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Unami Creek (upstream B)

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Basin: Perkiomen Creek Basin 

Location
Station number35
descriptionDownstream of Kumry Road bridge, below Milford-Trumbauersville sewage treatment plant
Latitude (decimal)40.4154
Longitude (decimal)-75.4098
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)48
Percent developed6.0
Percent in agriculture60.5
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 score10.9
water quality based on MAIS scorefair
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateHydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateElmidae (riffle beetles)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateOligochaeta (aquatic earthworms)
5th most abundant macroinvertebratePsephenidae (water penny beetles)
6th most abundant macroinvertebratePlanariidae (flatworms)
7th most abundant macroinvertebrateSimuliidae (black flies)
8th most abundant macroinvertebrateEmpididae (aquatic dance flies)
9th most abundant macroinvertebrateNaididae (naidid worms)
10th most abundant macroinvertebratePhilopotamidae (fingernet caddisflies)

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