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Oysterville Creek

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Basin: Northeast Schuylkill Basin 

Location
Station number75
descriptionAt Carl Road
Latitude (decimal)40.3975
Longitude (decimal)-75.7063
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)15
Percent developed0.1
Percent in agriculture20.0
Percent forested77
Percent wetland or water1.0
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)0.5
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)<0.01
pH7.6
Conductivity (μmhos)113
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)24
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2004
MAIS score14.0
water quality based on MAIS scoregood
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateSimuliidae (black flies)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateHydropsychidae (common netspinner caddisflies)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateEphemerellidae (spiny crawler mayflies)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateNemouridae (nemourid stoneflies)
6th most abundant macroinvertebrateTipulidae (crane flies)
7th most abundant macroinvertebrateNematoda (nematodes)
8th most abundant macroinvertebrateHydroptilidae (micro caddisflies)
9th most abundant macroinvertebrateHeptageniidae (flatheaded mayflies)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateOligochaeta (aquatic earthworms)

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