Skunk River IA 03-SKU-889
mouth to confluence with Big Cr. southeast of Mt. Pleasant in S19 T70N R5W in Henry Co.
- Assessment Cycle
- 2022
- Release Status
- Final
- Data Collection Period
- Overall IR Category
- 5 - Water is impaired or threatened and a TMDL is needed.
- Trend
- Unknown
- Created
- 12/22/2021 11:27:58 AM
- Updated
- 1/5/2022 9:35:43 AM
Assessment Summary
The Class A1 use was assessed as “not supported” due to levels of indicator bacteria (E. coli) that exceeded state water quality criteria. The Class BWW1 use was assessed as "fully supported" based on biological sampling data and water quality monitoring data. The Class HH use was assessed as "fully supported" based on fish tissue sampling data.
Assessment Explanation
Data Sources: Data Source Data Source ID Data Type Data Age Site ID Site Name Site Description Iowa DNR 6 WQ CY 2018-2020 10560002 Skunk River near Augusta
USGS 11 WQ CY 2018-2018 5474000 Skunk River at Augusta, IA
Iowa DNR 6 BIO See Below 943 Skunk
River Augusta Iowa DNR 6 FT See Below 171 Skunk
River NE
of Weaver 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 10560002 6 8/8/8 94 322 175 YES 2 / 3 3 / 3 4 / 3 YES Monitored Not Class A - pH: Site ID Data Source ID # Samples / # Years Minimum Value Maximum Value Mean Value # Violations Violations needed for impairment Violates Significantly >10% Rule? Assessment Type Support Level 10560002 6 36 / 3 6.9 9 8.1 0 7 NO Monitored Full Class BWW1 -
Conventional Parameters: Site ID Data Source ID Parameter Name # Samples / # Years Minimum Value Maximum Value Mean Value # Violations # Acute / Chronic Violations Violations needed for impairment Violates Significantly >10% Rule? Assessment Type Support Level 10560002 6 Ammonia 36 / 3 0.025 1.2 0.1 NA 0 / 0 7 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Chloride 36 / 3 7.8 48 21.5 NA 0 / 0 7 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Dissolved Oxygen 36 / 3 5.9 16.3 10.6 0 NA / NA 7 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 pH 36 / 3 6.9 9 8.1 0 NA / NA 7 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Sulfate 36 / 3 9.6 85 28.7 0 NA / NA 7 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Temperature 36 / 3 0 29.3 12.8 0 NA / NA 7 NO Monitored Full 5474000 11 Temperature 568 / 3 0 29 15 0 NA / NA 67 NO Monitored Full Class BWW1 -
Toxic Parameters: Site ID Data Source ID Parameter Name # Samples / # Years Maximum Value Mean Value Median Value # Acute / Chronic Violations >1 Acute / Chronic Violation Assessment Type Support Level 10560002 6 Aluminum 14 / 3 26 4.379 1.075 0 / 0 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Arsenic 13 / 3 3 1.63 1.5 0 / 0 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Cadmium 13 / 3 0.07 0.03 0.02 0 / 0 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Chromium 13 / 3 1.1 0.7 0.7 0 / 0 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Lead 13 / 3 0.36 0.17 0.15 0 / 0 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Nickel 13 / 3 5.5 3.1 2.9 0 / 0 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Silver 13 / 3 0.025 0.025 0.025 0 / 0 NO Monitored Full 10560002 6 Zinc 13 / 3 3 1.66 1.9 0 / 0 NO Monitored Full Site ID Date Drainage Area (mi2) Ecoregion Major Drainage BM Sample Gear BMIBI score BMIBI Class 40a BMIBI BIT BMIBI Pass/Fail 943 8/29/19 4303 40a MS Hess 60 Good 41 Pass Overall: Community Assessment Type Assessment Result Support Level IR Category Reason Benthic
Macroinvertebrates Evaluated Pass (1/1) Full Assessment
was evaluated because the drainage area of the site used for Overall Evaluated Pass Full 1 the assessment was
greater than the calibrated range. Class HH - Fish
Tissue Sampling: Site ID Biopart Year Species # in sample / # of samples Avg Length (cm) (Avg) Hg (ppm) Chlordane (ppm) Sum PCBs (ppm) 171 whole 2016 common carp 5 59.3 0.08 0.05 0.06 Support Level Full
Class BWW1 - Biological Sampling:
Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Assessment Key Dates
1/2/2018 | Fixed Monitoring Start Date |
12/26/2020 | Fixed Monitoring End Date |
8/29/2019 | Biological Monitoring |
9/14/2016 | Fish Tissue Monitoring |
Methods
230 | Fixed station physical/chemical (conventional plus toxic pollutants) |
315 | Regional reference site approach |
320 | Benthic macroinvertebrate surveys |
420 | Indicator bacteria monitoring |