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 2025-05-12
Collection Time Start 12:30:00.00
Avg Water Depth(ft) 1
Weather conditions from last week Warm/Dry
Site Condition Issues None
Habitat Riffles presence
Habitat Rocks presence
Habitat Aquatic Plants absence
Habitat Runs presence
Habitat Backwater presence
Habitat Leaf Packs presence
Habitat Pools presence
Habitat Undercut-Vegetation absence
Habitat Wood absence
Collection Finish Time 13:00:00.00
ID Confidence 5
Hirudinea 2
Oligochaeta --
Curculionidae --
Dryopidae --
Dytiscidae --
Elmidae --
Gyrinidae --
Haliplidae --
Hydrophilidae --
Lampyridae --
Noteridae --
Psephenidae --
Ptilodactylidae --
Scirtidae --
Staphylinidae --
Athericidae --
Blephariceridae --
Ceratopogonidae 1
Chaoboridae --
Chironomidae --
Culicidae --
Dixidae --
Dolichopodidae --
Empididae --
Ephydridae --
Muscidae --
Psychodidae --
Ptychopteridae --
Sciomyzidae --
Simuliidae 38
Stratiomyidae --
Syrphidae --
Tabanidae --
Tipulidae --
Amphipoda --
Decapoda --
Isopoda --
Ameletidae --
Ametropodidae --
Anthropleidae --
Baetidae --
Baetiscidae --
Caenidae --
Ephemerellidae 7
Ephemeridae --
Heptageniidae 3
Isonychiidae --
Leptohyphidae --
Leptoplebiidae 27
Metretopodidae --
Neoephemeridae --
Polymitarcyidae --
Potamanthidae --
Pseudironidae --
Siphlonuridae --
Ancylidae --
Bithyniidae --
Hydrobiidae --
Lymnaeidae --
Physidae --
Planorbidae --
Pleuroceridae --
Pomatiopsidae --
Valvatidae --
Viviparidae --
Unidentified Snail 8
Belostomatidae --
Corixidae --
Gelastocoridae --
Gerridae --
Hydrometridae --
Mesoveliidae --
Naucoridae --
Nepidae --
Notonectidae --
Pleidae --
Saldidae --
Veliidae --
Cosmopterigidiae --
Nepticulidae --
Noctuidae --
Pyralidae --
Tortricidae --
Corydalidae --
Sialidae --
Aeshnidae 1
Calopterygidae --
Coenagrionidae 4
Cordulidae --
Cordulegastridae --
Gomphidae --
Lestidae --
Libellulidae --
Macromiidae --
Corbiculidae --
Dreissenidae --
Sphaeriidae (aka Pisidiidae) 1
Unionidae --
Capniidae --
Chloroperlidae --
Leuctridae --
Nemouridae --
Perlidae --
Perlodidae --
Pteronarcyidae --
Taeniopterygidae --
Apataniidae --
Brachycentridae --
Dipseudopsidae --
Glossosomatidae --
Goeridae --
Helicopsychidae --
Hydropsychidae 53
Hydroptilidae --
Lepidostomatidae --
Leptoceridae --
Limnephilidae 13
Molannidae --
Odontoceridae --
Philopotamidae --
Phryganeidae --
Polycentropodidae --
Psychomyiidae --
Rhyacophilidae 1
Sericostomatidae --
Uenoidae --
Hydracarina --
Collembola --
Platyhelminthes --
Total Abundance 159
Total Diversity 13
Water Quality Rating Score 4.51
Water Quality Rating Category Good
Abundance of Insects 148
Total Insect Diversity 10
Abundance of EPT 104
Total EPT Diversity 6
Total Sensitive Family Diversity 3