment Key Dates
| 10/1/1992 | 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 |