Soldier Creek IA 04-EDM-991

Assessment Comments

Stream use assessment.

Basis for Assessment

Used a review of the field sheet from the October 1992 DNR stream use assessment in Kossuth County to continue to assess the support of the Class B(LR) aquatic life uses as FST based on the indications of above average quality of the aquatic habitats and physical characteristics of this stream.   The results of the biological sampling, however, suggest relatively low diversity of the fish community (4 species from 1 family) with only 2 of the 11 expected fish taxa present for streams in the Des Moines Lobe (47b) subecoregion.   Follow-up monitoring is needed to determine the status of the aquatic communities of this stream and to determine the degree to which the Class B(LR) uses may be impaired.