Macro-invertebrate Survey
           
  Country Club Hills 
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Site Country Club Hills Commons Park        
Date 26-Mar-22        
Ecological condition 4        
Acceptable (7 - 12)        
Unacceptable (0-6)        
Macro-invertebrates
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Count        
Total Macro-Invertebrate Count 325        
Worms 52        
Flat Worms          
Leeches 1        
Crayfishes          
Sowbugs          
Scuds          
Stoneflies          
Mayflies          
Dragonflies and Damselflies          
Hellgrammites, Fishflies, and Alderflies          
Netspinner Caddisfly 61        
Most Caddisflies 21        
Beetles          
Midges 187        
Black Flies          
Most True Flies          
Gilled Snails          
Lunged Snails 3        
Clams          
Other          
Other Description          
Monitor Philip Latasa        
Number of Participants 12        
Time Start 10:00        
Time End 12:30        
Nr Nets 3        
Riffle Water Depth(in) 3        
Stream (water) width(ft) 12        
Channel (bank to bank) width(ft) 25        
Stream Flow Rate med        
Water Temp 50°F        
Air temp 55°F        
Fish Water Quality Indicators none        
Barriers to Fish Movement none        
Surface Water Appearance clear        
Stream Bed Deposit brown        
Odor none        
Stability of Stream (Bed sinks beneath feet in:) no spots        
Algae color brown coated        
Algae percent N/A        
Stream Channel Shade 50%-74% full        
Stream Bank Composition 5% trees
10% shrubs
0% grass
 20% bare soil
65% rocks
       
Stream Bank Erosion Potential 50%-75% high        
Riffle Composition 0% silt/mud
33% sand
33% gravel
23% cobbles
10% boulders
       
Land Uses in Watershed __ Oil & gas
 H  Housing
 M  Forest
__ Logging
 H  Urban
__ Landfill
__ Construction
__ Mining
__ Cropland
__ Trash dump
__ Fields
__ Pasture

       
Amount & Type of Litter Moderate amounts of typical highway runoff litter        
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