MBSS Site Summary for: GEOR-101-D-2014

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site GEOR-101-D-2014-1 (Opens in a new window) Field photo showing stream conditions at site GEOR-101-D-2014-2 (Opens in a new window)

Located on MILL RUN in the Georges Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02141004.
This stream was visited in the spring on 4/9/2014 and again in the summer on 8/4/2014.

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 Good - 4.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Fair - 3.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 1,145 acres A stream flowing through a densely forested area. An example of a forested stream.
Urban Land Use 3.4 %
Agricultural Land Use 6.8 %
Forested Land Use 84.8 %


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

Physical Stream Habitat
Instream Habitat 10/20 (Marginal)
Epifaunal Substrate 9/20 (Marginal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 7/20 (Marginal)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 50 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 30 meters 		7/20 (Marginal)
Shading 80 %
Embeddedness 30 %


Stream Water Quality:
No water quality measurements available for this site.

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 Spring Peeper

Crayfish:
Cambarus bartonii bartonii

Exotic Plants:
No Exotic Plants Observed
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 23
Caecidotea Isopod 16
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 11
Peltoperla 9
Nemouridae Nemourid Stonefly 7
Prosimulium Black Fly 6
Leuctra  Rolled-Winged Stonefly 5
Chaetocladius Non-Biting Midges 5
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 5
Oulimnius Riffle Beetle 3
Ostrocerca Stonefly 3
Sweltsa Stonefly 3
Eukiefferiella Non-Biting Midges 3
Neophylax Caddisfly 3
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 3
Rhyacophila Free-Living Caddisfly 2
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 2
Clioperla Green-Winged Stonefly 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Heterotrissocladius European Non-Biting Midge 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Hydropsyche Net-Spinning Caddisfly 1
Isotomidae Springtail 1
Promoresia Riffle Beetle 1
Tallaperla Roach-Like Stonefly 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanytarsus Non-Biting Midges 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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