MBSS Site Summary for: SIDE-109-R-2001

Site Photos

Field photo showing stream conditions at site SIDE-109-R-2001-1 (Opens in a new window)

Located on SIDELING HILL CR UT2 UT1 in the Sideling Hill Creek watershed, 8-digit code: 02140510.
This stream was visited in the spring on 3/26/2001 and again in the summer on 6/27/2001.

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 Poor - 1.0 / 5.0
Benthic IBI Poor - 2.8 / 5.0

Land Use

Land use can provide important information for determining stream health.
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Catchment area 34 acres A highly channelized urban stream with concrete banks. An example of a highly channelized urban stream.
Urban Land Use 18 %
Agricultural Land Use 0 %
Forested Land Use 82 %


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 11/20 (Suboptimal)
Velocity/Depth Diversity 5/20 (Poor)
Pool Quality
Pool Extent = 35 meters 		2/20 (Poor)
Riffle Quality
Riffle Extent = 55 meters 		6/20 (Marginal)
Shading 95 %
Embeddedness 40 %


Stream Water Quality:
Water temperature 20.6 ° C
Dissolved oxygen (DO) 7.5 mg/L
pH (lab) 7.46
Conductivity 630 µmho/cm
Alkalinity
(acid neutralizing capacity) 		429.3 µeq/L
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 1.8 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:
The following 1 fish species were collected.
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Common name Count
No Fish Observed 0
Biologists sampling fish communities.
Electrofishing to sample fish communities.

Amphibians and Reptiles:
No amphibians and reptiles noted.

Crayfish:
No crayfish noted.

Exotic Plants:
Japanese Stiltgrass
Multiflora Rose
 

Benthic Macroinvertebrates:
Sensitive taxa: Green, Tolerant: Red, Intermediate: Gold.
Genus/Family Common Name Count
Amphinemura Spring Stonefly 45
Sweltsa Stonefly 15
Prosimulium Black Fly 13
Diplectrona Net-Spinning Caddisfly 7
Ironoquia Northern Caddisfly 6
Tanytarsini Non-Biting Midges 5
Thienemanniella Non-Biting Midges 4
Pycnopsyche Great Autumn Brown Sedge Caddisfly 3
Hexatoma Crane Fly 3
Stegopterna Black Fly 2
Ameletus Combmouthed Minnow Mayfly 2
Tvetenia Non-Biting Midges 2
Micropsectra Non-Biting Midges 2
Perlodidae Perlodid Stonefly 2
Leuctridae Rolledwinged Stonefly 1
Baetidae Small Minnow Mayfly 1
Cordulegaster Spiketail Dragonfly 1
Lumbriculidae Worm 1
Parametriocnemus Non-Biting Midges 1
Tanypodinae Non-Biting Midges 1
Dicranota Hairy-Eyed Cranefly 1
Ceratopogon Biting Midge 1
Diamesa Bloodworm 1
Tipula Crane Fly 1
Heterotrissocladius European Non-Biting Midge 1
Wormaldia Fingernet Caddisfly 1
Kick net sampling for macroinvertebrates.
Sampling with a kick net.

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