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

AAS group name:	Chalker Elementary	County:	Cobb
Group ID number	AAS-G	Topo Map Quadrant:
Site ID Number	AAS-S
Stream name	Bob and Lisa Hatcher's creek
Certified QA/QC investigators:		Other registered participants:
Unregistered participants:		Total number of participants:

Date: (mm/dd/yyyy)	Time: (hh:mm am/pm)	Time Spent Monitoring (minutes):	Picture/Photo Documentation? yes / no
Site/location Description: This creek is at 202 Northside drive Kennesaw, GA 30144 It is in Chastain Lakes Neighborhood.

Rain in last 24 hours    Clear		Present conditions    Clear
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

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)

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Notes/Other species found: