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Schlegel Run

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Basin: Perkiomen Creek Basin 

Location
Station number103
descriptionAt Hoffmansville Road
Latitude (decimal)40.3467
Longitude (decimal)-75.5770
Land Use
Watershed area (km2)6
Percent developed1.9
Percent in agriculture77.6
Percent forested16
Percent wetland or water0.5
Percent in quarries or mining0.0
Chemistry
Nitrate (mg/L)2.1
Total Dissolved Phosphorus (mg/L)0.038
pH8.2
Conductivity (μmhos)393
Alkalinity (as mg/L CaCO3)103
Macroinvertebrate Data
years sampled2006
MAIS score3.4
water quality based on MAIS scorepoor
1st most abundant macroinvertebrateOligochaeta (aquatic earthworms)
2nd most abundant macroinvertebrateChironomidae (midges)
3rd most abundant macroinvertebrateElmidae (riffle beetles)
4th most abundant macroinvertebrateSimuliidae (black flies)
5th most abundant macroinvertebrateAcari (water mites)
6th most abundant macroinvertebratePlecoptera (unidentified stoneflies)
7th most abundant macroinvertebrateCaenidae (small squaregill mayflies)
8th most abundant macroinvertebrateBaetidae (small minnow mayflies)
9th most abundant macroinvertebrateAmphipoda (scuds)
10th most abundant macroinvertebrateNemouridae (nemourid stoneflies)

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