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North Mill Creek

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Basin: Northwest Schuylkill Basin 

Location
Station number60
descriptionAbove Christmas Village Road
Latitude (decimal)40.4176
Longitude (decimal)-76.1681
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)31
Percent developed0.2
Percent in agriculture78.5
Percent forested19
Percent wetland or water0.3
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)8.4
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)0.033
pH8.6
Conductivity (μmhos)325
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)93
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2003
MAIS score3.1
water quality based on MAIS scorepoor
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateNaididae (naidid worms)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateOligochaeta (aquatic earthworms)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateElmidae (riffle beetles)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies)
6th most abundant macroinvertebrateTipulidae (crane flies)
7th most abundant macroinvertebrateSimuliidae (black flies)
8th most abundant macroinvertebrateGastropoda (snails)
9th most abundant macroinvertebratePlanariidae (flatworms)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateNematoda (nematodes)

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