Poultney River - Tier 2 Report - Guy Merolle, 03/21/16

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s): 

6th grade 2015/16

Collection Date & Time: 

Monday, March 21, 2016 - 10:00am

School: 

Castleton Elementary School

Watershed: 

Poultney/Mettawee South Basin

River: 

Poultney River

Monitoring Site: 

Castleton River

Site Description: 

Water is high

Surrounding Development or Land Use: 

Park

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?: 

No

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?: 

No

Canopy Cover: 

26-50%

Water Appearance: 

Clear

Water Odor: 

Odorless

Weather

Present: 

Clear/Sunny

Past 48 Hours: 

Steady Rain

Average Transparency/Turbidity

No Impact: >60 cm - 17cm = 0-50 ntu
Possible Impact: 17 - 8cm = 65-150 ntu
Impacted: 8 - < 6 cm = >150 ntu

Turbidity: 

0.00NTU

Chemical Assessment

Average Temperature: 

4.00°C

Average pH: 

7.60

Average Dissolved Oxygen: 

12.00mg/L

Field Notes: 

Ammonia was .25ppm Nitrite was 0ppm Nitrate was 0ppm

Stream Habitat Assessment

Streambed Composition: 

Mixture of cobbles, gravels, and sand (3)

Streambank Stability: 

Unstable banks – lots of erosion present (0)

Deepest pool is at least: 

Knee deep (1)

Velocity: 

Fast – quickly takes objects downstream (2)

Riparian Vegetation: 

Mixture of trees, shrubs, and grasses (3)

Riparian Vegetative Zone Width: 

Buffer zone is between 50 and 100 feet (2)

Streambed Cover

Rock ledges: 

0

Submerged logs, stumps, or tree roots: 

1

Large rocks: 

1

Artificial objects: 

0

Other: 

0

Stream Habitat Quality Score

Calculated by adding all of the points from the above fields.

18-22 (Excellent)
11-17 (Good)
6-10 (Fair)
0-5 (Poor)

Stream Habitat Quality Score for This Report: 

13

Biological Assessment

PT Group 1 (Intolerant)

# of Taxa: 

0

PT Group 2 (Moderately Intolerant)

# of Taxa: 

0

PT Group 3 (Fairly Tolerant)

# of Taxa: 

0

PT Group 4 (Very Tolerant)

# of Taxa: 

0

Pollution Tolerance Index Rating

Calculated as follows:
4*(# of Taxa in PT Group 1) + 3*(# of Taxa in PT Group 2) + 2*(# of Taxa in PT Group 3) + 1*(# of Taxa in PT Group 4)

23+ (Excellent)
17-22 (Good)
11-16 (Fair)
0-10 (Poor)

PTI Rating for This Report: 

0.00