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Assessment Data for the State of Iowa Year 2004

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Total Assessed Waters for the State of Iowa

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Size Of Water
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Water (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles)
Total Assessed Waters 7,830.16 86,310.00 .00 .00 .00 36,323.00 .00 .00 .00
Estimated Total Water Size in IA 71,665.00 202,216.00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 125,155.00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Percent of Waters Assessed 10.93 42.68 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 29.02 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable

Assessed Waters of Iowa by Watershed (8 Digit USGS Cataloging Unit)

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Watershed Size of Water
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Water (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles)
8-digit HUC Name Not Reported 5.76 77.00 .00 .00 .00 4,245.00 .00 .00 .00
APPLE-PLUM 113.87 .00 .00 .00 .00 526.00 .00 .00 .00
BEAR-WYACONDA 62.88 110.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BIG PAPILLION-MOSQUITO 167.17 1,854.00 .00 .00 .00 102.00 .00 .00 .00
BLACKBIRD-SOLDIER 156.31 462.00 .00 .00 .00 3,136.00 .00 .00 .00
BLUE EARTH 10.38 .00 .00 .00 .00 1,354.00 .00 .00 .00
BOONE 136.65 302.00 .00 .00 .00 1,507.00 .00 .00 .00
BOYER 109.42 79.00 .00 .00 .00 9.00 .00 .00 .00
COON-YELLOW 120.91 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COPPERAS-DUCK 108.75 56.00 .00 .00 .00 3,730.00 .00 .00 .00
EAST FORK DES MOINES 212.02 2,419.00 .00 .00 .00 1,215.00 .00 .00 .00
EAST NISHNABOTNA 103.94 287.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLINT-HENDERSON 68.31 18.00 .00 .00 .00 55.00 .00 .00 .00
FLOYD 90.05 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
GRANT-LITTLE MAQUOKETA 100.01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
KEG-WEEPING WATER 85.17 20.00 .00 .00 .00 268.00 .00 .00 .00
LAKE RED ROCK 292.13 20,623.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE SIOUX 465.86 14,579.00 .00 .00 .00 4,344.00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER BIG SIOUX 147.88 63.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER CEDAR 224.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 310.00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER DES MOINES 271.59 1,203.00 .00 .00 .00 33.00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER IOWA 173.86 112.00 .00 .00 .00 725.00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER WAPSIPINICON 135.18 .00 .00 .00 .00 245.00 .00 .00 .00
MAPLE 136.91 72.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MAQUOKETA 352.38 59.00 .00 .00 .00 447.00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE CEDAR 281.01 750.00 .00 .00 .00 150.00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE DES MOINES 280.16 7,716.00 .00 .00 .00 268.00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE IOWA 124.00 5,945.00 .00 .00 .00 4,221.00 .00 .00 .00
MONONA-HARRISON DITCH 57.02 .00 .00 .00 .00 70.00 .00 .00 .00
NISHNABOTNA 5.39 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NODAWAY 18.61 744.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NORTH RACCOON 291.36 4,810.00 .00 .00 .00 1,469.00 .00 .00 .00
NORTH SKUNK 154.56 918.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ONE HUNDRED AND TWO 7.60 138.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PLATTE 23.47 411.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ROCK 136.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SHELL ROCK 124.94 316.00 .00 .00 .00 1,109.00 .00 .00 .00
SKUNK 183.57 701.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SOUTH RACCOON 126.39 161.00 .00 .00 .00 270.00 .00 .00 .00
SOUTH SKUNK 200.02 429.00 .00 .00 .00 240.00 .00 .00 .00
TARKIO-WOLF 18.17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
THOMPSON 64.95 2,432.00 .00 .00 .00 4.00 .00 .00 .00
TURKEY 363.73 156.00 .00 .00 .00 62.00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER CEDAR 168.49 30.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER CHARITON 197.47 11,359.00 .00 .00 .00 498.00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER DES MOINES 128.18 1,992.00 .00 .00 .00 2,164.00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER GRAND 4.53 234.00 .00 .00 .00 60.00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER IOWA 199.83 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER IOWA 187.06 408.00 .00 .00 .00 1,207.00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER WAPSIPINICON 300.14 40.00 .00 .00 .00 980.00 .00 .00 .00
WEST FORK CEDAR 149.08 100.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WEST NISHNABOTNA 178.53 219.00 .00 .00 .00 1,050.00 .00 .00 .00
WEST NODAWAY 46.14 222.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WINNEBAGO 101.06 3,684.00 .00 .00 .00 1,250.00 .00 .00 .00


Iowa Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Rivers and Streams

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State Designated Use Total Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
AQUATIC LIFE SUPPORT 7,280.98 24.17 38.41 37.41 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
DRINKING WATER 180.26 28.86 18.32 52.81 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
FISH CONSUMPTION 1,687.40 96.92 3.08 .00 color.gifcolor.gif
OVERALL USE SUPPORT 7,830.16 23.85 33.55 42.60 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
PRIMARY BODY CONTACT 952.31 26.11 4.84 69.05 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 7,830.16 miles of rivers and streams, or 10.93% of 71,665.00 total miles.

Iowa Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Rivers and Streams

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Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good 1,867.56 23.85
Threatened 2,626.89 33.55
Impaired 3,335.71 42.60
Total Miles Assessed 7,830.16 100.00

Iowa Top Causes of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

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# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS 2,672.33
2 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 1,439.85
3 ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 1,016.13
4 AMMONIA (UN-IONIZED) 707.33
5 PATHOGENS 681.87
6 NUTRIENTS 640.53
7 FLOW ALTERATION 489.12
8 IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN 464.51
9 PESTICIDES 184.23
10 UNKNOWN TOXICITY 113.94

Iowa Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

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# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 SOURCE UNKNOWN 2,069.65
2 AGRICULTURE 1,770.35
3 CHANNELIZATION 1,622.95
4 HYDROMODIFICATION 1,518.25
5 STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 1,182.43
6 HABITAT MODIFICATION (OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION) 1,075.24
7 NATURAL SOURCES 671.28
8 PASTURE GRAZING - RIPARIAN 604.43
9 LOSS OF RIPARIAN HABITAT 512.89
10 LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 491.77

Iowa Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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State Designated Use Total Acres Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
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AQUATIC LIFE SUPPORT 84,883.00 30.63 54.73 14.65 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
DRINKING WATER 22,111.00 39.58 57.08 3.34 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
FISH CONSUMPTION 59,758.00 67.02 32.11 .88 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
OVERALL USE SUPPORT 86,310.00 8.06 56.02 35.93 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
PRIMARY BODY CONTACT 82,698.00 13.23 51.65 35.12 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 86,310.00 acres of lakes, ponds and reservoirs, or 42.68% of 202,216.00 total acres.

Iowa Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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Attainment Status Acres Percent of Assessed
Good 6,955.00 8.06
Threatened 48,348.00 56.02
Impaired 31,007.00 35.93
Total Acres Assessed 86,310.00 100.00

Iowa Top Causes of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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# State Cause Name Total
Acres
Impaired
1 TURBIDITY 50,889.00
2 NON-NATIVE AQUATIC PLANTS 42,702.00
3 NUTRIENTS 28,631.00
4 SUSPENDED ALGAE 25,966.00
5 ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 25,472.00
6 ATRAZINE 12,923.00
7 TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) 10,716.00
8 PATHOGENS 10,259.00
9 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 7,677.00
10 NONNATIVE FISH, SHELLFISH, OR ZOOPLANKTON 2,097.00

Iowa Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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# State Source Name Total Acres Impaired by Source
1 INTERNAL NUTRIENT RECYCLING 64,137.00
2 SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION 51,077.00
3 AGRICULTURE 30,896.00
4 NATURAL SOURCES 29,676.00
5 SOURCE UNKNOWN 23,134.00
6 OTHER 812.00
7 CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 580.00
8 MUNICIPAL (URBANIZED HIGH DENSITY AREA) 319.00
9 FLOW ALTERATIONS FROM WATER DIVERSIONS 219.00
10 CONSTRUCTION 172.00

Iowa Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Wetlands

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State Designated Use Total Acres Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
AQUATIC LIFE SUPPORT 36,323.00 5.86 47.18 46.95 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
FISH CONSUMPTION 108.00 100.00 .00 .00 color.gif
OVERALL USE SUPPORT 36,323.00 5.86 47.18 46.95 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 36,323.00 acres of wetlands, or 29.02% of 125,155.00 total acres.

Iowa Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Wetlands

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Attainment Status Acres Percent of Assessed
Good 2,130.00 5.86
Threatened 17,139.00 47.18
Impaired 17,054.00 46.95
Total Acres Assessed 36,323.00 100.00

Iowa Top Causes of Impairments
for Wetlands

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Acres
Impaired
1 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 22,716.00
2 NUTRIENTS 9,722.00
3 FLOW ALTERATION 9,480.00
4 NONNATIVE FISH, SHELLFISH, OR ZOOPLANKTON 4,492.00
5 SUSPENDED ALGAE 1,067.00
6 TURBIDITY 965.00
7 NON-NATIVE AQUATIC PLANTS 940.00
8 TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) 225.00
9 OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS 200.00
10 ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 140.00

Iowa Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Wetlands

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# State Source Name Total Acres Impaired by Source
1 NATURAL SOURCES 29,018.00
2 AGRICULTURE 22,856.00
3 STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 13,159.00
4 HYDROMODIFICATION 6,497.00
5 NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 6,432.00
6 FLOW ALTERATIONS FROM WATER DIVERSIONS 4,081.00
7 SOURCE UNKNOWN 3,892.00
8 ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (NPS) 1,423.00
9 CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 1,323.00
10 INTERNAL NUTRIENT RECYCLING 1,067.00

Iowa

Causes of Impairment

Description of this table
State Cause Name Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Waters (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles)
AMMONIA (TOTAL) 21.98 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AMMONIA (UN-IONIZED) 707.33 .00 .00 .00 .00 140.00 .00 .00 .00
ARSENIC 43.38 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ATRAZINE 13.99 12,923.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHLORINE 27.01 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COPPER 82.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLOW ALTERATION 489.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 9,480.00 .00 .00 .00
IMPAIRMENT UNKNOWN 464.51 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LEAD 39.52 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
METALS 94.37 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NITRATES 93.73 90.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-NATIVE AQUATIC PLANTS 4.30 42,702.00 .00 .00 .00 940.00 .00 .00 .00
NONNATIVE FISH, SHELLFISH, OR ZOOPLANKTON 111.92 2,097.00 .00 .00 .00 4,492.00 .00 .00 .00
NONPRIORITY ORGANICS 1.08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NUTRIENTS 640.53 28,631.00 .00 .00 .00 9,722.00 .00 .00 .00
OIL AND GREASE 9.28 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 1,016.13 25,472.00 .00 .00 .00 140.00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS 2,672.33 219.00 .00 .00 .00 200.00 .00 .00 .00
PATHOGENS 681.87 10,259.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PESTICIDES 184.23 507.00 .00 .00 .00 15.00 .00 .00 .00
PH 54.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS .00 315.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PRIORITY ORGANICS 27.23 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALINITY 16.17 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 1,439.85 7,677.00 .00 .00 .00 22,716.00 .00 .00 .00
SUSPENDED ALGAE 46.10 25,966.00 .00 .00 .00 1,067.00 .00 .00 .00
TEMPERATURE, WATER 4.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) 25.98 10,716.00 .00 .00 .00 225.00 .00 .00 .00
TURBIDITY 82.86 50,889.00 .00 .00 .00 965.00 .00 .00 .00
UNKNOWN TOXICITY 113.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

Iowa

Probable Sources Contributing to Impairment

Description of this table
State Source Name Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairment
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Waters (Square Miles) Inland Lake Shoreline (Miles)
AGRICULTURE 1,770.35 30,896.00 .00 .00 .00 22,856.00 .00 .00 .00
ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (NPS) .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 1,423.00 .00 .00 .00
CHANNELIZATION 1,622.95 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONSTRUCTION .00 172.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS 41.39 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 247.92 580.00 .00 .00 .00 1,323.00 .00 .00 .00
DAM CONSTRUCTION (OTHER THAN UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS) 14.53 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLOW ALTERATIONS FROM WATER DIVERSIONS 336.64 219.00 .00 .00 .00 4,081.00 .00 .00 .00
HABITAT MODIFICATION (OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION) 1,075.24 .00 .00 .00 .00 853.00 .00 .00 .00
HYDROMODIFICATION 1,518.25 .00 .00 .00 .00 6,497.00 .00 .00 .00
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS/HOOK-UPS TO STORM SEWERS 1.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 39.61 .00 .00 .00 .00 140.00 .00 .00 .00
INTENSIVE ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS 316.48 .00 .00 .00 .00 917.00 .00 .00 .00
INTERNAL NUTRIENT RECYCLING .00 64,137.00 .00 .00 .00 1,067.00 .00 .00 .00
LAND DISPOSAL 3.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 491.77 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOSS OF RIPARIAN HABITAT 512.89 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUNICIPAL (URBANIZED HIGH DENSITY AREA) 27.31 319.00 .00 .00 .00 247.00 .00 .00 .00
MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 216.78 148.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NATURAL SOURCES 671.28 29,676.00 .00 .00 .00 29,018.00 .00 .00 .00
NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 6,432.00 .00 .00 .00
ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENCENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 8.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER 53.96 812.00 .00 .00 .00 15.00 .00 .00 .00
PASTURE GRAZING - RIPARIAN 604.43 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PASTURE GRAZING - RIPARIAN AND/OR UPLAND 68.28 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RANGELAND GRAZING 25.85 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES 3.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RESOURCE EXTRACTION 45.89 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION .00 51,077.00 .00 .00 .00 965.00 .00 .00 .00
SOURCE UNKNOWN 2,069.65 23,134.00 .00 .00 .00 3,892.00 .00 .00 .00
SPILLS FROM TRUCKS OR TRAINS 177.33 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 1,182.43 .00 .00 .00 .00 13,159.00 .00 .00 .00
SURFACE MINING 21.69 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPSTREAM IMPOUNDMENTS (E.G., PL-566 NRCS STRUCTURES) 6.19 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

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