MBSS Site Summary for: DEER-106-X-2011

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site DEER-106-X-2011-1 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site DEER-106-X-2011-2 (Opens in a new window)

Located on THOMAS RUN UT in the Deer Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02120202.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/17/2011 and again in the summer on 6/16/2011.

Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) Results:

An Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) is a scientific tool used to identify and classify stream health. An IBI associates anthropogenic influences on a stream or with biological condition in the stream, and is formulated using data developed from biosurveys.
Details on the development and application of MBSS IBIs are in this document.
Fish IBI N R
Benthic IBI Fair - 3.7 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 495 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 8.8 %
Agricultural Land Use 42.9 %
Forested Land Use 45.6 %


Stream showing woody debris, logs, and rocky substrate.
An example of woody debris in a stream.

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat not sampled
Epifaunal Substrate not sampled
Velocity/Depth Diversity not sampled
Pool Quality not sampled
Riffle Quality not sampled
Shading not sampled
Embeddedness not sampled


Stream Water Quality:
pH (lab) 7.685
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		691.5 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.1244 mg/L

Biological Stream Condition:

Surveys of the organisms living within a stream can give indications of stream health. Species richness, or the number of different species present, as well as indicator species (species whose presence, absence or abundance can serve as a measure of environmental conditions) are informative for stream health. 		Close-up of a mayfly indicator species.

Fish Survey Results:
Fish data is unavailable or no fish observed.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
Northern Two-Lined Salamander

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
No exotic plants noted.
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Prosimulium Black Fly 34
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 27
Prostoia Spring Stonefly 19
NEMOURIDAE Nemourid Stonefly 8
Isoperla Stripetail Stonefly 6
Clinocera Aquatic Dance Fly 5
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 4
EPHEMERELLIDAE Spiny Crawler Mayfly 3
Ephemerella Sulphur Mayfly 3
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 2
Ceratopogon Biting Midge 1
Neophylax Caddisfly 1
Lanthus Clubtail Dragonfly 1
Acroneuria Golden Stoneflies 1
Epeorus Mayfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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