Indian Brook - Tier 3 Report - Kara Lenorovitz, 10/23/17

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s):

Mike Spillane

Collection Date & Time:

Monday, October 23, 2017 - 10:30am

School:

Colchester High School

Watershed:

Lake Champlain Direct & Grand Isle Basins

River:

Indian Brook

Monitoring Site:

Mill pond road

Site Description:

This area was near a large rocky bank. near a bridge.

Surrounding Development or Land Use:

Farm

Residential

Forest

Crops

Logging

Road Along Bank

Water Appearance:

Cloudy

Muddy

Foamy

Average Embeddedness:

51-75%

Physical Summary:

The water at mill pond road was cloudy, muddy, and foamy. This water was in a residential area, near crops and a forest, and that was also near a farm. This area had a average height of water column of 76.5. The Turbidity was less than 10. and the average velocity was .72 meter per second.

Weather

Present:

Clear/Sunny

Past 48 Hours:

Clear/Sunny

Overcast

Showers

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:

76.00cm

Chemical Assessment

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Materials and Methods:

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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:

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:

Lake Champlain Sea Grant

Indian Brook - Tier 3 Report - Kara Lenorovitz, 10/23/17

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Weather

Average Transparency/Turbidity

Stream Habitat Quality Score