Results of the Post 2021 Method

Stream Information
Site Id GCD-5
Name McDonald Creek Below Dam
County Gogebic
Description Located at McDonald Dam County Park. The substrate is gravel, cobble, and boulder. McDonald Creek is wide so there is not much canopy coverage.
Latitude 46.390789
Longitude -90.014415

Macro Family Entry Information
Date 2023-09-21
Collection Time Start 10:00:00.00
Avg Water Depth(ft) 2
Weather conditions from last week Warm/Dry
Site Condition Issues none
Habitat Riffles absence
Habitat Rocks presence
Habitat Aquatic Plants presence
Habitat Runs absence
Habitat Backwater presence
Habitat Leaf Packs presence
Habitat Pools presence
Habitat Undercut-Vegetation absence
Habitat Wood presence
Collection Finish Time 10:45:00.00
ID Confidence 5
Hirudinea --
Oligochaeta 3
Curculionidae --
Dryopidae --
Dytiscidae --
Elmidae 1
Gyrinidae --
Haliplidae --
Hydrophilidae --
Lampyridae --
Noteridae --
Psephenidae --
Ptilodactylidae --
Scirtidae --
Staphylinidae --
Athericidae --
Blephariceridae --
Ceratopogonidae --
Chaoboridae --
Chironomidae 4
Culicidae --
Dixidae --
Dolichopodidae --
Empididae --
Ephydridae --
Muscidae --
Psychodidae --
Ptychopteridae --
Sciomyzidae --
Simuliidae --
Stratiomyidae --
Syrphidae --
Tabanidae --
Tipulidae --
Amphipoda 3
Decapoda --
Isopoda --
Ameletidae --
Ametropodidae --
Anthropleidae --
Baetidae 1
Baetiscidae --
Caenidae --
Ephemerellidae --
Ephemeridae --
Heptageniidae 10
Isonychiidae --
Leptohyphidae --
Leptoplebiidae 11
Metretopodidae --
Neoephemeridae --
Polymitarcyidae --
Potamanthidae --
Pseudironidae --
Siphlonuridae --
Ancylidae --
Bithyniidae --
Hydrobiidae --
Lymnaeidae --
Physidae --
Planorbidae --
Pleuroceridae --
Pomatiopsidae --
Valvatidae --
Viviparidae --
Unidentified Snail 8
Belostomatidae --
Corixidae 1
Gelastocoridae --
Gerridae --
Hydrometridae --
Mesoveliidae --
Naucoridae --
Nepidae 1
Notonectidae --
Pleidae --
Saldidae --
Veliidae --
Cosmopterigidiae --
Nepticulidae --
Noctuidae --
Pyralidae --
Tortricidae --
Corydalidae --
Sialidae --
Aeshnidae 1
Calopterygidae --
Coenagrionidae 6
Cordulidae 1
Cordulegastridae --
Gomphidae 1
Lestidae --
Libellulidae 5
Macromiidae --
Corbiculidae --
Dreissenidae --
Sphaeriidae (aka Pisidiidae) --
Unionidae --
Capniidae --
Chloroperlidae --
Leuctridae --
Nemouridae --
Perlidae --
Perlodidae --
Pteronarcyidae --
Taeniopterygidae --
Apataniidae --
Brachycentridae --
Dipseudopsidae --
Glossosomatidae --
Goeridae --
Helicopsychidae --
Hydropsychidae --
Hydroptilidae --
Lepidostomatidae --
Leptoceridae --
Limnephilidae --
Molannidae --
Odontoceridae --
Philopotamidae 1
Phryganeidae --
Polycentropodidae --
Psychomyiidae --
Rhyacophilidae --
Sericostomatidae --
Uenoidae --
Hydracarina 1
Collembola --
Platyhelminthes --
Total Abundance 59
Total Diversity 17
Water Quality Rating Score 7
Water Quality Rating Category Fairly Poor
Abundance of Insects 44
Total Insect Diversity 13
Abundance of EPT 23
Total EPT Diversity 4
Total Sensitive Family Diversity 3