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Environmental Creek Assessments |
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| Fast Facts |
| Population |
2000:
2030: |
| Creek Length |
miles |
| Drainage Area |
square miles |
| Drains To |
Colorado
River east of Town Lake |
| Well Known Sites |
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| Land Use |
Residential
Business
Civic
Parks
Roadways
Undeveloped |
14%
1%
0%
0%
1%
84% |
Watershed Facts
- Dry Creek East is a typical Blackland Prairie
stream heavily impacted by agriculture
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Creek Assessments
Environmental
| Index |
Score |
Category |
Notes |
| Overall
Score |
55 |
Fair |
Dry (East) ranks 38 out
of 46 watersheds in overall quality |
Water
Chemistry |
55 |
Fair |
Water quality is average,
ammonia is high, conductivity is high, suspended solids are
high |
Sediment
Quality |
86 |
Very
Good |
PAHs are very low, herbicides/pesticides
are very low, metals are very low |
| Recreation |
89 |
Excellent |
During dry weather conditions,
bacteria is not a threat |
| Aesthetics |
57
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Fair |
Lots of litter present,
no odor, water is cloudy, most of the creek bed is dry |
| Habitat |
37 |
Poor |
Increased sediment deposition,
cover is insufficient, some channel alteration, bank vegetation
is poor, buffer zone is small |
| Aquatic
Life |
6 |
Very
Bad |
Benthic macroinvertebrate
community is poor, diatom community is poor |
- Flow limitation due to soil type and topography.
- Increased sediment deposition due to agricultural
impacts and native soil types.
- Large portion of riparian zone converted
to agriculture uses.
- Loss of riparian buffer due to agriculture
impacts aesthetic score.
- Silt and sedimentation may be impacting diatom
community, aquatic life impacted by low creek flows.
- Water quality may be impacted from
heavy agricultural landuse.
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Dry Creek at Elroy Road |
Dry Creek at Elroy Road |
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Dry Creek at Wolf Lane |
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