Indian Brook - Tier 3 Report - Kara Lenorovitz, 10/17/17

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s): 

travis

Collection Date & Time: 

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 1:00pm

School: 

Colchester High School

Watershed: 

Lake Champlain Direct & Grand Isle Basins

River: 

Indian Brook

Monitoring Site: 

susie wilson rd

Site Description: 

small stream with lots of cover near vt DEC sampling equiptment

Surrounding Development or Land Use: 

Residential

Forest

Road Along Bank

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?: 

Yes

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?: 

No

Canopy Cover: 

76-100%

Water Appearance: 

Tea-colored

Muddy

Foamy

Water Odor: 

Odorless

Average Embeddedness: 

26-50%

Average Velocity: 

2.79m/s

Physical Summary: 

water column height 105/117 Turbidity <10

Weather

Present: 

Clear/Sunny

Past 48 Hours: 

Clear/Sunny

Overcast

Showers

Chemical Assessment

Introduction: 

Materials and Methods: 

Results: 

Discussion: 

Stream Habitat Assessment

Good Habitat: Score of 80 to 60 ----- Fair Habitat: Score of 59 to 40 ----- Poor Habitat: Score of 39 to 0

Stream Habitat Quality Score

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

60-80 (Good)
40-59 (Fair)
0-39 (Poor)

Stream Habitat Quality Score for This Report: 

0

Biological Assessment

The Water Quality Score is calculated by adding together the the Index Values calculated for each Sensitivity Group on the field sheet.

40+ (Excellent)
30-39 (Good)
20-29 (Fair)
0-19 (Poor)

Group I (Sensitive) Index Value: 

0.0

Group II (Moderately Sensitive) Index Value: 

0.0

Group III (Tolerant) Index Value: 

0.0

Water Quality Score for This Report: 

0