Tonto Creek at A+ Road (Forest Rd 60)

Description of Site: This site is upstream of  the road crossing and approximately 1.25 miles away from entering Roosevelt Lake.

1/11/00
Flow: 12 cfs

Physico-chemical Parameters
Time Turbidity (NTU's) Temp (C) DO (ppm) DO (% sat.) pH TDS Ammonia (mg/l) Nitrate (mg/l) Ortho-P (mg/l) Sulfate (mg/l) Dissolved Fe (mg/l) Dissolved Mn (mg/l) Chloride (mg/l)
1000 6.3 9.4 15.9 119.3 7.7 290 0.08 0.17 ND 28.8 0.086 0.01 48.8

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) Total N (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) TOC DOC UV254 Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
5 16.8 0.49 0.13 0.23 0.014 0.89 1.04 0.017 0.1 0.064

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Cyanophyta Merismopedia 80
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 80
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 80
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 80
Chrysophyta Melosira 80
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 160
Euglenophyta Euglena 80

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 72340
Chlorophyta Rhizoclonium 6780
Chrysophyta Cymbella 87540
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 17350
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 164550
Chrysophyta Navicula 84560
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 185790
Chrysophyta Stauroneis 202350
Chrysophyta Synedra 8450

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (presence/absence)
Order Family Genus
Coleoptera Elmidae Lara
Ephemeroptera Baetidae Baetis
Plecoptera Pteronarcyidae Pteronarcella
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Hydropsyche

Results from 11/2/99