Verde River at Mesquite Flat Campground

Description of Site: This site is apporximately 0.75 miles below Horseshoe Dam and represents water conditions between Horseshoe and Bartlett Lakes.
GPS Coordinates: 330 57.70 N   111 42.77 W

Physico-chemical Parameters 8/4/99
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)
1414 10.1 26.3 7.17 93.7 7.79 300 0.08 0.2 ND 53.8 0.102 0.033 23.8

 
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)
14 24.4 1.03 0.24 0.28 0.046 3.43 3.48 NS 4.528 3.052

Flow: 150 cfs
(Flow Data is from the nearest USGS flow gauge)

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Cyanophyta Anabaenopsis 160
Cyanophyta Gomphosphaeria 240
Chlorophyta Chlorococcum 1120
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 240
Chlorophyta Polytoma 80
Chlorophyta Scenedesmus 160
Chrysophyta Cymbella 80
Chrysophyta Diatoma 320
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 320
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 480

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 49,133
Cyanophyta Oscillatoria 63,067
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 2200
Chrysophyta Cymbella 37,400
Chrysophyta Diploneis 3667
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 5867
Chrysophyta Frustulia 5133
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 13,200
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 20,533
Chrysophyta Melosira 23,467
Chrysophyta Navicula 14,667
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 5133
Chrysophyta Synedra 63,800

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Hemiptera Naucoridae Pelocoris
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Petrophila
Plecoptera Perlidae Acroneuria
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Hydropsyche