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French Creek (Kennedy Bridge)

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Basin: Southwest Schuylkill Basin 

Location
Station number27
descriptionSeven Stars Road at Kennedy Bridge
Latitude (decimal)40.1404
Longitude (decimal)-75.5763
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)131
Percent developed2.1
Percent in agriculture42.2
Percent forested53
Percent wetland or water1.4
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)1.7
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)0.031
pH8.1
Conductivity (μmhos)144
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)33
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2001
MAIS score13.5
water quality based on MAIS scoregood
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateEphemerellidae (spiny crawler mayflies)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateSimuliidae (black flies)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydroptilidae (micro caddisflies)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateEmpididae (aquatic dance flies)
6th most abundant macroinvertebrateElmidae (riffle beetles)
7th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies)
8th most abundant macroinvertebrateNaididae (naidid worms)
9th most abundant macroinvertebrateHeptageniidae (flatheaded mayflies)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateTipulidae (crane flies)

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