Lamoille River - Tier 2 Report - Nathan Caswell, 09/13/16

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s): 

Nathan Caswell

Collection Date & Time: 

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 - 12:00pm

School: 

Milton MS

Watershed: 

Lamoille Basin

River: 

Lamoille River

Monitoring Site: 

Lamoille River below Arrowhead dam

Surrounding Development or Land Use: 

Park

Residential

Forest

Road Along Bank

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?: 

No

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?: 

No

Canopy Cover: 

0-25%

Water Appearance: 

Tea-colored

Water Odor: 

Odorless

Average Embeddedness: 

26-50%

Exact Location

Latitude: 

44.64

Longitude: 

-73.11

Weather

Present: 

Clear/Sunny

Past 48 Hours: 

Showers

Chemical Assessment

Average Temperature: 

20.00°C

Average pH: 

6.90

Average Orthophosphate PO4-3: 

0.01mg/L

Average Dissolved Oxygen: 

10.00mg/L

Stream Habitat Assessment

Streambed Cover

Rock ledges: 

0

Submerged logs, stumps, or tree roots: 

0

Large rocks: 

0

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: 

0

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