Kaleidoscope Charter School

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Kaleidoscope Charter School

• Elm Creek Watershed Management Commission
• Rush Creek Site 4
• May 28, 2008
• Spring 2008 Data
• Time tested AM

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Weather

• In past 24 hours
• Storm (heavy rain)
• Rain (steady)
• Showers (intermittent)
• Overcast
• Clear/Sunny

• Now
• Storm (heavy rain)
• Rain (steady)
• Showers (intermittent)
• Overcast
• Clear/Sunny

Temperature ReadingsTaken in the shade
Water Temperature 56 F Air Temperature 60 F
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Water Appearance
Water Odor

• Check one
• Clear
• Blue-green
• Green
• Yellow
• Brown
• Milky

• Check one
• None
• Fishy
• Musty
• Rotten eggs
• Septic

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Local Land Useland use in local watershed within
¼ mile of site

• Residential
• Commercial
• Agriculture
• Natural/Preserve
• Lawns
• Wooded
• Crop land
• Grazing land
• Feed lot

• Paved roads or bridges
• Unpaved roads
• Construction
• Recreational use
• Industrial
• Land fill
• Waste treatment plant
• Evidence of past alteration

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Type of Sampling

• Check one
• Rocky bottom
• Muddy bottom (Record the number of jabs taken in
  each habitat type)

• Vegetated bank margins 22
• Snags and logs 26
• Aquatic vegetation beds 24
• Silt/Sand/Gravel substrate 21

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Stream DepthMeasure the depth across the stream,
from right bank to left bank in one-foot
intervals for a minimum of 10 measurements

• 1 17 11 23
• 2 16 12 21
• 3 14 13 21
• 4 16 14 23
• 5 15 15 25
• 6 17 16 26
• 7 19 17 14
• 8 20 18 14
• 9 22 19 13
• 10 23 20 19

• 21 08 31 08
• 22 01 32 08
• 23 0 7 33 010
• 24 011 34 09
• 25 06 35 07
• 26 011 36 01
• 27 07.5 37 08
• 28 09 38 25
• 29 06.5 39 06
• 30 07.5 40 24

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Stream Width3 measurements in feet
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Measuring Stream Velocity

• Trial
• 60 seconds 100 feet
• 72 seconds 100 feet
• 71 seconds 100 feet
• 79 seconds 100 feet
• 63 seconds 100 feet

Average Time of Travel Total Time divided by
of measurements 69 seconds Velocity Distance
divided by Average Time 1.45 ft or meters/sec.
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River Bottom Composition and Embeddedness
Average Embeddedness
Average Embeddedness for the site TOTAL (add all
10 together) 435/10 43.5
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What the findings mean to the watershed

• The macro-invertebrates we found and identified
  have a high tolerance level. 72 out of 103
  identified have a tolerance level of 6. This
  could mean the quality of water at the time of
  testing is close to neutral, however the rest of
  the results lean towards polluted waters because
  the tolerance range is between 6 and 10.

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Macro-Invertebrates Identified