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Hoover's Dixon Creek Water Quality

Water Quality Data: 06-12-2012



School: Hoover Elementary School (Salem)
Date and Time: June 12, 2012, midnight

DEQ data quality level: Level E
Latitude:
Longitude:
Any fish present? True
Number of live fish: 4
Number of dead fish: 1

Unit Selections
Water Temperature Units: Celsius
Air Temperature Units: Fahrenheit

Samples
Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4
Water Temperature

15.70

Vernier

None

Manual

None

Manual

None

Manual

Water Temperature Average: 15.7 (°C)
60.26 (°F)
Air Temperature

60.00

Manual

0.00

Manual

0.00

Manual

0.00

Manual

Air Temperature Average: -9.44 (°C)
15.0 (°F)
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L)

3.00

Vernier

0.00

Manual

0.00

Manual

0.00

Manual

Dissolved Oxygen Average: 3.0 (mg/L)
pH

7.25

N/A

0.00

N/A

0.00

N/A

0.00

N/A

pH Average: 7.25
Turbidity (NTU)

62.00

Vernier

0.00

Manual

0.00

Manual

0.00

Manual

Turbidity Average: 62.0 (NTU)
Salinity (PSU or PPT)
Salinity Average: 0 (PSU or PPT)
Additional parameters arrow_drop_down
Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Sample 4
Conductivity (µS/cm)
Total Solids (mg/L)
BOD (mg/L)
Ammonia (mg/L)
Nitrite (mg/L)
Nitrate (mg/L)
Phosphates (mg/L)
Fecal Coliform (CFU/100 mL)

Note:

It was a fairly humid day. We found lots of aquatic creatures and had fun doing it! The turbidity might be an overestimate because a bunch of youthful citizen scientists were tromping in the creek as we collected the water samples!