Coal Canyon Creek watershed.Coal Canyon Creek watershed.

 

Coal Canyon Creek.Coal Canyon Creek.

 

Coal Canyon Creek.Coal Canyon Creek.

Monitoring Map >> Coal Canyon Creek


Coal Canyon Creek - Physical Habitat and Bioassessment Sampling Site


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Location: Latitude N: 39.80741
Longitude W: 119.42528
Elevation: 4495 ft.
Pah Rah Range; Washoe County, NV
Equipment: 1). A YSI 6920 multiparameter WQ monitoring instrument is used to obtain temperature, specific conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, salinity, tds, and turbidity during the sampling event.
2). A 18"x12" kicknet, 500 micron mesh, is used to collect benthic macroinvertebrates at 3 sites.
3). A densiometer is used to obtain an estimate of canopy cover (%) along the 150 meter reach.
Period of Record: 2002, 2004 to present

 Physical Habitat & Bioassessment monitoring began in 2002 within the Coal Canyon Creek watershed, and conducted annually during the month of April or May depending on flows. Physical Habitat assessments are conducted within a 10 x 150 meter reach of the stream.  Benthic macro-invertebrates are collected at three sites within the reach, and water samples/ stream measurements are taken at the mid-point of the reach following protocols in the Tribe's 2007 Quality Assurance Project Plan.(7.4 Mb PDF file)


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