GEORGIA ADOPT-A-STREAM
Macroinvertebrate Count Form
To be conducted quarterly

AAS group name:	RiverSue	County:	Bulloch
Group ID number	AAS-G 891	Topo Map Quadrant:	GUYTON
Site ID Number	AAS-S   784 Ogeechee River
QAQC Investigators:	Susan Ralph Susan Reardon Susan Reeves Susan Reinheimer Susan Roof Susan Rutherford   Susan Reinheimerx
Stream name	Ogeechee River

Date:	Time:	Time Spent Monitoring:	Picture/Photo Documentation? yes / no
Site/location Description: Sue Reinheimer's backyard next to her house.

Rain in last 24 hours		Present conditions
heavy rain	steady rain	heavy rain	steady rain	intermittent rain
intermittent rain	none	overcast	partly cloudy	clear/sunny
Amount of rain, if known? inches in last hours / days
Notes:

Use letter codes (A=1-9, B=10-99, C=100 or more) to record the numbers of organisms found in a total sample. Then add up the number of letters in each column and multiply by the indicated value. The following columns are divided based on the organism's sensitivity to pollution.

(check all that apply) Method used: Muddy Bottom Rocky Bottom

Habitat selected for sampling: riffle leaf pack/woody debris streambed with silty area (very fine particles) streambed with sand or small gravel vegetated bank other (specify)

SENSITIVE	SOMEWHAT-SENSITIVE	TOLERANT
ABC stonefly nymphs ABC mayfly nymphs ABC water penny larvae ABC riffle beetle ABC aquatic snipe flies ABC caddisflies ABC gilled snails	ABC common net spinning caddisflies ABC dobsonfly/hellgrammites & fishfly ABC dragonfly & damselfly nymphs ABC crayfish ABC crane flies larvae ABC aquatic sow bugs ABC scud ABC clams & mussels	ABC midge fly larvae ABC blackfly larvae ABC lunged snails ABC aquatic worms ABC leech
0 # of letters times 3 = 0	1 # of letters times 2 = 2	1 # of letters times 1 = 1

Now add together the three index values =  3 total index value. The total index value will give you an
indication of the water quality of your stream. Good water quality is indicated by a variety of different kinds of
organisms, with no one kind making up the majority of the sample.

WATER QUALITY RATING
Excellent (>22)	Good (17-22)	Fair (11-16)	Poor (<11)