Iowa DNR
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River & Stream Biological Monitoring
Fish and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Surveys
Physical Habitat Assessments

Walnut Creek Holiday Lake

Fish Session #255

Sample Date
9/21/1999
Timeframe
Unspecified  
Reach Size
740 ft
Method
Standard Wadeable
Sample Quality
Not Assessed
Last Update
2/27/2025 1:31:31 PM

Fish Health

# DELTs
0
# Non-DELTs
0

Equipment

Backpack Shockers
1
Blocknets
0
Property Access Notice

This site is on privately-owned land. The DNR obtains permission from the landowner(s) prior to conducting any sampling surveys.

FIBI Score
25
Warm Water
Poor
Session Comments

No comments recorded.

Collected Fish

Identity verification status for this species
Size Class: Typically only collected for sportfish
Taxa excluded from species count metrics.
Click on species name for more information about that species
Species Catch
Bigmouth Shiner
Latin: Ericymba dorsalis
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
207
Creek Chub
Latin: Semotilus atromaculatus
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Generalist
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
61
Gizzard Shad
Latin: Dorosoma cepedianum
Family: Dorosomatidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Omnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
46
Western Blacknose Dace
Latin: Rhinichthys obtusus
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
44
Brassy Minnow
Latin: Hybognathus hankinsoni
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Herbivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
26
Largemouth Bass
Latin: Micropterus nigricans
Family: Centrarchidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Top Carnivore-LMB Exclusion
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
16
Spotfin Shiner
Latin: Cyprinella spiloptera
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
8
Mud Darter
Latin: Etheostoma asprigene
Family: Percidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
8
Sand Shiner
Latin: Miniellus stramineus
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
7
Bluntnose Minnow
Latin: Pimephales notatus
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Omnivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
7
Johnny Darter
Latin: Etheostoma nigrum
Family: Percidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
7
Green Sunfish
Latin: Lepomis cyanellus
Family: Centrarchidae
Tolerance: Tolerant
Trophic: Generalist
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
6
Yellow Bullhead
Latin: Ameiurus natalis
Family: Ictaluridae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Benthic Invertivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
2
Central Stoneroller
Latin: Campostoma anomalum
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Herbivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
1
Common Shiner
Latin: Luxilus cornutus
Family: Leuciscidae
Tolerance: Intermediate
Trophic: Insectivore
Is Exotic: False
Is LithoSpawner: False
Is Hybrid: False
1

FIBI Calculation Factors

Factor Value
Drainage area (mi2) 34.9310
Log(DA) 1.5432
Total Fish 447
Fish per 500 ft 302
Total Species 15
# Excluded Taxa 0
# Exotic Species 0
# LMB-BG 1
Calculation Last Updated 2/27/2025 1:31:31 PM

Fish Index of Biotic Integrity

Metric Name Value Score
Native Species 14 5.44
Sucker Species 0 0
Sensitive Species 0 0
Benthic Invertivore Species 3 3.24
Top 3 Abundance Percentage 70.25 4.94
Benthic Invertivore Percentage 3.8 1.03
Omnivore Percentage 11.86 9
Top Carnivore Percentage 0 0
Lithophilous Spawner Percentage 0 0
Tolerance Index 8.66 2.13
Adjusted Catch per Unit Effort 16.22 1.62
DELT Percentage Adjustment 0 0

FIBI Score Explained

Sites that score between 0 - 25 are considered poor. Fish abundance is usually lower than normal or, if fish are abundant, the collection is dominated by a few tolerant species. The number of native fish species present is low. Sensitive species and habitat specialists are absent or extremely rare. The population is dominated by just a few ubiquitous species that are tolerant of wide-ranging water quality and habitat conditions. Pioneering, introduced and/or short-lived fish species are typically the most abundant types of fish. Fish collected at poor sites often have a higher than normal occurrence of external physical anomalies.

This location has been classified as a survey site. Survey sites are compared to reference sites within the same ecoregion. A reference site represents natural stream qualities that are least disturbed by human activities within the watershed. Reference sites are grouped by ecoregion to establish a benchmark against which these survey streams are compared.

EcoRegion Comparison

Scores for a sampling session are compared against reference sites within the same ecoregion:

Rolling Loess Prairies

This site is in the Rolling Loess Prairies ecoregion.

Ecoregion Map
Max 83
75th Percentile 58
Median 48
25th Percentile 40
Min 10
This Session's Score 25
Total Reference Site Samples 111
Mean 49.09
Standard Deviation 14.79