Winooski River - Tier 2 Report - Kerry Young, 05/10/16

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s):

Kerry Young, Pride Team CHMS

Collection Date & Time:

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 1:00pm

School:

Camel's Hump Middle School

Watershed:

Winooski Basin

River:

Winooski River

Monitoring Site:

Browns River, Jericho VT

Site Description:

River carves through farmland, between school and park. Suburban and rural area

Surrounding Development or Land Use:

Park

Factory

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?:

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?:

Canopy Cover:

0-25%

Water Appearance:

Clear

Water Odor:

Odorless

Average Embeddedness:

0-25%

Average Velocity:

0.84m/s

Physical Summary:

River was clear. Trees had yet to leaf out. River's edge showed signs of erosion, exposed roots, tilting trees.

Exact Location

Latitude:

44.00

Longitude:

-73.00

Weather

Present:

Clear/Sunny

Past 48 Hours:

Overcast

Average Transparency/Turbidity

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

Height of Water Column:

120.00cm

Chemical Assessment

Average Temperature:

7.00°C

Average pH:

5.50

Average Orthophosphate PO4-3:

0.00mg/L

Average Dissolved Oxygen:

0.00mg/L

Field Notes:

Orthophosphate results were >1ppm Dissolved Oxygen results were >6.5ppm Fragmites seen

Stream Habitat Assessment

Streambed Composition:

Mixture of cobbles, gravels, and sand (3)

Streambank Stability:

Moderately stable banks – some areas of erosion visible (1)

Deepest pool is at least:

Knee deep (1)

Velocity:

Moderately fast – slowly takes objects downstream (1)

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:

Submerged logs, stumps, or tree roots:

Large rocks:

Artificial objects:

Other:

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:

Biological Assessment

PT Group 1 (Intolerant)

Stonefly Nymph:

Mayfly Nymph:

Caddis Fly Larvae:

Riffle Beetle:

Right-Handed Snail:

# of Taxa:

PT Group 2 (Moderately Intolerant)

Cranefly Larvae:

# of Taxa:

PT Group 3 (Fairly Tolerant)

Midges:

# of Taxa:

PT Group 4 (Very Tolerant)

# of Taxa:

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:

93.00