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LOPA Tributary Field Data Sheet

Tributary                                                   Location                                                                                               

Date         /        / 2003  Time                               

Primary sampler                                                           Additional samplers                                                          

Primary sampler signature                                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                                                                   

Previous week’s precipitation (codes: 0 = none, 1 = trace, 2 = light, 3 = moderate, 4 = heavy, 5 = very heavy )

Days prior to sampling 1            2             3             4            5             6             7         

Notes about previous weeks weather                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                  

Today’s air temp ( C or  F)                               Today’s barometric pressure                                                          

Current conditions   Sunny             Hazy             Pt cloudy                 %   Cloudy               %   Overcast           

                Wind from                           Wind:  calm             light             breezy             strong           

Observations (animals, algae, sediment, trash)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Water color:  clear             green             tea-colored but clear             brown             muddy             other               Water odor:    none             fishy             musty             sewage             sulfur             other                                     

Depth on gauge:                   Flow by meter:                      Comments:                                                                     

What meter?                                     Temp.  ( C)                  DO(mg/L)                  pH            Cond.( S)                

What meter?  turbidity                      chlorophyll                    

pH by strip              pH by other method                                                                                                                   

Samples collected: be sure all bottles labeled with number, date, and time

Phosphorus:                         number              time                  duplicate / field blank number             time          

Nitrate-nitorgen:   number              time                  duplicate / field blank number             time          

Fecal coliform:      number              time                  duplicate / field blank number             time          

Alkalinity:                              number              time                  duplicate / field blank number             time          

TSS:                                        number              time                  duplicate / field blank number             time          

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