Winooski River - Tier 2 Report - David Jensen, 06/17/19

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Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s):

Nash & Evan

Collection Date & Time:

Monday, June 17, 2019 - 9:00am

School:

Camel's Hump Middle School

Watershed:

Winooski Basin

River:

Winooski River

Monitoring Site:

Huntington River

Surrounding Development or Land Use:

Farm

Park

Residential

Factory

Forest

Crops

Logging

Road Along Bank

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?:

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?:

Canopy Cover:

26-50%

Water Appearance:

Clear

Green

Average Embeddedness:

26-50%

Exact Location

Latitude:

44.23

Longitude:

-73.00

Weather

Present:

Overcast

Past 48 Hours:

Clear/Sunny

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:

125.00cm

Turbidity:

6.00NTU

Chemical Assessment

Average Temperature:

14.00°C

Average pH:

5.00

Average Orthophosphate PO4-3:

0.02mg/L

Average Dissolved Oxygen:

7.00mg/L

Stream Habitat Assessment

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:

# of Taxa:

PT Group 2 (Moderately Intolerant)

# 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:

0.00