Winooski River - Tier 1 Report - Kim Brockway, 10/08/19

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s):

Brockway/Safran 4th grade classes

Collection Date & Time:

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - 10:30am

School:

C.P. Smith

Watershed:

Winooski Basin

River:

Winooski River

Monitoring Site:

Ethan Allen Homestead

Site Description:

Parkland, steep cliff banks, full river.

Surrounding Development or Land Use:

Farm

Park

Residential

Forest

Crops

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?:

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?:

Water Appearance:

Cloudy

Tea-colored

Muddy

Water Odor:

Odorless

Physical Summary:

We were not able to conduct all the measurements, due to the height of the river. The turbidity indicated a healthy stream, but we observed lots of erosion on both streambanks.

Canopy Cover:

26-50%

Exact Location

Latitude:

44.50

Longitude:

-73.23

Weather

Present:

Clear/Sunny

Past 48 Hours:

Overcast

Showers

Heavy 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:

45.00NTU

Height of Water Column:

18.50cm

Chemical Assessment

Dissolved Oxygen:

13.00ppm

Phosphate:

0.00ppm

pH:

6.30

Stream Habitat Assessment

Streambank Erosion:

Lots of erosion (0)

Speed (Velocity):

1 speed (4)

Streambank Plants (Riparian Vegetation):

All of these plants (12)

Streambank Plant Width:

More than 20 paces (12)

Stream Habitat Quality Score

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

50-60 (Excellent)
40-49 (Good)
30-39 (Fair)
0-29 (Poor)

Stream Habitat Quality Score for This Report: