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Report a new sampling event below. If you are not able to report all of your data during the initial sample, please use our editing system to add data. To modify or delete submitted data, please send your alterations to the KanCRN staff. School ID: Password: Sample date: Sample Time: Use military time 2:00PM=14:00 hrs Location: At school     In the field at: Deg-Min-Sec Lat:  °'" N S Long:°'" E W     In the field at: Decimal Notation Lat:  N S Long:E W Stream Name Visual Survey WEATHER: Check the appropriate description from the choices provided.      Clear      Partly Coudy      Overcast      Intermittent Rain      Rain      Snow RAINFALL for the previous week: This should be recorded from as close to the sampling site as possible.      Inches FLOOD PLAIN LAND USE: List the dominant land uses adjoining the stream.      Industrial      Commercial      Residential      Pasture or Hayfields      Row Crops      Woods RIPARIAN COVER: For the purposes of this checklist, the riparian zone is the area extending from the top of each stream bank away from the stream for a distance of 100 feet. Estimate the percent of this area which is covered by the various categories listed.      % Trees      % Grasses or Weeds      % Bare Ground      % Parking Lots or Streets      % Buildings STREAM BANK CONDITIONS: Estimate the percent of the area between the top of the stream bank and the wetted portion of the channel which is covered by the various categories listed.      % Trees      % Grasses or Weeds      % Bare Ground      % Bedrock      % Pavement or Rip Rap BED COMPOSITION OF RIFFLE: Estimate the percent of stream bed within the riffle that is covered by the following sized sediments:      % Silt or Mud      % Sand      % Gravel      % cobbles (rocks 2-10 inches in size)      % boulders (rocks larger than 10 inches) *If there are no riffles in your segment use the nearest riffle outside your segment. BOTTOM DEPOSITS: Estimate the percent of the stream bottom covered by:      % Sewage Sludge      % Lime Sludge      % Iron Precipitates ALGAE:      % Covered by Algae      % of Total that is Close Growing      % of Total that is Filamentous (strands longer than 2 inches) WATER COLOR:       WATER ODOR: If any odor is present, please describe       OTHER COMMENTS: Presence of drainpipes, ditches and other water conveyances, their location and any impact they may be having on the stream. Any other observations you think are important.       CHANGES FROM LAST SURVEY:       Water Quality Index Rank Your Data Quality Good Better Best Air Temperature (0C) Water Temperature (0C) Dissolved Oxygen (DO)(mg/L) % Saturation Dissolved Oxygen (DO)(mg/L) Fecal Coliform (# of Colonies/100L) pH Biochemical Oxygen Demand Temperature Change Total Phosphates (mg/L) Total Nitrates (mg/L) Turbidity (JTU'S) Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)(mg/L) Water Quality Index Flow Rate Cross Sectional Area Corrected Average Stream Velocity Stream Discharge (CFS) Biologic Inventory Very Sensitive to Pollution Stone Fly May Fly Caddisfly Riffle Beetle Water Penny Planarian Gilled Snail Dobson Fly Somewhat Sensitive to Pollution Cray Fish Sowbug Scud Alderfly Crane Fly Fishfly Aquatic Beetle Dragonfly Clam Damselfly Watersnipe Fly Whirligig Not Sensitive to Pollution Aquatic Worm Midge Fly Leech Lunged Snail Black Fly Macrobenthic Total Count

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