Iowa DNR
Iowa DNR

AQuIA

Water Quality Monitoring
Surface Waters - Groundwater
Physical - Chemical - Fish Tissue

Ambient Wetland Monitoring

The Ambient Wetland Monitoring Program currently focuses on monitoring of Pothole, Riverine & Fen Wetlands. Starting in 2015, thirty (10 of each type) wetland sites have been selected for routine monitoring. These sites are sampled three times per year for water quality, vegetation, macroinvertebrates, reptiles, amphibians and fish. The program monitors these sites on a rotational basis, and adds new wetland sites as necessary.

Program Details

Sampling Results (2016 to 2025)
2,060
Number of Sites

Current Ambient Wetland Sites

SiteID Site County
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Wetland Water Quality Summary 2016 to 2025

Summary statistics last calculated 4/23/2026 1:43:14 PM
Analyte Units # Results Min 10th Percentile 25th Percentile Median 75th Percentile 90th Percentile Max Max Sample Date % Non-detection
Chloride mg/l 24 0.11 0.34 0.8575 3.2 6.8875 22.618 43 6/28/2016 0.00
Chlorophyll a, free of pheophytin ug/l 183 <0.1 3.04 8 24.28 95 214.4 1900 6/16/2021 3.28
Dissolved oxygen (DO) mg/l 211 0.1 1.05 3.41 5.84 8.615 12.93 24.04 6/27/2017 0.00
Kjeldahl nitrogen mg/l 184 <0.1 0.86339 1.19971 1.9 3.25178 5.74363 23 6/16/2021 1.63
Nitrate + Nitrite mg/l 235 Not calculated when non-detections exceed 50% 16 7/24/2019 82.13
Orthophosphate mg/l 235 <0.001 <0.01384 <0.02 0.04 0.0975 0.2778 2.7 8/1/2024 27.66
pH None 209 6.42 6.814 7.13 7.46 8.16 9.01 11.76 7/7/2016 0.00
Temperature, water deg C 211 10.3 17.7 19.8775 22.24 24.753 27.443 33.33 6/24/2024 0.00
Total Dissolved Solids mg/l 183 <1 160 190 260 373.5 480 775 5/23/2018 0.55
Total Suspended Solids mg/l 183 <1 4 8.48 26 76.5 226.6 17100 6/16/2021 0.55
Turbidity NTU 202 0 2.473 4.515 13.055 47.0325 112.196 1828 8/3/2021 0.00
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