Data Recording Form

Project Rive Watch Observation Recording Form

 

Team Name:                                                    Team Members:                                             

 

Measurement Site (circle one): river, creek, pond, lake, ocean, other:                          

 

Date:                                                                Latitude:                                                         

 

Weather:                                                          Longitude:                                                      

 

Quantitative Measurements

 

Air Temperature:                          

           

Water Temp:                           #1                                #2                                Avg.

 

Depth:                         #1                    #2                    #3                                Avg.

 

Flow:                                       #1                                #2                                Avg.

 

D. Oxygen:                             #1                                #2                                Avg.

 

pH:                                          #1                                #2                                Avg.

 

Qualitative Measurements (Circle one word in each row)

 

Land use

wooded

meadow

park

residential

commercial

 

Erosion

none

gullies

 

 

 

 

Ground cover

grasses

shrubs

trees

soil

 

Odor

rotten egg

musky

oily

sewage

none

 

Algae color

n/a

light green

dark green

brown

blue

 

Bed-bottom color

gray

orange/red

yellow

black

brown

 

Surface water

clear

oily

foamy

milky

muddy

Discharge

yes

no

 

 

 

 

 

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