Pickering Creek
Basin: Southwest Schuylkill Basin | Long-Term Sampling Sites
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Station number | 5 |
| description | At Charlestown |
| Latitude (decimal) | 40.1000 |
| Longitude (decimal) | -75.5553 |
| Land Use | |
| Watershed area (km2) | 71 |
| Percent developed | 7.4 |
| Percent in agriculture | 50.6 |
| Percent forested | 40 |
| Percent wetland or water | 0.3 |
| Percent in quarries or mining | 0.0 |
| Chemistry | |
| Nitrate (mg/L) | 1.7 |
| Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L) | 0.012 |
| pH | 7.8 |
| Conductivity (μmhos) | 232 |
| Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3) | 42 |
| Macroinvertebrate Data | |
| years sampled | 1996-2007 |
| MAIS score | 12.3 |
| water quality based on MAIS score | fair |
| 1st most abundant macroinvertebrate | Chironomidae (midges) |
| 2nd most abundant macroinvertebrate | Hydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies) |
| 3rd most abundant macroinvertebrate | Hydroptilidae (micro caddisflies) |
| 4th most abundant macroinvertebrate | Oligochaeta (aquatic earthworms) |
| 5th most abundant macroinvertebrate | Tipulidae (crane flies) |
| 6th most abundant macroinvertebrate | Ephemerellidae (spiny crawler mayflies) |
| 7th most abundant macroinvertebrate | Psychomyiidae (nettube caddisflies) |
| 8th most abundant macroinvertebrate | Acari (water mites) |
| 9th most abundant macroinvertebrate | Heptageniidae (flatheaded mayflies) |
| 10th most abundant macroinvertebrate | Elmidae (riffle beetles) |
