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Stony Run

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Basin: Northeast Schuylkill Basin 

Location
Station number66
descriptionAbove Kirk Road bridge
Latitude (decimal)40.6139
Longitude (decimal)-75.8650
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)23
Percent developed0.2
Percent in agriculture66.5
Percent forested29
Percent wetland or water0.9
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)3.1
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)<0.010
pH7.9
Conductivity (μmhos)160
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)27
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2004
MAIS score8.9
water quality based on MAIS scorefair
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateOligochaeta (aquatic earthworms)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateTipulidae (crane flies)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateElmidae (riffle beetles)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateAcari (water mites)
6th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies)
7th most abundant macroinvertebrateEmpididae (aquatic dance flies)
8th most abundant macroinvertebratePsephenidae (water penny beetles)
9th most abundant macroinvertebrateEphemerellidae (spiny crawler mayflies)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydroptilidae (micro caddisflies)

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