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Tumbling Run

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Basin: Upper Schuylkill Basin 

Location
Station number37
descriptionAbove Reservior
Latitude (decimal)40.6822
Longitude (decimal)-76.1599
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)12
Percent developed0.1
Percent in agriculture6.6
Percent forested91
Percent wetland or water1.2
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)0.3
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)<0.02
pH7.1
Conductivity (μmhos)57
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)7
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2002
MAIS score12.5
water quality based on MAIS scorefair
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateElmidae (riffle beetles)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateSimuliidae (black flies)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateBlepharoceridae (netwinged midges)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateOligochaeta (aquatic earthworms)
6th most abundant macroinvertebrateHeptageniidae (flatheaded mayflies)
7th most abundant macroinvertebratePlanariidae (flatworms)
8th most abundant macroinvertebrateAncylidae (limpets) (limpets)
9th most abundant macroinvertebratePteronarcyidae (giant stoneflies)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateRhyacophilidae (freeliving caddisflies)

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