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Unami Creek (upstream A)

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Basin: Perkiomen Creek Basin 

Location
Station number34
descriptionUpstream of Milford-Trumbauersville sewage treatment plant
Latitude (decimal)40.4169
Longitude (decimal)-75.4093
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)47
Percent developed6.0
Percent in agriculture60.6
Percent forested28
Percent wetland or water2.1
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)no data
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)no data
pHno data
Conductivity (μmhos)no data
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)no data
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2001
MAIS score9.8
water quality based on MAIS scorefair
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateSimuliidae (black flies)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateElmidae (riffle beetles)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateEmpididae (aquatic dance flies)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateOligochaeta (aquatic earthworms)
6th most abundant macroinvertebratePsephenidae (water penny beetles)
7th most abundant macroinvertebrateAcari (water mites)
8th most abundant macroinvertebrateNematoda (nematodes)
9th most abundant macroinvertebrateEphemeroptera (unidentified mayflies)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateCoenagrionidae (narrowwinged damselflies)

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