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Data Taken on Oneida Creek, Rte 5 Bridge Crossing,City of Oneida on May 23, 2006

Sampling Event: 02:45 pm - 04:00 pm
Notes: Sample by Jim Perkins, Bill Legg, and Norm Webber

Physical Data

Parameter	Value ↑	Units	Observation	Protocol	Notes
Stream Width	39	feet	N/A	Tape measure	N/A
Stream Depth	1.68	feet	N/A	Measure with a yardstick	N/A
Stream Velocity	0.96	feet/sec	N/A	Orange float method	N/A
Stream Velocity	1.11	feet/sec	N/A	Vernier meter	N/A
Air Temperature	12	C	N/A	Mercury thermometer	N/A
Water Temperature	10	C	N/A	water_temp	N/A
Weather conditions	0	N/A	cloudy, cool, and windy	Weather observation	N/A
Stream bed stability	0	N/A	No spots	Observation of stream bed stability	N/A
Algae Amount	0	N/A	Scattered	Observation of Algae Amount	N/A
Water Appearance	0	N/A	Clear,	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Water Odor	0	N/A	No odor,	Smell	N/A
Stream bed stability	0	N/A	Silt, Mud, Cobble, Boulders,	Observation of stream bed stability	N/A
Algae color/texture	0	N/A	Dark green,	Observation of Algae	N/A
Stream Cover provided by:	0	N/A	Rocks, Logs, Shrubs/brush, Trees,	Observation of stream cover	N/A

Chemistry

Parameter	Value ↑	Units	Observation	Protocol	Notes
Second Dissolved Oxygen for BOD	11.5	mg/L	N/A	bod_d_o	N/A
Fecal Coliform	0	colonies/100ml	N/A	Microbiological Environmental Lab/Membrane Filtration (MEL/MF)	N/A
pH	8.39	N/A	N/A	ph	N/A
Nitrates	1.76	mg/L	N/A	nit	N/A
Chlorides	51	mg/L	N/A	Silver Nitrate Method	N/A
Turbidity	3.02	NTU Units	N/A	turb	N/A
Total Dissolved Solids	347	mg/L	N/A	tds	N/A
Phosphates	0.35	mg/L	N/A	phos	N/A
Dissolved Oxygen	13	mg/L	N/A	do	N/A
Dissolved Oxygen sat	105	% saturation	N/A	d_o_sat	N/A

Chemistry Q Values

Parameter	Value ↑	Units	Observation	Protocol	Notes
BOD Q	92	N/A	N/A	bod_q	N/A
Fecal Coliform Q	100	N/A	N/A	col_q	N/A
pH Q	78	N/A	N/A	ph_q	N/A
Nitrates Q	92	N/A	N/A	nit_q	N/A
Chlorides Q	79	N/A	N/A	chlor_q	N/A
Turbidity Q	94	N/A	N/A	turb_q	N/A
Total Dissolved Solids Q	58	N/A	N/A	tds_q	N/A
Phosphates Q	74	N/A	N/A	phos_q	N/A
Dissolved Oxygen Q	97	N/A	N/A	d_o_q	N/A

Macroinvertebrates

Parameter	Value ↑	Units	Observation	Protocol	Notes
Stone Flies	0	N/A	B	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Free Living Caddisfly	0	N/A	B	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Water pennies	0	N/A	A	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Mayflies	0	N/A	B	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Crayfish	0	N/A	A	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Scuds	0	N/A	A	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Common Net-spinning Caddisfly	0	N/A	B	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Hellgramites, Dobsonflies & Fishflies	0	N/A	A	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Aquatic Worms	0	N/A	C	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Midges	0	N/A	C	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A
Pouch Snails and other Lunged Snails	0	N/A	A	Revised SOS Protocol (2003)	N/A