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Rattling Run

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Basin: Upper Schuylkill Basin 

Location
Station number36
descriptionClinton Street, Port Clinton
Latitude (decimal)40.5830
Longitude (decimal)-76.0225
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)11
Percent developed0.0
Percent in agriculture0.2
Percent forested87
Percent wetland or water11.2
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)<0.10
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)<0.02
pH6.6
Conductivity (μmhos)24
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)3
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2002
MAIS score16.3
water quality based on MAIS scoregood
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateHeptageniidae (flatheaded mayflies)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateElmidae (riffle beetles)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateBrachycentridae (brachycentrid caddisflies)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateEphemerellidae (spiny crawler mayflies)
6th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies)
7th most abundant macroinvertebrateLeptophlebiidae (pronggill mayflies)
8th most abundant macroinvertebratePerlodidae (perlodid stoneflies)
9th most abundant macroinvertebrateLeuctridae (rolledwinged stoneflies)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydroptilidae (micro caddisflies)

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