Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2.
INTRODUCTION
2.1
Resource Description
2.2
Stream Listings
2.3
Planning Authority
2.4
Public Participation
3.
WATERSHED ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONS

3.1
Subwatershed Characterizations
3.1.1 Lower Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed
3.1.2 Dutch Creek Subwatershed
3.1.3 Middle Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed
3.1.4 Upper Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed
3.2
Water Quality Summary
4.
POLLUTANT LOADS AND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION

4.1
Estimated Load Reductions
4.2
Impaired Segments and Critical Areas
4.3
Potential Pollutant Sources
12
5.
WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1
NPS Management Measures/Action items
5.1.1 Watershed Plan Implementation
5.1.2 Water Quality
5.1.3 Awareness and Education
5.2
Technical and Financial Assistance
5.3
Information and Education
16
6.
SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION

6.1
Implementation schedule
6.2
Interim milestones
23
7.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN

7.1
Criteria for Evaluation
7.1
Monitoring Plan
26
8.
REFERENCES CITED
28
APPENDICES
Appendix A. Maps
Appendix B. Load Duration Curves and Methodology
Appendix C. Summary of 2007-2008 Water Quality Data
Sheridan County Conservation District

Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan, July 2009
1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Prairie Dog Creek watershed consists of approximately 231,000 acres (360 square miles)
located in central Sheridan County, in north-central Wyoming. Prairie Dog Creek originates in
the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains near Moncreiffe Ridge, northwest of Story, Wyoming.
This ridge is located in the southwest corner of the watershed, less than a mile above the
headwaters of Prairie Dog Creek. The stream flows east until the confluence with Jenks Creek,
where it turns north until it enters the Tongue River near the Montana border. Major tributaries
to Prairie Dog Creek include Meade, Jenks, SR, Jim, Arkansas, Coutant, Wildcat, and Dutch
Creeks. Most of these streams are ephemeral throughout much of their length. Stream flow in
Jenks Creek and Meade Creek is augmented during the irrigation season by trans-basin
diversions from the Piney Creek drainage. Jenks Creek was likely a steep ephemeral draw until
the late 1800s, at which time trans-basin diversions were constructed to divert water from the
North and South Forks of Piney Creek through three tunnels located on the northern side of the
present community of Story. The ridge through which the tunnels were constructed is known as
Tunnel Hill. During the irrigation season, as much as 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) can be
diverted from the Piney Creek drainage into Prairie Dog Creek.
When levels of a pollutant, such as bacteria, exceed water quality standards, the stream is
considered impaired and states are required by the Clean Water Act to establish a Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for that pollutant. In 2004, Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality listed the entire length of Prairie Dog Creek on the 303 (d) list of
waterbodies for fecal coliform impairments related to recreational uses. This came as a
result of WDEQ monitoring in July 2003 (WDEQ, 2003). In 2007, the Sheridan County
Conservation District (SCCD) in partnership with the USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) initiated a watershed assessment and planning effort on the
Prairie Dog Creek Watershed. The Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Group (PDWG),
including landowners and residents, used the information collected in the assessment and
local knowledge of the watershed to develop the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan. The
two-year assessment provided water quality data to calculate the initial load estimates and
load reductions included in the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan.
Subwatershed divisions within the Prairie Dog Creek watershed were made based upon
boundaries defined by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). SCCD used the
smallest of the HUC divisions, the 12 digit HUCs or 6th level subwatershed divisions, to
characterize the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed. The Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan
includes four subwatersheds; Upper Prairie Dog Creek, Middle Prairie Dog Creek, Lower
Prairie Dog Creek, and Dutch Creek.
Overall, water quality data from the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Assessment, indicated
that water quality in the Prairie Dog Creek watershed is good. The primary regulatory
concern is E. coli bacteria concentrations in excess of Wyoming Water Quality Standards
for primary contact recreation. To fully achieve the primary contact recreation standard,
bacteria levels would need to be reduced by over 50%. The PDWG did not feel this was
reasonably achievable, in the short term, and focused on the secondary contact standard
as a starting point. There is a limited amount of public land along the waterbodies and
recreational activities are infrequent. The PDWG developed this watershed plan to
reduce bacteria loads by 10% in the next five years.
The PDWG also recognized the limitations in the reduction estimates as presented. To
fully understand the dynamics of the watershed, especially for bacteria, many more years
of data, encompassing many different flow and climate conditions, are needed. The
PDWG will continue to adjust load and load reduction estimates as additional data are
collected.
The Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan includes 18 action items organized into three
broad categories: watershed plan implementation, water quality, and awareness and
education. Each action item has one or more interim milestones to enable the PDWG to
assess whether they are completing the action item as planned. The watershed plan also
includes provisions for additional bacteria and turbidity monitoring on a three year
rotation.
The action items include providing incentives for on-the-ground improvements,
information and education activities, and other activities. Each action item includes
information on the subwatershed priority, the entity responsible for the completion of the
activity, and the approximate amounts and potential sources of funding needed. The
subwatershed priority is to be used as a way to direct information/education activities and
as a tool for prioritization of projects when resources (funding and technical) are limited.
It is not intended to be used as a way to discourage improvement projects in other
subwatersheds. Any project will be considered based on its potential to benefit water
quality.
As implementation proceeds, some action items may not be necessary or may not be able
to be completed as planned, or there may be others items that have not yet been
considered. In addition, as more information becomes available, SCCD may need to
adjust load information and reduction estimates. Therefore, the plan needs to be dynamic
and ever-changing to meet the needs of current and future watershed issues.

2.
INTRODUCTION
2.1
Resource Description
The Prairie Dog Creek watershed consists of approximately 231,000 acres (360 square miles)
located in central Sheridan County, in north-central Wyoming (Appendix A). The watershed is
identified by hydrologic unit code (HUC) WYTR 10090101-020-2. Prairie Dog Creek originates
in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains near Moncreiffe Ridge, northwest of Story, Wyoming.
This ridge is located in the southwest corner of the watershed, less than a mile above the
headwaters of Prairie Dog Creek. The stream flows east until the confluence with Jenks Creek,
where it turns north until it enters the Tongue River near the Montana border. This is the lowest
point in the watershed at 3,435 feet. The total elevation difference is 3,086 feet over a distance of
approximately 26 miles (119 feet/mile, or 2.25%), sloping generally from south to north
(EnTech, 2001).
Major tributaries to Prairie Dog Creek include Meade, Jenks, SR, Jim, Arkansas, Coutant,
Wildcat, and Dutch Creeks. Most of these streams are ephemeral throughout much of
their length. Stream flow in Jenks Creek and Meade Creek is augmented during the
irrigation season by trans-basin diversions from the Piney Creek drainage. Jenks Creek
was likely a steep ephemeral draw until the late 1800s, at which time trans-basin
diversions were constructed to divert water from the North and South Forks of Piney
Creek through three tunnels located on the northern side of the present community of
Story. The ridge through which the tunnels were constructed is known as Tunnel Hill.
During the recreational season, as much as 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) can be diverted
from the Piney Creek drainage into Prairie Dog Creek. The additional flows resulting
from the trans-basin diversion are suspected to contribute to habitat and stream channel
degradation (Entech, 2001).
The upper reaches of the watershed lie within Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) 46
Northern Rocky Mountain Foothills (NRCS, 1986). The approximate lower two-thirds of the
watershed lie within MLRA 58B Northern Rolling High Plains (NRCS, 1986). Approximately
90% of the watershed is rangeland, with half in the 1519 Northern Plains Ecological Site
group and half in the 1014 Northern Plains Ecological Site group (NRCS, 1995). Soils range
from very deep loamy and clayey soils on alluvial fans, terraces, and floodplains (HaverdadZigweid-Nuncho grouping) to shallow and very shallow loamy soils on slopes up to 90% with
rock outcrops (Shingle-Kishona-Cambria grouping) (NRCS, 1986a).
Prairie Dog Creek is somewhat unique for Sheridan County in that it has no municipal
water uses or discharges. In 2007 there were two active Wyoming Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (WYPDES) storm water discharge permits within the Prairie Dog
Creek watershed, in addition to one active temporary discharge permit. The vast majority
of the WYPDES permits active in the Prairie Dog Creek watershed during 2007 were
coal-bed methane (CBM) discharges, numbering 322 permits. Few of these outfalls
discharge directly into Prairie Dog Creek. Most of the WYPDES CBM discharge
permits are first discharged into stockwater reservoirs, pits, or containment units, either
on- or off-channel, then into one of the often unnamed draws or streams that feed the
major Prairie Dog Creek tributaries: Coutant Creek, Dutch Creek, Dow Prong, Wildcat
Creek, Meade Creek, Murphy Gulch, Arkansas Creek, Wagner Prong, and Jenks Creek.
2.2
Stream Listings
When levels of a pollutant, such as bacteria, exceed water quality standards, the stream is
considered impaired and states are required by the Clean Water Act to establish a Total
Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for that pollutant. The TMDL specifies the amount of a
pollutant a waterbody can receive and still meet water quality standards (USEPA, 2008).
The TMDL also targets specific pollutant reductions by source.
In 1996, WDEQ listed Prairie Dog Creek on the 303(d) list of impaired water bodies as a
result of anecdotal evidence suggesting that the stream was only in partial support of its
aquatic life use for siltation, nutrients, flow, habitat, and salinity/total dissolved
solids/chlorides (WDEQ, 1996). However, Prairie Dog Creek was among several
waterbodies that were included in the 1998 303(d) list on Table E: 1996 303(d) Water
Requiring Further Monitoring (WDEQ, 1998).
In 2002, Prairie Dog Creek was listed on Table A of Wyomings 303(d) List of Waters
Requiring TMDLs for aesthetic drinking water impairments. This was due primarily to
elevated manganese concentrations. This listing came as a result of monitoring done by
the United States Geological Survey (USGS) at Station Number 06306250 near the
confluence with the Tongue River. While the concentrations indicated impairments for
aesthetic drinking water use (discoloration, taste, odor), the manganese concentrations
were not believed to pose a human health risk (WDEQ, 2002) and it was assigned a low
priority for TMDL development (WDEQ, 2002). WDEQ suspected the high manganese
concentrations resulted from the natural geology of the area; WDEQ may consider site
specific criteria for manganese in the future (WDEQ, 2004).
In 2004, the entire length of Prairie Dog Creek was placed on the 303 (d) List for fecal
coliform impairments related to recreational uses. This came as a result of WDEQ
monitoring in July 2003 (WDEQ, 2003). The watershed was assigned a high priority for
TMDL development because no local group had committed to develop a watershed plan
(WDEQ, 2004).
In 2007, the Sheridan County Conservation District (SCCD) in partnership with the
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) initiated a watershed assessment
and planning effort on the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed. The Prairie Dog Creek
Watershed Group (PDWG), including landowners and residents, used the information
collected in the assessment and local knowledge of the watershed to develop the Prairie
Dog Creek Watershed Plan. The two-year assessment provided baseline water quality
data to calculate the initial load estimates and load reductions included in the Prairie Dog
Creek Watershed Plan.

2.3
Planning Authority
Under Wyoming Statute 11-16-103 Legislative declarations and policy, the SCCD is to
provide for the conservation of the soil, and soil and water resources of this state,
and for the control and prevention of soil erosion and for flood prevention or the
conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and thereby to
stabilize ranching and farming operations, to preserve natural resources, protect
the tax base, control floods, prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs, preserve
wildlife, protect public lands, and protect and promote the health, safety and
general welfare of the people of this state.
Wyoming Statute 11-16-122 grants Conservation Districts the ability to

conduct surveys, investigations and research and disseminate information
relating to . . . the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water. . .
in cooperation with the government of this state or its agencies . . . [to] develop
comprehensive plans for . . . conservation of soil and water resources . . .[that]
specify in detail the acts, procedures, performances, and avoidances necessary or
desirable to carry out the plans [and to] make public the plans and information
and bring them to the attention of owners and occupiers of land within the
district.
In 1996, the Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts, the NRCS, and the
Wyoming Department of Agriculture saw an increasing need for Conservation Districts
to represent local interests and take the lead in watershed planning efforts. As a result
they developed the Watershed Strategic Plan, which was updated in 2000, to guide
watershed planning efforts across the state (WACD, 2000). This document insists that
any watershed effort led by a conservation district should be landowner driven . . . [and]
any participation on behalf of any landowner is strictly voluntary.
In addition, the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan meets the top priorities of the
Wyoming Non-Point Source Management Plan Update (WDEQ, 2000) by conducting an
assessment of the condition of surface water, implementing information and education
programs that encourage participation in voluntary efforts to prevent, reduce, and
eliminate pollution of the states water resources, and, through the involvement of the
PDWG and local landowners developing and implementing watershed management
plans.
By taking an active role in the planning process, the PDWG, SCCD, and NRCS have
adhered to this principle. The landowners followed the steps for watershed planning as
outlined in the Watershed Strategic Plan. They identified and prioritized concerns, set
goals and objectives, and outlined the activities they felt would achieve the objectives.
Included in the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan are elements to solicit funds,
implement the plan, and provide for periodic plan evaluation. This watershed plan was
written to include the nine essential elements of an EPA Watershed Based Plan as
described in the Thursday, October 23 Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 205.

2.4
Public Participation
The watershed assessment provided the foundation for the watershed planning and
improvement effort. During the assessment, landowners provide access for water quality
monitoring as well as information on the parameters and locations to be sampled and
other activities on the watershed. In 2007 and 2008, SCCD hosted public watershed
meetings to seek input for the assessment and to provide information on watershed
planning. Representatives from WDEQ attended the February 2008 meeting to discuss
components necessary for the plan to be approved by WDEQ and EPA.
Upon completion of the assessment, landowners participated in a series of meetings to
review monitoring results, identify additional concerns and objectives, and outline action
items to address the concerns. A considerable amount of time was spent discussing the
limited amount of data available and the load and reduction estimates. The PDWG is
committed to incorporating additional information into the watershed plan as it becomes
available. Participants reviewed drafts of the plan document as it was developed.
Finally, the group assigned approximate completion dates for the action items and tasks.
Participation was not limited to a formal, select steering committee. At the first meeting,
participants selected two co-chairs for the group. Meetings were open to the public and
anyone with an interest in the watershed was encouraged to participate. For the first
meeting, SCCD mailed information and agendas to all residents and landowners on the
watershed and advertised in local media. For subsequent meetings, information was
mailed to all landowners providing sampling access, all participants from previous
meetings, and anyone else that had expressed interest. Decisions were based on the
consensus of the participants in attendance and every section of the plan was subject to
change at any time during the process. Every meeting opened with revisiting the sections
of the plan that had previously been discussed or completed. This provided additional
opportunities for landowners to give feedback and/or suggest modifications.
In July 2009, a draft of the plan was submitted to WDEQ and opened for a 45 day public
comment period as required by the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act (W.S. 16-3101). Comments were incorporated into the document as appropriate and the PDWG
finalized the plan document in September 2009. Once approved by WDEQ, the plan will
be filed with the Sheridan County Clerk.

3.
WATERSHED ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONS
3.1
Subwatershed Characterizations
Subwatershed divisions within the Prairie Dog Creek watershed were made based upon
boundaries defined by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Each hydrologic
unit or drainage area is identified by a unique hydrologic unit code (HUC) that ranges
from 2-12 digits depending upon the level of division. HUC 2 regions would describe
major land areas and can further be divided into smaller and smaller areas. SCCD used
the smallest of the HUC divisions, the 12 digit HUCs or 6th level subwatershed divisions,
to characterize the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed. The Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan
includes four subwatersheds; Upper Prairie Dog Creek, Middle Prairie Dog Creek, Lower
Prairie Dog Creek, and Dutch Creek. Each subwatershed was described according to its
size, primary land ownership and land uses (Table 3.1).
Table 3.1 Summary of Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed Characterizations
Landuses2
SubSize
Tributaries Sample Ownership
watershed (acres)
sites1
Lower
32,000
Coutant
PD1
PD2
Dutch
119,000
PD3-T
Middle
40,000
Arkansas
SR
Dow Prong
Wager Prong
Wildcat
Upper
39,000
Meade
Murphy Gulch
Pompey
Jenks
PD3A
PD4-T
PD5
PD5A
PD6
PD7-T
PD7A
PD8
PD9
PD10
83% private
15% state
1.6% federal
76% private
23% state
1% federal
Rangeland (89%)
Irrigated Hayland (9%)
Residential (2%)
Rangeland (97%)
Dry Hayland (2%)
Residential (1%)
86% private
13.5% state
0.1% federal
Rangeland (73%)
Residential (7%)
79% private
20.5 % state
0.2% federal
Rangeland(80%)
Residential (8%)
Sample sites on tributaries are designated with a T; site PD11 is not included in a subwatershed, nor in the
watershed Plan, as it lies outside of the geographic boundary of the Prairie Dog Creek watershed. Site
PD11 was located on Prairie Dog Ditch within the community of Story, Wyoming to determine whether the
water diverted through Prairie Dog Ditch into Prairie Dog Creek was affecting water quality in Prairie Dog
Creek.
Land Use classification are estimated based on best available data and were based upon Sheridan County
Assessor parcels ownership data, aerial photos, and local knowledge. Residential land uses include land
parcels less than 40 acres in size. These areas may also be used for some small scale irrigated or
nonirrigated hay production and/or livestock production. Irrigated Hayland may also be used for late
season aftermath grazing and/or winter livestock feed grounds. Dry Hayland may also be used as improved
pasture land or may include aftermath grazing. Rangeland includes native rangeland and nonirrigated
improved pasture and is used primarily for livestock grazing, though may also include small areas used for
dryland hay production.

The Upper, Middle, and Lower Prairie Dog Creek Subwatersheds are the same as the
USGS HUC 12 subwatersheds (Appendix A). The Dutch Creek Subwatershed is a
combination of the Lower Dutch Creek, Upper Dutch Creek, Wagner Prong Dutch Creek,
and Dow Prong Creek USGS HUC 12 subwatersheds. These Dutch Creek subwatersheds
were combined because the only sample station included in the assessment was located at
the mouth of Dutch Creek (Lower Dutch Creek Subwatershed) and there was very little
water quality data in the other three subwatersheds, which lack significant perennial flow.
In addition, the Dutch Creek subwatersheds had similar land uses and vegetative cover.
3.1.1 Lower Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed
The Lower Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed is the northern-most area of the watershed,
and includes Coutant Creek and the more ephemeral tributaries below the Dutch Creek
confluence, encompassing approximately 50 square miles (approximately 32,000 acres).
This subwatershed includes the PD1 and PD2 water quality sample sites as well as the
USGS Gauging Station (Number 06306250) above the Tongue River confluence. Both
of these stations are located on Prairie Dog Creek.
The Lower Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed is approximately 83% private land, with
approximately 15% State of Wyoming land, and approximately 2% Federal land. The
subwatershed is primarily large rangeland parcels where the primary land use is cattle
grazing, with parcels greater than 100 acres making up 91% of the Lower Prairie Dog
Creek Subwatershed. Irrigated hayland, particularly along the stream courses, make up
approximately 9% of the Lower Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed, encompassing
approximately 2,750 acres. Rural residential housing, based on parcels less than 40 acres
in size, is estimated to be 2 to 3% of the land area.
3.1.2 Dutch Creek Subwatershed
The Dutch Creek Subwatershed includes the entire Dutch Creek watershed, including the
Lower Dutch Creek, Upper Dutch Creek, Wagner Prong Dutch Creek, and Dow Prong
Creek USGS HUC 12 subwatersheds. The Dutch Creek Subwatershed includes Arkansas
Creek, Dow Prong, and Wagner Prong, as well as their ephemeral tributaries, taking in
approximately 186 square miles (approximately 119,000 acres). This subwatershed
includes a single water quality sample site, the PD3 station on Dutch Creek above the
Prairie Dog Creek confluence.
The Dutch Creek Subwatershed is approximately 76% private land, with approximately
23% State of Wyoming land, and approximately 1% Federal land. The Dutch Creek
Subwatershed is almost exclusively large rangeland parcels where land use is devoted to
cattle grazing, with approximately 97% of parcels being larger than 100 acres. While
there is no significant amount of irrigated land in the Dutch Creek Subwatershed, there is
dryland hay production. The exact amount of land use for dryland hay is difficult to
quantify due to variability of production and grazing of stockpiled forage instead of
traditional haying, but is estimated to be 1 to 2% of the land area. Rural residential
housing comprises a very small percentage of land (~1%) of the land area, most of which
is concentrated along Wyoming Highway 336 in the northwest portion of the
subwatershed.
3.1.3 Middle Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed

The Middle Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed is the portion of the watershed from
immediately above the Dutch Creek confluence to below the Meade Creek confluence.
The Middle Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed includes Wildcat Creek and ephemeral
tributaries, and encompasses approximately 63 square miles (approximately 40,000
acres). This subwatershed includes the PD3A, PD4, PD5, PD5A, and PD6 water quality
sample sites, in addition to the USGS Gauging Station (Number 06306200) above the
Wildcat Creek confluence. All of the sample sites are located on Prairie Dog Creek, with
the exception of PD4, which is located on Wildcat Creek.
The Middle Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed is approximately 86% private land, with
approximately 14% State of Wyoming land, and less than 1% Federal land. The Middle
Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed is primarily large rangeland parcels with approximately
85% of parcels being larger than 100 acres where grazing is the primary land use.
Irrigated hayland, in the areas along the Prairie Dog Creek mainstem, Wildcat Creek and
the areas near the Prairie Dog Creek/Wildcat Creek confluence, makes up approximately
20% of the subwatershed, taking in approximately 8,000 acres. Rural residential housing,
particularly in areas near the City of Sheridan and along US Highway 14 and Wyoming
Highway 336, is estimated to be 7 to 8% of the land area.
3.1.4 Upper Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed
The Upper Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed includes the area below the Meade Creek
confluence to the Prairie Dog Creek headwaters near Moncreiffe Ridge, encompassing
approximately 61 square miles (approximately 39,000 acres). The Upper Prairie Dog
Creek Subwatershed includes Meade Creek, Pompey Creek, Murphy Gulch, Jenks Creek,
and ephemeral tributaries. This subwatershed includes the PD7, PD7A, PD8, PD9, PD10
water quality sample sites. All of the sites are located on Prairie Dog Creek, with the
exception of PD7, which is located on Meade Creek.
Though not hydrologically connected, the Upper Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed is also
influenced by the Piney Creek/Prairie Dog Ditch transbasin diversion, which joins Prairie
Dog Creek through Jenks Creek, adding as much as 100 cubic feet per second (cfs) to the
Prairie Dog Creek watershed during peak irrigation season. The PD 11 water quality
sample site was located at the Piney Creek/Prairie Dog Ditch Diversion flume in Story.
The Upper Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed is made up of approximately 79% private
land, approximately 21% State of Wyoming land, and less than 1% Federal land. The
area of the Upper Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed is a mix of large and small parcels.
The large parcels (greater than 100 acres) constitute approximately 80% of the land area,
but only 19% of the total number of parcels. The large parcels are primarily used for
cattle grazing. Irrigated hayland makes up approximately 12% (~4500 acres) of the
subwatershed, particularly in the lower portions along Meade Creek and Prairie Dog
Creek. Rural residential housing is concentrated along the roadways, including Interstate
90, and US Highways 14 and 87. Although estimated at only 8 to 9% of the land area,
the number of parcels less than 40 acres in size is 64.5% of the total number of parcels in
the subwatershed.
3.2
Water Quality Summary
Complete results and summary statistics for are available for each monitoring station in
the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Assessment Report (SCCD, 2009). Overall, water
quality data from the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Assessment, indicated that water
quality in the Prairie Dog Creek watershed is good. The primary regulatory concern is E.
coli bacteria concentrations in excess of Wyoming Water Quality Standards for primary
contact recreation. Although there are no numeric standards for sediment/turbidity,
Prairie Dog Creek contains high levels of sediment, which may contribute to bacteria
concerns. Water temperatures were recorded in excess of 20o C in portions of the
watershed. Dissolved manganese concentrations also exceeded the aesthetic drinking
water standard, though levels were not so high as to be of concern for human health or
aquatic life. The high concentration of manganese is presumed to be naturally occurring,
resulting from the geology of the Prairie Dog Creek watershed (WDEQ, 2002). Because
of the many factors affecting water temperature (weather, water quantity, channel
geometry, and turbidity), the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan will not attempt to
address this parameter directly. However, activities to address bacteria and sediment
concerns would also be expected to benefit water temperature.
E. coli samples were taken over seven 30 day periods in 2007 and 2008. Geometric means were
calculated for each 5 sample-30 day period. SCCD developed load duration curves for bacteria
loads for the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan (Appendix B). All sampled sites had at least one
30 day geometric mean that exceeded the Wyoming Water Quality Standard of 126 colony
forming units (cfu) per 100 mL, except the PD11 Piney Creek/Prairie Dog Ditch Diversion site
in Story, Wyoming (Appendix C). This site included water from the Piney Creek watershed
before it is diverted into the Prairie Dog Creek watershed. Overall, E. coli geometric means
were highest during July and August when air temperatures were highest. With the exception of
PD7 and PD9, samples collected in April 2008 had the lowest E. coli geometric means. This
may have been related to lower water temperatures or being collected prior to run-off periods.
While there was much variability in the E. coli geometric means both between sample sites and
between 30-day geometric mean sample periods, the highest geometric means on the Prairie Dog
Creek mainstem, occurred in the lower areas of the watershed. On four occasions the highest
geometric means were from sample sites in the middle reaches of Prairie Dog Creek The
uppermost Prairie Dog Creek site had the greatest number of 30 day geometric means in
compliance with the Water Quality Standard of any mainstem site. Four of seven geometric
means were below the 126 cfu/100 mL threshold.
Geometric means at the sampled tributary sites were also variable. The PD3 Dutch Creek site
returned the lowest geometric means of any tributary sample site, with four of seven 30 day
geometric means meeting the Wyoming Water Quality Standard. The PD11 Piney Creek/Prairie
Dog Ditch Diversion site had the best 30 day geometric means of any sampled site, with no
geometric mean from either year of the Watershed Assessment exceeding the Water Quality
Standard.
Combined water quality data from all the individual sample sites within a subwatershed
also helped to define the areas of greatest concern within the Prairie Dog Creek
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Watershed. The greatest exceedances of the Wyoming Water Quality Standard for E.
coli occurred in the Middle Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed with 80.0% of samples
exceeding the Standard. This pattern is similar to those observed in the Goose Creek and
Tongue River Watershed Assessments previously conducted by SCCD. The Upper
Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed had 76.1% of samples exceeding the Water Quality
Standard, followed by the Lower Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed with 72.1%. The
Dutch Creek Subwatershed had the lowest exceedances of the Wyoming Water Quality
Standard with 43.3% of samples exceeding the Standard, though to some degree this is
the result of a single sample site on the entire Dutch Creek Subwatershed and the lack of
significant flow or runoff from this area.

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4.
POLLUTANT LOADS AND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION
4.1
Estimated Load Reductions
The load duration curve method (Appendix B) was used in this plan both because of the
preference for its use in developing EPA Watershed Plans, but also for its ability to
quantify water quality parameters at varied flow regimes. This method is described in
further detail in Appendix B. SCCD relied on information and examples from An
Approach for Using Load Duration Curves in the Development of TMDLs (USEPA
2007). The primary limitation for using this method on the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed
is the limited amount of E. coli concentration data available. USEPA (2008) recognizes
that some TMDLs have been developed with a limited amount of data and recommends
developing TMDLs with the best available data (USEPA, 2008). While the Prairie
Dog Creek Watershed Plan is not a true TMDL, the load estimates and reduction
estimates were developed with the information available and will be revised in the future
as additional data is collected.
There are two years of monitoring data from the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed
Assessment and a few other samples, part of which are single sample instances that are
not useful in comparing to 5-sample/30 day period geometric means. The available E.
coli data allows for some characterization and estimates of the degree of impairment
relative to the Water Quality Standard, though the long term perspective is mostly
incomplete. However, the PDWG recognized that the method has some value and will
make adjustments as additional information becomes available. For this reason, it will be
necessary to gather additional E. coli concentration data, and adjust loading and reduction
estimates to reflect the long term understanding of the Prairie Dog Creek watershed. The
incorporation of new E. coli data will enable the PDWG to refocus load reduction efforts
in order to better address the observed patterns within the watershed.
A key benefit of the load duration curve is the visual representation it provides of the
relationship between stream flow and E. coli load capacity. By plotting actual measured
data against the water quality standard at a given flow rate, it is also possible to see in
what flow conditions most of the high E. coli values occur. This is the critical flow
condition. The critical flow conditions correspond to types of run-off and/or precipitation
scenarios and provide information about the pollutant sources (Table 4.1).
TABLE 4.1. Potential Load Sources Under Given Critical Flow Condition
Duration Curve Zone
Moist Condition
Mid-Range
Dry Condition
Flows
Flows
Flows
Point Source
M
On-site Wastewater (Septic) Systems
H
H
Riparian Areas
H
H
H
Upland Stormwater Runoff
H
M
Bank Erosion
M
Note: H: High Priority; M: Medium Priority
Adapted from An Approach for Using Load Duration Curves in the Development of TMDLs
(USEPA 2007).
Contributing Source Area

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Estimates of E. coli load reductions necessary to meet the Wyoming Water Quality
Standard for primary contact recreation of 126 cfu/100 mL plus a 10% margin of safety
(MOS) were completed for each sample site as well as for each subwatershed based on
2007 and 2008 sampled E. coli data (Table 4.2). These calculations were also completed
for the secondary contact recreation standard of 630 cfu/100 mL plus a 10% MOS (Table
4.3). For the purpose of this plan, the instantaneous load was converted to a daily load
and compared to the daily load at the water quality standards (USEPA, 2007), using the
following calculation:
E. Coli cfu/day = E. Coli cfu/100 ml * discharge ft3/s * 24,465,525 ml*s / ft3 *day.
The primary contact and secondary contact standards for the 5 day geometric means (126
and 630, respectively) were used rather than the single sample maximums identified in
Chapter 1, Wyoming Water Quality Standards (WDEQ, 2007). The single sample
maximums are to be used in advisory postings but not for the purpose of listing a water
body on the State 303(d) list or development of a TMDL or watershed plan (WDEQ,
2007). To include the 10% MOS, the values of 113 and 567 were used within the
calculations. The values presented are averages of all of the instantaneous samples
collected at each site at the flow conditions at the time of sample collection. All
negative reductions necessary were assumed to be zero reduction and thus, the
estimated reductions needed may be higher than the actual reduction needed.
Table 4.2 Summary of load reduction estimates and Critical Flow Conditions
necessary to meet primary contact recreation standards
Subwatershed
Lower
Dutch
Middle
Upper
average load
estimate (cfu/day)
281,242,168,436
7,426,599,079
309,592,519,569
250,509,274,863
average reduction
needed (cfu/day)
213,323,896,406
4,694,758,170
248,418,133,798
189,216,455,587
average percent
reduction needed
44.5%
29.4%
52.6%
51.7%
Critical Flow
Condition
Moist Condition
Moist Condition
Moist Condition
Mid range Condition
Table 4.3 Summary of load reduction estimates and Critical Flow Conditions
necessary to meet secondary contact recreation standards
Subwatershed
Lower
Dutch
Middle
Upper
average load
estimate (cfu/day)
281,242,168,436
7,426,599,079
309,592,519,569
250,509,274,863
average reduction
needed (cfu/day)
77,114,389,409
1,361,890,130
101,632,991,033
65,212,882,684
average percent
reduction needed
6.6%
6.4%
10.0%
9.2%
Critical Flow
Condition
Moist Condition
Dry Condition
Moist Condition
Mid range Condition
4.2
Impaired Segments and Critical Areas
Prairie Dog Creek was included on the list of impaired waterbodies in 2004 for E. coli
bacteria (WDEQ, 2004). This listing described the impaired reaches as Prairie Dog
Creek above lower reach and listed 50.3 stream miles as impaired, essentially
implicating the entire watershed as impaired for E. coli bacteria.

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Sampled E. coli and flow data were used in identifying Critical Flow Conditions for each
sample site (USEPA 2007). This identification assisted in assessing potential source
categories and in determining mitigation efforts that may have greatest effect in
effectively reducing E. coli bacteria load in watershed streams.
The Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Assessment found that E. coli bacteria concentrations
were generally highest in the middle portions of the watershed. Despite this, lower
reaches of Prairie Dog Creek as well as reaches in the upper portion of the watershed also
exceeded the water quality standard on multiple occasions. Together these data
suggested that the critical areas existed primarily in the middle areas of the watershed.
Areas of secondary importance include the lower reaches of the watershed, as well as the
lower reaches of the upper watershed. From these determinations, priority reaches for E.
coli bacteria load reduction were established to first address the areas of the watershed in
greatest need for mitigation efforts. Areas of secondary priority were also established to
reflect the need for E. coli load reduction in those areas as well, though less acutely than
the high priority areas (Appendix A).
4.3 Potential Pollutant Sources
Septic Systems. Septic systems have the potential to contribute E. coli bacteria and other
pollutants to the stream courses in the watershed. Potential contributing septic systems
are those that discharge directly into Prairie Dog Creek or tributaries, those that are
improperly installed due to insufficient size or treatment capacity (leachfield too small,
system overloads treatment media), inadequate or antiquated design (systems lacking
leachfields, septic system smaller that needed for present demand), poorly or improperly
installed (leachfield not on grade, leachfield above tank elevation, system installed in
flood prone area), or systems installed that have interface with seasonal groundwater or
subterranean flows.
Domestic animals, and livestock. Animal wastes from domestic animals and livestock
can contribute E. coli bacteria through direct discharges (water gaps, etc) or through runoff from corrals or feed grounds. Areas adjacent to stream courses as well as upland
areas are potential source areas. Extended livestock occupation on areas adjacent to
streams, especially those without vegetative buffer areas, stock water gaps, corrals and
concentrating areas with inadequate runoff mitigation, winter feed areas, and upland
livestock occupation in areas with significant runoff can all potentially be sources or
contributors of E. coli to the watersheds streams.
Wildlife. The Prairie Dog Creek watershed is home to a variety of large and small
mammals and birds, including waterfowl. As warm-blooded animals, wildlife can also
be potential contributors of E. coli bacteria. Riparian areas frequently offer the greatest
amount of habitat and food for wildlife and thus, much of a watersheds wildlife
habitation occurs in close proximity to streams.
Sediment. Though not completely understood, there is some indication that sediment can
affect bacteria levels in stream channels. Sediment can trap heat, which can improve
reproductive conditions for bacteria in the water column. There is some evidence that
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bacteria can survive longer in the bottom sediments of the channel. Rangeland studies in
Idaho have shown that E. coli concentrations can be 2 to 760 times greater in bottom
sediment than in the water column (Stephenson and Rychert, 1982). SCCD observed up
to 3-fold increases in fecal coliform bacteria when disturbing the bed sediment on the
Goose Creek watershed in Sheridan County (SCCD, 2003). Although Prairie Dog Creek
is not currently listed for sediment or turbidity, the SCCD and PDWG considers sediment
to be a contributing factor to bacteria levels in Prairie Dog Creek.
Streambank erosion is the most immediate source of in-stream sediment. This can result
from unstable streambanks due to natural changes in channel alignment, removal of
riparian vegetation, excessive livestock occupation, and manipulation of stream channels
by humans. Resuspension of in-channel sediment is also a source of sediment, and can
be a result of natural or human induced events. Heavy storm or snowmelt runoff,
augmentation of streamflow beyond its natural capacity, disturbance of channel bed
material, and natural changes in channel shape or alignment can all result in resuspension
of in-channel sediment. The watershed contains roads, construction areas and homesites,
and limited amounts of dry cropland, which may become sediment sources during certain
high run-off periods.
Irrigation. Irrigation waste water and irrigation induced runoff can also be a contributor
of sediment to streams. This can be the result of inefficient irrigation systems, poorly
managed irrigation systems (excessive application, improper timing, or inadequate
experience), lands that are difficult to adequately water with present irrigation systems, or
the failure of irrigation conveyances or watering equipment. These irrigation systems can
also transport bacteria and other pollutants through overland run-off in areas where
animal waste is present.
Contributions from septic systems, domestic animals, and irrigation return flows can
come from large acreages as well as smaller parcels. As with many areas of Sheridan
County, the Prairie Dog Creek watershed continues to grow. Some of these small
acreage landowners also have full-time jobs and have limited experience related to
agriculture or managing the land. This is made even more difficult through the smaller
land-units; there is not enough space to properly manage grazing or provide enough
forage for even a small number of animals. While small acreages are not being
considered a separate category with separate programs, the PDWG recognizes that some
special efforts will be needed to educate small acreage landowners about the issues and
opportunities for improvement.

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5.
WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 NPS Measures/Action items

This section describes several factors that have been organized into broad categories that
may be directly or indirectly responsible for affecting the overall health of the Prairie
Dog Creek watershed. For each of the concerns identified, the PDWG developed
objectives and action items. The action items include providing incentives for on-theground improvements, information and education activities, and other activities. Each
action item includes information on the subwatershed priority, who is responsible for the
completion of the activity, and the approximate amounts and sources of funding needed.
The subwatershed priority is to be used as a way to direct information/education activities
and as a tool for prioritization of projects when resources (funding and technical) are
limited. It is not intended to be used as a way to discourage improvement projects in
other subwatersheds. Any project will be considered based on its potential to benefit
water quality.
It is difficult to quantify strong positive correlations between individual improvement
projects, practices, or educational activities and water quality improvements in the short
term. Because the bacteria impairments on the watershed are the result of a combination
of sources, including humans, domestic animals, and wildlife, it is impossible to address
the impairments by focusing on a single source. For tangible improvements in water
quality, it is necessary to address as many potential contributors as possible. This is best
accomplished through an incentive-based, voluntary program that encourages widespread
cooperation and participation from landowners and residents. The education that comes
from individual projects may do more, in the long term, than short term monitoring can
demonstrate.
To fully achieve the primary contact recreation standard, bacteria levels would need to be
reduced by over 50%. The PDWG did not feel this was reasonably achievable, in the
short term, and focused on the secondary contact standard as a starting point. There is a
limited amount of public land along the waterbodies and recreational activities are
infrequent. The PDWG developed this watershed plan to reduce bacteria loads by 10%
in the next five years.
The PDWG also recognized the limitations in the reduction estimates as presented. To
fully understand the dynamics of the watershed, especially for bacteria, many more years
of data, encompassing many different flow and climate conditions, are needed. The
PDWG will continue to adjust load and load reduction estimates as additional data are
collected. At some point in the future, it may also be necessary to consider the standards
and whether they are appropriate for the watershed. This would require careful
coordination with WDEQ, USEPA, and other entities on the watershed.

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5.1.1 Watershed Plan Implementation

The PDWG and SCCD intend to implement the action items contained within this plan.
However, SCCD and the USDA NRCS have been impacted by reductions in staffing and
limited personnel resources. Full implementation of this watershed plan will require
coordination with and assistance from other resources, such as County government and
University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension, and the private sector. Establishing and
maintaining partnerships with these outside entities will be needed to provide technical
assistance and/or engineering services for projects and conservation planning.
As implementation proceeds, some action items may not be necessary or may not be able
to be completed as planned, or there may be others items that have not yet been
considered. In addition, as more information becomes available, SCCD may need to
adjust load information and reduction estimates. Therefore, the plan needs to be dynamic
and ever-changing to meet the needs of current and future watershed issues.
Objective: Maintain a viable watershed improvement program for the Prairie Dog
Creek watershed.
Action 1. Maintain an on-going, active, steering committee to provide leadership and
project oversight.
Subwatershed priority: All
Responsible party: PDWG, SCCD, NRCS
Funding needed: $5000
Potential funding sources: Section 319 of Clean Water Act
Action 2. Conduct interim monitoring, at least every 3 years, to evaluate long-term
trends in water quality and determine whether changes to load estimates and reductions
are needed.
Responsible party: SCCD with assistance from NRCS
Funding needed: $30,000
Action 3. Review and update (if necessary) the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Plan
annually.
Action 4. Identify ways to improve delivery for cost-share programs offered through the
SCCD to encourage participation and ensure funds continue to be directed appropriately.
Funding needed:: $1000
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5.1.2 Water Quality

The PDWG and SCCD recognize levels of bacteria are a concern from a regulatory and
human health standpoint and are committed to reducing contributions of bacteria from
various sources in the watershed using a voluntary, incentive-based program. Whether or
not Wyoming Water Quality Standards are attainable, there is room for improvement.
Bacteria contributions in the watershed come from non-point pollutant sources; there are
no municipal point sources in the watershed. These non-point sources of bacteria include
septic systems, small and large livestock operations (though no permitted operations),
and wildlife. In 2007 there were two active Wyoming Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (WYPDES) storm water discharge permits within the Prairie Dog Creek
watershed, in addition to one active temporary discharge permit. Other WYPDES
permits for CBM Discharges, few of which discharge water directly into Prairie Dog
Creek, are not considered bacteria sources, but may contribute small quantities of
sediment or other constituents. Although not a concern from a regulatory standpoint,
sediment was identified as a concern on the watershed. Prairie Dog Creek, as many of
the waterbodies in Sheridan County, has been subject to years of physical and hydrologic
modification. During the irrigation season, as much as 100 cfs can be diverted from the
Piney Creek drainage into Prairie Dog Creek. These additional flows and the resulting
channel instability and bank erosion contribute sediment. Other potential sediment
sources include seasonal run-off and irrigation returns. Because of the potential
relationship between sediment and bacteria levels, the PDWG will also address sources
of sediment, where appropriate.
Objective. Reduce bacteria contributions 10% by 2014 (five years).
Action 5. Provide financial and technical assistance to replace/repair 5 septic systems
that affect water quality through direct discharge to Prairie Dog Creek or tributaries or
through indirect discharge through poor soils or seasonal groundwater interaction (Note:
systems must meet eligibility requirements as directed by the Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality).
Subwatershed priority: Upper and Middle
Responsible party: SCCD
Potential funding sources: Section 319 of Clean Water Act, Wyoming
Department of Agriculture, and landowner match
Action 6. Evaluate/Research alternative wastewater treatment technologies such as
cluster systems that may be appropriate in more densely populated areas
Subwatershed priority: Upper
Department of Agriculture, local in-kind

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Action 7. Provide financial and technical assistance to relocate facilities (e.g. corrals,
winter feed-grounds), improve run-off management, improve grazing management,
and/or provide off-channel stock water on 5 livestock operations.
Subwatershed priority: Middle and Upper
Department of Agriculture, USDA-EQIP, and landowner match
Objective. Reduce sediment contributions from within the stream channels.
Action 8. Identify reaches where bank stabilization efforts may be successful in
returning a more natural hydrologic function to the system
Department of Agriculture
Action 9. Provide technical and financial assistance to stabilize and protect streambanks
and/or repair/replace irrigation diversions to eliminate the need for in-channel, push-up
dams/structures, and annual channel disturbance.
Subwatershed priority: Contingent upon Action 8
Funding needed: Unknown, contingent upon Action 8
Potential funding sources: To be determined
Objective. Reduce sediment contributions from stormwater/seasonal run-off
and/or irrigation run-off
Action 10. Provide technical and financial assistance to improve vegetative density,
diversity, and health in riparian corridors in 10 locations to reduce run-off, improve
filtering and infiltration capacity, and increase shade.
Subwatershed priority: Middle, Lower, Upper, Dutch
Potential funding sources: Section 319 of Clean Water Act, USDA-EQIP,
Wyoming Department of Agriculture, landowner
Action 11. Provide technical and financial assistance to improve irrigation system
efficiency on 5 systems.
Subwatershed priority: Middle, Lower, Upper, Dutch
Department of Agriculture, USDA-EQIP, landowner
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5.1.3 Awareness and Education

For a watershed improvement effort to be successful in the long term, there must be
watershed-wide support and participation. A watershed program must include not only
education on potential watershed impacts, but also awareness of the watershed
improvement effort itself, including opportunities for improvement. Successful
improvement projects are the most effective way to encourage additional participation;
however, without an understanding of the issues and opportunities, people will not be
motivated to participate. Many people may not be interested in or qualify for financial
assistance programs; education activities can ensure they are aware of the potential
impacts and of practical solutions they can do on their own.
As with many areas of Sheridan County and Wyoming, the Prairie Dog Creek Watershed
is seeing continued growth and development and an increase in the amount of small
acreage landowners. These smaller acreages are more difficult to manage, especially for
those with limited experience in land management and irrigation practices. The small
acreage does not have sufficient space for grazing distribution. Small acreage
subdivisions can result in a high density of septic systems. There is little room to
disperse and filter run-off or excess irrigation water, prior to entering the stream channel.
An awareness and education campaign will be critical for reaching these landowners.
Objective. Increase awareness and encourage participation in the watershed
improvement effort.
Action 12. Develop and maintain a Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Progress Register that
documents completed improvement projects and other activities to demonstrate progress
in the short-term and to identify where additional work is needed.
Action 13. Develop and distribute an annual watershed newsletter to promote
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Objective. Increase awareness and understanding about water quality impacts and
relationships among water quality parameters.
Action 14. Provide information on Wyoming water quality standards (primary and
secondary contact) and the relationship among water quality parameters (e.g. bacteria,
sediment, flow, temperature, etc.
Action 15. Provide information and education to small acreage landowners on water
quality and land management principles.
Subwatershed priority: Upper, Middle, Lower, and Dutch
Potential funding sources: from Section 319 of Clean Water Act, Wyoming
Action 16. Provide information and education on potential impacts from and
improvement opportunities for septic systems, domestic animals, and wildlife.
Subwatershed priority: Upper, Middle, Lower, and Dutch
Action 17. Provide information and education about the importance of maintaining
natural stream channels, the potential negative effects of improper streambed
manipulation, and the potential regulatory impacts of performing non-permitted stream
channel construction.
Action 18. Provide information and education on the benefits of riparian
buffers/management and water-use practices, efficiency, for addressing impacts from
stormwater and/or irrigation run-off.
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5.2
Technical and Financial Assistance
The estimated amount needed to implement this plan is $511,500 over the next five years.
This is based on cost estimates of previous projects completed. The SCCD currently has
a grant through section 319 of the Clean Water Act for $449,310 to be used on the Prairie
Dog Creek, Tongue River, and Goose Creek watersheds. Additional funding will have to
be secured, either through additional 319 grants, landowner match or other sources to
fully implement this plan. Additional funding sources may include:
Grants from the US EPA/WDEQ through section 319 of the Clean Water Act;
Grants from the Wyoming Department of Agriculture;
USDA Program Funds, including Environmental Quality Incentives Program
(EQIP), Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), Agriculture Management Assistance
(AMA), and Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP);
Grants from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Fish Passage Program;
Grants from the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust; and
Local assistance and appropriations from Sheridan County, City of Sheridan,
Sheridan County Weed and Pest, and others.
No single funding source is perfectly suited for each project or activity. A combination
of funds makes projects more feasible for landowners and encourages additional
participation. Federal and State grants can fund components that are not eligible for
funding through USDA program funds and vice versa. Grants administered through
SCCD can be more flexible, especially in terms of projects that do not fit within sign-up
dates/timelines of USDA programs. State and Local grants and appropriations, as well
as contributions from landowners, provide the non-federal match necessary for the
federal grant funds provided through US EPA and WDEQ.
The amount of funding available for improvement projects or watershed programs is
typically not the limiting factor in Sheridan County. SCCD-NRCS has been able to
secure funding for most, if not all, eligible projects. The biggest shortfall in local
watershed improvement efforts is the lack of technical assistance to initiate and complete
projects in a timely manner. Regulatory programs and permitting processes are
necessary; however, they do not provide the technical expertise and support to complete a
project. The SCCD and NRCS have tried to fill this void, but do not always have the
resources to do so. There is a need for on-the-ground planning and other assistance to
landowners and homeowners.
5.3
Information and Education
The most effective strategy to encourage participation is the neighbor-neighbor
discussions that occur after successful completion of a project. For this to occur,
however, SCCD and PDWG need to be able to generate enough interest and awareness
about the programs and watershed issues. SCCD will continue to use a combination of
efforts to publicize the program and encourage participation. The Prairie Dog Watershed
Plan includes a variety of information and education activities that have been successful
on other Sheridan County watersheds, including information on SCCDs website and
watershed newsletters that provide information on water quality impacts and
improvement opportunities.
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6.
SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION
6.1
Implementation Schedule
The PDWG has developed this plan to achieve a 10% reduction in bacteria levels in a
five year period. This 10% estimated reduction is necessary for waterbodies to meet
secondary contact recreation standard for the State of Wyoming. The PDWG developed
a timeline for completion of the action items needed to meet this goal (Table 6.1).
6.2
Interim Milestones
Because water quality changes may not be a useful indicator of progress in the short term,
the PDWG developed interim milestones or tasks to be completed and assessed for each
action item (Table 6.1). The process for evaluating progress is described in section 7.
Table 6.1 Milestone Table
Objective: Maintain a viable watershed improvement program for the Prairie
Dog Creek watershed.
Action Item/Interim Item
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Action 1. Maintain committee
annual meetings
Action 2. Interim water quality monitoring
monitoring plan
sample collection
data report
Action 3. Review/update plan
track interim milestones
update/renew plan
Action 4. Improve delivery of programs
evaluate application process
identify difficulties/shortfalls
identify technical assistance options
Feb
Feb
Feb
Feb
Jan
May
Oct
Feb
Feb
Feb
Jan
May
Oct
Feb
Feb
Feb
Dec
Jan
Jan
Jan
Objective: Reduce bacteria contributions 10% by 2014.

Action 5. Replace/repair septic systems
evaluate/restructure program
replacements per year
reduction in bacteria contributions
Action 6. Evaluate wastewater treatment options
list of possibilities with information
meet with County Public Works Engineers
Action 7. Relocate/improve livestock facilities
projects initiated/completed per year
reduction in bacteria contributions

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Jan
1
1
2%
1
3%
1
2%
1
3%
Jan
Mar
1
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Table 6.1(continued). Milestone Table

Objective: Reduce sediment contributions from within the stream channels.
2010
Action 8. Identify areas

evaluate previous/existing requests for assistance
assess soils and channel characteristics
Action 9. Stream projects
projects -contingent on Action Item 8
2011
2012
2013
2014
Cont
Cont
Cont
Mar
Aug
Objective: Reduce sediment contributions from stormwater/seasonal run-off

and/or irrigation run-off.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Action 10. Riparian Buffers
projects initiated/completed
Action 11. Irrigation upgrades
projects initiated/completed
Objective: Increase awareness and encourage participation in the Prairie Dog

Creek watershed effort.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Action 12. Progress register
develop GIS layer
review for areas that need more work
update annually with new projects
Action 13. Annual Newsletter
develop template/format
distribute to watershed residents

Jan
Feb
Mar
Feb
Mar
Feb
Mar
Feb
Mar
Feb
Mar
Jan
July
July
July
July
July
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Table 6.1 (continued) Milestone Table

Objective: Increase awareness and understanding about water quality impacts
and relationships among water quality parameters.
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Action 14. Information on water quality standards
information to committee
standards/water quality info in newsletter
Action 15. Information to small acreage owners
explore partnership with Cooperative Extension
survey interest in Barnyards and Backyards
host small acreage management workshop
consider separate mailing to small acreage owners
consider brochure on horse management
Action 16. Information on bacteria impacts
initiate watershed column in Sheridan Press
develop/distribute Streamside Stewardship Booklet
Streamside stewardship workshop
overall impacts topic in newsletter/column
septic system topics in newsletter/column
domestic animals/pet topics in newsletter/column
horse/livestock management topic in newsletter
manure management topic in newsletter
wildlife feeding/concentration topic in newsletter
Action 17. Information on stream channels
host streamside stewardship workshop
streambank discussion in newsletter
Action 18. Information on run-off management
host streamside stewardship workshop
riparian buffers topic in newsletter
irrigation management topic in newsletter

Feb
July
Jan
Feb
April
Feb
Feb
Jan
Jan
Aug
April
July
July
July
July
July
July
Jan
April
July
Jan
April
July
July
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7.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN
7.1 Criteria for evaluation

While water quality changes may not be observed in the short term, the PDWG will
review progress towards plan completion and meeting water quality standards in a variety
of ways.
The PDWG will meet annually and review the action items and interim milestones in the
watershed plan. If planned tasks or interim milestones have not been completed, the
PDWG will discuss the reasons and take one of the following actions:
a) extend the action item or milestone into the next year or adjust the timing;
b) abandon the action item or milestone completely if not possible or practical; or
c) modify the action item or milestone so it can be completed.
The PDWG will track the types and number of improvement projects being requested,
initiated, and/or completed, annually during the review of the watershed plan. If the
desired numbers/types of projects are not being requested/completed, the PDWG will
discuss the reasons and take one of the following actions:
a) if the types of projects are not being requested, the group may consider
additional information and education;
b) if the types of projects are not being requested, but the group feels that enough
information and education has been completed, the group may consider adjusting
the numbers to something more reasonable; or
c) if the types of projects are being requested but not initiated or completed in a
timely manner, the group will consider whether it is from a lack of technical or
financial assistance and look for sources to fill the gaps.
The PDWG will collect additional water quality samples during the implementation of
this plan. To achieve a 10% reduction in 5 years, the PDWG would expect to see a
minimum 4% reduction after the monitoring in 2011. If this reduction is not observed,
the PDWG will take one of the following actions:
a) increase the number of improvement projects in areas not meeting the goals,
which may require additional information and education; or
b) adjust the percent reduction expected and/or load estimates.
If minor modifications are needed, the PDWG will make the changes and notify
watershed residents, landowners, and WDEQ. Minor modifications include adjusting the
number of projects, information and education activities, and changes to the schedule
within the 5 year timeline. If changes are more extensive, such as changes to the loads
and reduction estimates, potential sources, and the overall timeline, the revised plan will
be subject to the 45 day public comment period and submitted to WDEQ for approval.
7.2 Monitoring Plan
The PDWG recognized that it may be several years before any changes in water quality
can be observed, especially with the limited data presently available and the limitations in
the reduction estimates as presented. To fully understand the dynamics of the watershed,
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especially for bacteria, many more years of data, encompassing many different flow and
climate conditions, are needed. The PDWG will continue to adjust load and load
reduction estimates as additional data are collected. Continued monitoring will also
enable the PDWG to evaluate long term trends in water quality. Current SCCD resources
can sustain monitoring on a three year rotation, with monitoring scheduled for 2011 and
2014. This interim monitoring will focus on bacteria, turbidity, macroinvertebrates, and
field parameters (discharge, pH, conductivity, DO and temperature). Prior to each
monitoring season, SCCD will develop a detailed Sampling Analysis Plan (SAP). This
SAP will be based upon the SAP approved by WDEQ for the assessment. The SAP will
be modified to reflect the parameters to be sampled and the sampling schedule.

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8.
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Sheridan County Conservation District. 2003. Goose Creek Watershed Assessment 2001-2002 Final Report.
Sheridan, WY.
Sheridan County Conservation District. 2009. 2007-2008 Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Assessment Final Report.
Sheridan, WY.
Stephenson, G.R. and R.C. Rhychert. 1982. Bottom Sediment: A Reservoir of Escherichia coli in Rangeland
Streams. Journal of Range Management. 35:119-123.
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Area, WY.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. 1995. Map of precipitation zones for
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Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds. Washington, D.C.
Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts, 2000. Watershed Strategic Plan. Cheyenne, WY.
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, 1996. Wyomings 1996 305(b) report and 1996 303(d) List of
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Surface Water Quality Standards. Cheyenne, WY.

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APPENDICES

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APPENDIX A
MAPS

APPENDIX B
LOAD DURATION CURVES

APPENDIX C
2007-2008 WATER QUALITY DATA COLLECTED BY

THE SHERIDAN COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT

Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Priority Reaches

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Load Duration Curve Methodology

The load duration curve methodology was used in this plan both because of the
preference for its use in developing EPA Watershed Plans, but also for its ability to
quantify water quality parameters at varied flow regimes. A key benefit of this method is
the visual representation it provides of the relationship between stream flow and E. coli
load capacity. Methodologies for the development of load duration curves used in
developing this Watershed Plan are provided in An Approach for Using Load Duration
Curves in the Development of TMDLs (USEPA 2007).
Flow Duration Curve. The load duration curve methodology begins with the
development of a flow duration curve for each water quality sample site. This graph
plots stream flow in cubic feet per second (cfs) on the vertical y axis, against a ranked
flow percentage on the horizontal x axis. The ranked flow percentage was derived from
the measured stream flows ranked highest to lowest, by dividing an individual rank by
the total number of ranked measured flows, to create a percentage of the time that the
stream flow exceeded a given measurement. Thus, a ranked flow percentage of 0 would
indicate that 0 percent of the measured flow exceeded this measurement, and a ranked
flow percentage of 100 would indicate than 100 percent of the measured flow exceeded
this measurement.
Figure C.1 Flow Duration Curve for PD8 Prairie Dog Creek Sample Site
Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Assessment
Flow Duration Curve at PD8 Site
2007-2008 Data
180.00
Flow in Cubic Feet per Second (cfs)
160.00
140.00
120.00
100.00
80.00
60.00
40.00
20.00
0.00
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent of Flows Exceeded

Percent of Flow Exceeded

B-1
Load Duration Curve. From the flow duration curve, a load duration curve was
developed to quantify the allowable E. coli load under the state water quality standard.
The load duration curve is developed in the same way as the flow duration curve, plotting
the ranked flow percentage on the horizontal x axis, and the water quality standards
allowable E. coli load on the vertical y axis. The values for the water quality standards
allowable E. coli load is determined using the water quality standard of 126 (for primary
contact recreation) or 630 (for secondary contact recreation) colony forming units (cfu)
multiplied by the flow in cubic feet per second (cfs) multiplied by a conversion factor
that converts the water quality standard measured into a daily load.
Figure C.2 Load Duration Curve for PD3 Dutch Creek Sample Site
Dutch Creek Load Duration Curve at PD3 Site
2007-2008 Flow Data
1.4E+13
E. coli Load (cfu/day
1.2E+13
1E+13
8E+12
6E+12
Primary
Recreation
Contact Standard
(126 cfu/100 mL)
4E+12
2E+12
Secondary Recreation
Contact Standard
(630 cfu/100 mL)
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percent of Days Flows Exceeded

Water Quality Standard (126 cfu/100 mL)
Secondary Contact Standard (630 cfu/100 mL)
Measured pollutant loads. The load duration curve becomes most useful in determining
the state of the existing E. coli load in a stream when the E. coli load measured is plotted
on the load duration curve graph. This allows for a visual representation of both the
water quality standard as well as the actual existing E. coli measurement at the time the
sample was taken. Those samples where the actual E. coli concentration is in compliance
with the water quality standard fall below the load duration curve line representing the
water quality standard. Similarly, those samples with E. coli concentrations exceeding
the water quality standard are plotted above the load duration curve line representing the
water quality standard. Thus, the sampled E. coli concentrations are shown relative to the
water quality standard, allowing for easy visual determination of where the actual E. coli
load falls relative to the water quality standard.
B-2
Figure C.3 Load Duration Curve and Sampled E. coli Data for PD6 Prairie Dog
Creek Sample Site
E. coli Load Duration Curve at PD6 Site
2007-2008 Data
4E+14
Moist Condition Flows
Mid-Range Flows
Dry Condition
Flows
4E+14
E. coli Load (cfu/day)
3E+14
Primary Recreation
Contact Standard
(126 cfu/100 mL)
3E+14
2E+14
2E+14
Secondary Recreation
Contact Standard
(630 cfu/100 mL)
1E+14
5E+13
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100

Water Quality Standard (126 cfu/100 mL)
Sampled E. coli Load
Secondary Contact Standard (630 cfu/100 mL)
Critical Flow Conditions. Once the actual E. coli load is plotted on the load duration
curve graph, it becomes possible to determine the Critical Flow Condition where the
majority of the water quality standard exceedences occur in addition to estimating the
reduction in E. coli load required to meet the water quality standard. The critical flow
condition for a sample site is the flow condition requiring the greatest E. coli load
reduction to meet the water quality standard. The general flow condition categories used
in this plan are divided into three categories; moist condition flows (10-40% of flows
exceeded), midrange flows (40-60% of flows exceeded), and dry condition flows (6090% of flows exceeded). The high flow (flood/spring) and low flow (drought/late
summer) conditions (<10% and >90% of flows exceeded) are excluded since they are the
extreme conditions when E. coli load reduction efforts will be least effective.
The critical flow conditions correspond to types of run-off and/or precipitation scenarios
and provide information about the pollutant sources. Moist Condition Flow conditions
correspond with snowmelt and heavy precipitation runoff conditions. The Moist Flow
critical condition suggests primarily overland flow-type E. coli load sources that can
originate in areas outside the immediate stream channel. Mid-Range Flow conditions
correspond with normal stream flows and average precipitation. The Mid-Range Flow
critical condition suggests a combination of both overland flow-type E. coli load sources
B-3
and more continuous contribution point-source type load sources. Dry Condition Flow
conditions correspond with lower than normal stream flows and periods of lower
precipitation. The Dry Condition Flow critical condition suggests a direct and continuous
load source that is able to occur even when stream flows are below normal and run-off is
minimal or absent.
The critical flow condition is suggestive of the potential sources of E. coli loading as well
as the types of mitigation activities that may have the most effect. Those stream
segments with dry condition critical flow condition suggest that point source or direct
type contributions may be a primary source of E. coli loading. Conversely, stream
segments with moist condition critical flow condition suggests that non-point source
contribution may be a likely source for E. coli loading (Table C.2).
TABLE C.1. Potential Load Sources Under Given Critical Flow Condition
Duration Curve Zone
Moist Condition
Mid-Range
Dry Condition
Flows
Flows
Flows
Point Source
M
On-site Wastewater (Septic) Systems
H
H
Riparian Areas
H
H
H
Upland Stormwater Runoff
H
M
Bank Erosion
M
Note: H: High Priority; M: Medium Priority
Adapted from An Approach for Using Load Duration Curves in the Development of TMDLs
(USEPA 2007).
Contributing Source Area
Load reduction estimates. Load reduction estimates for each sample site are based on the
measured E. coli load within each of the three flow condition categories and the percent
reduction required for each sample to meet the water quality standard at a measured flow.
The mean E. coli load reduction percent is then figured for each of the flow condition
categories. The flow condition with the greatest E. coli load reduction to meet the water
quality standard is determined to be the Critical Flow Condition for that site.

B-4
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD1 Load Calculations

Primary Contact Standard Daily Load (cfu/day) = 126 (cfu/100 ml)* measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Secondary Contact Standard Daily Load (cfu/day) = 630 (cfu/100 ml)* measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Sampled E. Coli Load (cfu/day) = Sampled E.Coli (cfu/100ml) * measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Measured
Flow
E. coli Sampled
(cfs)
(cfu/100ml)
351
11200
138
365
112
980
86
248
84
219
73
461
54
326
52
727
50
980
48
89
43
219
35
172
34
921
34
138
33
1200
33
291
29
2420
27
365
26
155
26
126
26
23
25
91
24
8
21
219
21
13
20
206
20
110
20
0.05
19
579
19
219
18
137
16
387
16
921
15
365
15
387
14
387
13
194
13
99
9.9
411
6.5
285
Percent of
Flows
Exceeded
0
0.9
1.3
2.2
2.3
2.9
6
6.4
6.9
7.95
11.05
16.6
17.3
17.3
18.35
18.35
24.2
27.05
28.7
28.7
28.7
30.55
32.4
38.2
38.2
40.55
40.55
40.55
43.3
43.3
46.15
53.05
53.05
57.25
57.25
61.35
65.7
65.7
80
88.65
Primary Contact Secondary Contact

Standard
Standard
(cfu/day)
(cfu/day)
1.08201E+12
5.41006E+12
4.25407E+11
2.12703E+12
3.45257E+11
1.72629E+12
2.65108E+11
1.32554E+12
2.58943E+11
1.29472E+12
2.25034E+11
1.12517E+12
1.66463E+11
8.32317E+11
1.60298E+11
8.01491E+11
1.54133E+11
7.70664E+11
1.47967E+11
7.39837E+11
1.32554E+11
6.62771E+11
1.07893E+11
5.39465E+11
1.0481E+11
5.24052E+11
1.0481E+11
5.24052E+11
1.01728E+11
5.08638E+11
1.01728E+11
5.08638E+11
89397028350
4.46985E+11
83231716050
4.16159E+11
80149059900
4.00745E+11
80149059900
4.00745E+11
80149059900
4.00745E+11
77066403750
3.85332E+11
73983747600
3.69919E+11
64735779150
3.23679E+11
64735779150
3.23679E+11
61653123000
3.08266E+11
61653123000
3.08266E+11
61653123000
3.08266E+11
58570466850
2.92852E+11
58570466850
2.92852E+11
55487810700
2.77439E+11
49322498400
2.46612E+11
49322498400
2.46612E+11
46239842250
2.31199E+11
46239842250
2.31199E+11
43157186100
2.15786E+11
40074529950
2.00373E+11
40074529950
2.00373E+11
30518295885
1.52591E+11
20037264975
1.00186E+11
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
9.61789E+13
1.23233E+12
2.68534E+12
5.21801E+11
4.50068E+11
8.23338E+11
4.30691E+11
9.24895E+11
1.19881E+12
1.04517E+11
2.30392E+11
1.47282E+11
7.66113E+11
1.14792E+11
9.68835E+11
2.34942E+11
1.71699E+12
2.41108E+11
98596065750
80149059900
14630383950
55659069375
4697380800
1.12517E+11
6679088325
1.00798E+11
53824155000
24465525
2.69145E+11
1.01801E+11
60331984650
1.51491E+11
3.60524E+11
1.33949E+11
1.42022E+11
1.32554E+11
61702054050
31487130675
99547774673
45322385063
Note: Data for the initial flow duration curve is not presented here. Data from USGS station 06306250 for
the period of 2000-2007 was used.
B-5
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD1

2007-2008 Load Duration Curve
Moist Condition
2E+12
Mid-Range Condition
Dry Condition
2E+12
E.coli Load (cfu/day)
2E+12
1E+12
1E+12
1E+12
8E+11
Primary Contact Recreation
Standard (126 cfu/100 mL)
6E+11
Secondary Contact Recreation

4E+11
2E+11
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0

Primary Contact Standard

Secondary Contact Standard
B-6

Measured
Flow
(cfs)
160.90
153.50
140.61
102.77
67.68
67.68
66.43
65.80
56.67
55.49
46.86
45.19
42.46
34.08
32.07
31.58
31.58
30.60
29.63
28.66
27.71
26.77
24.92
24.92
24.92
24.01
22.67
22.23
21.35
19.63
19.63
19.63
18.79
18.37
17.14
13.24
13.24
9.01
E. coli Sampled
(cfu/100ml)
249
980
285
579
816
276
148
727
461
980
118
147
1990
44
276
6
1200
102
461
517
153
104
158
16
33
228
61
649
236
192
84
727
172
548
579
236
435
488
Percent of
Flows
Exceeded

2.6
5.3
7.9
10.5
13.2
15.8
18.4
21.1
23.7
26.3
28.9
31.6
34.2
36.8
39.5
42.1
44.7
47.4
50.0
52.6
55.3
57.9
60.5
63.2
65.8
68.4
71.1
73.7
76.3
78.9
81.6
84.2
86.8
89.5
92.1
94.7
97.4
100.0
Primary Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
4.96007E+11
4.73184E+11
4.33467E+11
3.16806E+11
2.08643E+11
2.08643E+11
2.04777E+11
2.02853E+11
1.74699E+11
1.71048E+11
1.44463E+11
1.3932E+11
1.30882E+11
1.05043E+11
98872028351
97347965670
97347965670
94322590915
91327841852
88364078727
85431674265
82531014404
76826543110
76826543110
76826543110
74023577087
69881967818
68518422518
65817183844
60519910215
60519910215
60519910215
57924952799
56641141703
52845278544
40819539376
40819539376
27771494940
Secondary Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.48003E+12
2.36592E+12
2.16734E+12
1.58403E+12
1.04321E+12
1.04321E+12
1.02389E+12
1.01427E+12
8.73496E+11
8.55239E+11
7.22314E+11
6.966E+11
6.5441E+11
5.25216E+11
4.9436E+11
4.8674E+11
4.8674E+11
4.71613E+11
4.56639E+11
4.4182E+11
4.27158E+11
4.12655E+11
3.84133E+11
3.84133E+11
3.84133E+11
3.70118E+11
3.4941E+11
3.42592E+11
3.29086E+11
3.026E+11
3.026E+11
3.026E+11
2.89625E+11
2.83206E+11
2.64226E+11
2.04098E+11
2.04098E+11
1.38857E+11
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
9.80203E+11
3.68032E+12
9.80461E+11
1.4558E+12
1.35121E+12
4.57027E+11
2.40532E+11
1.17043E+12
6.39178E+11
1.33037E+12
1.35291E+11
1.6254E+11
2.0671E+12
36681728173
2.16577E+11
4635617413
9.27123E+11
76356383122
3.34144E+11
3.62573E+11
1.03738E+11
68120837286
96338046123
9755751506
20121237481
1.33947E+11
33831746325
3.52924E+11
1.23277E+11
92220815566
40346606810
3.4919E+11
79072157789
2.46344E+11
2.42837E+11
76455645180
1.40925E+11
1.07559E+11
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Moist Condition
4.0E+12
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
3.5E+12
3.0E+12
2.5E+12

2.0E+12
1.5E+12
1.0E+12

5.0E+11
0.0E+00
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100

Sampled E. Coli Load
B-8
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD3 (Dutch Creek) Load Calculations

Measured
Flow
E. coli Sampled
(cfu/100ml)
(cfs)
13.11
308
12.99
411
10.40
365
6.93
93
4.45
204
3.24
115
3.09
649
2.60
219
2.51
91
2.51
2
1.50
40
1.44
770
1.14
27
1.08
411
1.08
55
0.83
77
0.83
6
0.83
21
0.74
345
0.66
816
0.60
72
0.58
345
0.58
461
0.56
238
0.51
2420
0.43
104
0.30
56
0.30
86
0.28
10
0.28
139
0.21
33
0.19
81
0.19
1200
0.18
131
0.17
16
0.12
47
0.11
29
Percent of
Flows
Exceeded

2.7
5.4
8.1
10.8
13.5
16.2
18.9
21.6
24.3
27.0
29.7
32.4
35.1
37.8
40.5
43.2
45.9
48.6
51.4
54.1
56.8
59.5
62.2
64.9
67.6
70.3
73.0
75.7
78.4
81.1
83.8
86.5
89.2
91.9
94.6
97.3
100.0
Primary Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
40416207788
40044129293
32048095598
21354097500
13727029977
9989064841
9512381905
8023206492
7743478724
7743478724
4631456046
4430845827
3506460084
3336975282
3336975282
2563757240
2563757240
2563757240
2288132739
2031105516
1850275707
1792236290
1792236290
1735303673
1571074958
1318820365
929676360.4
929676360.4
854077230.9
854077230.9
649905414
589163924.8
589163924.8
560125755.6
531964091.2
380888679
337121675
Ssecondary Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.02081E+11
2.00221E+11
1.6024E+11
1.0677E+11
68635149886
49945324207
47561909523
40116032462
38717393620
38717393620
23157280231
22154229137
17532300421
16684876412
16684876412
12818786202
12818786202
12818786202
11440663694
10155527581
9251378533
8961181448
8961181448
8676518364
7855374788
6594101827
4648381802
4648381802
4270386155
4270386155
3249527070
2945819624
2945819624
2800628778
2659820456
1904443395
1685608375
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
98795174592
1.3062E+11
92837737247
15761357679
22224715201
9117003625
48996316318
13945096999
5592512412
122912360.7
1470303507
27077391167
751384303.8
10884895564
1456616195
1566740536
122083678.1
427292873.4
6265125356
13153826200
1057300404
4907313650
6557308964
3277795827
30174614266
1088550143
413189493.5
634541007.9
67783907.22
942196310.3
170213322.7
378748237.4
5611084998
582352968.1
67550995.71
142077523.1
77591496.63
B-9
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD3 (Dutch Creek)

Moist Condition
1E+11
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
9E+10
8E+10
7E+10
6E+10
5E+10
4E+10
3E+10

2E+10
1E+10
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0


B-10
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD3A Load Calculations

Measured
E. coli
Flow
Sampled
(cfu/100ml)
(cfs)
85.7
261
84.8
548
41.6
344
32.3
31
32.0
548
28.9
770
28.6
1200
28.6
107
28.3
59
23.6
29
23.3
2
22.7
199
22.4
144
21.3
55
20.8
613
18.9
276
17.5
1300
16.8
308
12.8
308
Percent of
Flows
Exceeded
5.3
10.5
15.8
21.1
26.3
31.6
36.8
42.1
47.4
52.6
57.9
63.2
68.4
73.7
78.9
84.2
89.5
94.7
100.0

Primary Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.64047E+11
2.61413E+11
1.28092E+11
99660269739
98686358274
89112310682
88171671171
88171671171
87234128608
72665411473
71782577933
70026974142
69154235617
65697417516
63989725301
58123975674
54042672894
51638504891
39409143439
Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
1.32024E+12
1.30707E+12
6.40462E+11
4.98301E+11
4.93432E+11
4.45562E+11
4.40858E+11
4.40858E+11
4.36171E+11
3.63327E+11
3.58913E+11
3.50135E+11
3.45771E+11
3.28487E+11
3.19949E+11
2.9062E+11
2.70213E+11
2.58193E+11
1.97046E+11
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
5.46955E+11
1.13694E+12
3.49712E+11
24519590174
4.29207E+11
5.44575E+11
8.3973E+11
74875942979
40847726888
16724578831
1139405999
1.10598E+11
79033412134
28677444154
3.11315E+11
1.27319E+11
5.57583E+11
1.26227E+11
96333461739
B-11
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD3A

2008 Load Duration Curve
Moist Condition
1.4E+12
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
1.2E+12
1E+12
8E+11
Standard (126 cfu/100 ml)
6E+11
Standard (630 cfu/100 ml)
4E+11
2E+11
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0


B-12
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD4 (Wildcat Creek) Load Calculations

Primary Contact Standard Daily Load (cfu/day) = 126 (cfu/100 ml) * measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Secondary Contact Standard Daily Load (cfu/day) = 630 (cfu/100 ml) * measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Sampled E. Coli Load (cfu/day) = Sampled E. Coli (cfu/100 ml) * measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Percent of
Measured
E. coli
Flows
Primary Contact
Flow
Sampled
Exceeded
Standard
(cfs)
(cfu/100ml)
(cfu/day)
11.36
921
2.6
35031429592
10.16
649
5.3
31315364796
6.20
204
7.9
19103186728
5.74
2420
10.5
17682649325
5.31
727
13.2
16362234889
4.72
167
15.8
14554878353
4.37
115
18.4
13456517181
3.58
517
21.1
11042827841
3.58
276
23.7
11042827841
2.71
345
26.3
8341867958
2.60
108
28.9
8011304058
2.40
249
31.6
7386912868
2.40
308
34.2
7386912868
2.04
687
36.8
6273316031
1.87
435
39.5
5777881209
1.87
261
42.1
5777881209
1.73
435
44.7
5319542176
1.73
649
47.4
5319542176
1.59
201
50.0
4895674827
1.40
2420
52.6
4319195155
1.34
186
55.3
4141721247
1.04
135
57.9
3213204370
1.00
517
60.5
3079008369
0.96
921
63.2
2950114730
0.92
196
65.8
2826325942
0.88
248
68.4
2707451402
0.81
488
71.1
2483715851
0.65
222
73.7
1998267463
0.48
80
76.3
1467094536
0.44
0.5
78.9
1341791359
0.40
548
81.6
1226638385
0.36
12
84.2
1120858530
0.36
23
86.8
1120858530
0.35
25
89.5
1071256102
0.29
131
92.1
892811844.9
0.17
111
94.7
535641282.3
0.13
155
97.4
402817098
0.02
178
100.0
73063915.58

Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
1.75157E+11
1.56577E+11
95515933640
88413246624
81811174444
72774391765
67282585905
55214139203
55214139203
41709339790
40056520288
36934564341
36934564341
31366580153
28889406047
28889406047
26597710878
26597710878
24478374136
21595975775
20708606236
16066021848
15395041844
14750573648
14131629708
13537257009
12418579254
9991337313
7335472682
6708956797
6133191923
5604292648
5604292648
5356280512
4464059224
2678206412
2014085490
365319577.9
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
2.56063E+11
1.61299E+11
30928968988
3.39619E+11
94407498128
19290989563
12281741871
45310650742
24189051460
22840828932
6866832049
14597946859
18056898122
34204508833
19947447032
11968468219
18365086082
27399864063
7809766986
82955970438
6113969460
3442718967
12633708942
21563933857
4396507020
5328951966
9619470914
3520756958
931488594.5
5324568.887
5334903450
106748431.4
204601160.2
212550814
928240886.3
471874463
495528969.8
103217277.6
B-13
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD4 (Wildcat Creek)

2007-2008 Duration Curve
Moist Condition
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
4E+11
4E+11
3E+11
3E+11
2E+11
2E+11
1E+11

5E+10
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0

Sampled E.Coli Load
B-14

Measured
Flow
E. coli
Sampled
(cfs)
(cfu/100ml)
103.92
365
80.82
649
74.44
579
68.98
387
58.65
291
50.28
548
50.28
649
42.53
345
41.47
111
37.88
461
37.37
517
33.96
921
33.48
165
31.61
185
31.61
727
30.70
206
30.70
130
29.80
236
28.91
167
26.32
166
26.32
35
26.32
579
25.48
727
25.48
727
24.65
128
22.26
308
21.49
67
21.49
16
21.49
79
19.98
4
18.89
225
18.53
365
18.53
649
18.53
119
15.45
210
15.13
40
13.86
44
13.55
210
Percent of
Flows
Primary Contact
Exceeded
Standard
2.6
5.3
7.9
10.5
13.2
15.8
18.4
21.1
23.7
26.3
28.9
31.6
34.2
36.8
39.5
42.1
44.7
47.4
50.0
52.6
55.3
57.9
60.5
63.2
65.8
68.4
71.1
73.7
76.3
78.9
81.6
84.2
86.8
89.5
92.1
94.7
97.4
100.0

(cfu/day)
3.20339E+11
2.49147E+11
2.29467E+11
2.12628E+11
1.80803E+11
1.54995E+11
1.54995E+11
1.31101E+11
1.27844E+11
1.16757E+11
1.15212E+11
1.04678E+11
1.03213E+11
97450803539
97450803539
94629569546
94629569546
91848166169
89106640248
81121807678
81121807678
81121807678
78540276255
78540276255
75998868944
68615916858
66235536189
66235536189
66235536189
61596015208
58222688214
57118535803
57118535803
57118535803
47639205852
46636988913
42730599503
41779665918
Ssecondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
1.6017E+12
1.24573E+12
1.14734E+12
1.06314E+12
9.04017E+11
7.74974E+11
7.74974E+11
6.55503E+11
6.3922E+11
5.83783E+11
5.76061E+11
5.23389E+11
5.16063E+11
4.87254E+11
4.87254E+11
4.73148E+11
4.73148E+11
4.59241E+11
4.45533E+11
4.05609E+11
4.05609E+11
4.05609E+11
3.92701E+11
3.92701E+11
3.79994E+11
3.4308E+11
3.31178E+11
3.31178E+11
3.31178E+11
3.0798E+11
2.91113E+11
2.85593E+11
2.85593E+11
2.85593E+11
2.38196E+11
2.33185E+11
2.13653E+11
2.08898E+11
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
9.27967E+11
1.2833E+12
1.05446E+12
6.53071E+11
4.1757E+11
6.74104E+11
7.98346E+11
3.58966E+11
1.12625E+11
4.27181E+11
4.72735E+11
7.65145E+11
1.35159E+11
1.43083E+11
5.62276E+11
1.54712E+11
97633682865
1.72033E+11
1.18102E+11
1.06875E+11
22533835466
3.72774E+11
4.53165E+11
4.53165E+11
77205200197
1.67728E+11
35220483529
8410861738
41528629833
1955429054
1.03969E+11
1.65462E+11
2.94206E+11
53945283814
79398676420
14805393306
14921796652
69632776529
B-15

Mid Range Condition
Moist Condition
1.8E+12
Dry Condition
1.6E+12
1.4E+12
1.2E+12
1E+12
8E+11

6E+11
4E+11
2E+11
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0

B-16

Percent of
Measured
E. coli
Flows
Flow
Sampled
Exceeded
(cfs)
(cfu/100ml)
59.03
387
5.3
59.03
387
10.5
39.98
649
15.8
38.61
980
21.1
38.38
206
26.3
37.50
2420
31.6
33.51
435
36.8
32.71
387
42.1
32.32
2420
47.4
32.32
225
52.6
30.79
435
57.9
28.79
326
63.2
26.39
111
68.4
24.93
50
73.7
23.85
326
78.9
23.54
248
84.2
21.23
89
89.5
21.09
111
94.7
19.74
816
100.0

Primary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
1.81969E+11
1.81969E+11
1.23235E+11
1.19018E+11
1.18326E+11
1.15593E+11
1.03296E+11
1.00847E+11
99640063048
99640063048
94928463453
88744910206
81348827729
76862646082
73513138982
72578076863
65437340572
65010602725
60865295098
Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
9.0984E+11
9.0984E+11
6.1617E+11
5.9509E+11
5.9163E+11
5.7796E+11
5.1648E+11
5.0423E+11
4.982E+11
4.982E+11
4.7464E+11
4.4372E+11
4.0674E+11
3.8431E+11
3.6757E+11
3.6289E+11
3.2719E+11
3.2505E+11
3.0433E+11
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
5.58904E+11
5.58904E+11
6.34756E+11
9.25692E+11
1.93454E+11
2.22012E+12
3.56617E+11
3.09744E+11
1.91372E+12
1.77929E+11
3.27729E+11
2.2961E+11
71664443475
30501050033
1.90201E+11
1.42852E+11
46221613578
57271245258
3.94175E+11
B-17

Moist Condition
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
2.5E+12
2E+12

1.5E+12
1E+12

5E+11
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0

B-18

Measured
Flow
(cfs)
181.04
172.44
169.65
89.01
51.45
51.45
48.60
45.02
44.17
44.17
37.80
36.34
36.34
36.34
34.93
32.25
32.25
30.99
30.99
29.76
28.58
27.44
26.33
26.33
24.25
24.25
23.26
20.50
19.65
18.83
18.83
15.84
15.49
15.16
10.58
10.10
9.42
7.99
E. coli
Sampled
(cfu/100ml)
770
435
261
326
980
345
816
387
548
921
172
411
816
2420
727
517
147
548
167
649
2420
308
178
365
411
326
1730
308
816
64
2420
649
228
27
3
148
73
866
Percent of
Flows
Primary Contact
Exceeded
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.6
5.58086E+11
5.3
5.31561E+11
7.9
5.22968E+11
10.5
2.74396E+11
13.2
1.58603E+11
15.8
1.58603E+11
18.4
1.49828E+11
21.1
1.38792E+11
23.7
1.36147E+11
26.3
1.36147E+11
28.9
1.16527E+11
31.6
1.12028E+11
34.2
1.12028E+11
36.8
1.12028E+11
39.5
1.07682E+11
42.1
99430561479
44.7
99430561479
47.4
95516892436
50.0
95516892436
52.6
91738893135
55.3
88092503779
57.9
84573766620
60.5
81178823881
63.2
81178823881
65.8
74745378222
68.4
74745378222
71.1
71699641421
73.7
63204904151
76.3
60576482023
78.9
58044352976
81.6
58044352976
84.2
48819050269
86.8
47761605580
89.5
46724288934
92.1
32608816555
94.7
31139501578
97.4
29044307181
100.0
24628997424

Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.79043E+12
2.6578E+12
2.61484E+12
1.37198E+12
7.93017E+11
7.93017E+11
7.49142E+11
6.93959E+11
6.80733E+11
6.80733E+11
5.82634E+11
5.60139E+11
5.60139E+11
5.60139E+11
5.38408E+11
4.97153E+11
4.97153E+11
4.77584E+11
4.77584E+11
4.58694E+11
4.40463E+11
4.22869E+11
4.05894E+11
4.05894E+11
3.73727E+11
3.73727E+11
3.58498E+11
3.16025E+11
3.02882E+11
2.90222E+11
2.90222E+11
2.44095E+11
2.38808E+11
2.33621E+11
1.63044E+11
1.55698E+11
1.45222E+11
1.23145E+11
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
3.41052E+12
1.83515E+12
1.08329E+12
7.09946E+11
1.23358E+12
4.34271E+11
9.70317E+11
4.26289E+11
5.9213E+11
9.95167E+11
1.59068E+11
3.65424E+11
7.25513E+11
2.15164E+12
6.21306E+11
4.07981E+11
1.16002E+11
4.15423E+11
1.26598E+11
4.72528E+11
1.69194E+12
2.06736E+11
1.14681E+11
2.35161E+11
2.43812E+11
1.93389E+11
9.84447E+11
1.54501E+11
3.92305E+11
29482845956
1.11482E+12
2.51457E+11
86425762477
10012347629
776400394.2
36576557409
16827257335
1.69275E+11
B-19

Moist Condition
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
4E+12
4E+12
3E+12
3E+12
2E+12
2E+12
1E+12
5E+11
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0

B-20
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD7 (Meade Creek) Load Calculations

Primary Contact Standard Daily Load (cfu/day) = 126 (cfu/100 ml)*measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Secondary Contact Standard Daily Load (cfu/day) = 630 (cfu/100 ml)*measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Sampled E. Coli Load (cfu/day) = Sampled E. Coli (cfu/100 ml)*measured flow (cfs) * 24465525
Percent of
Measured
E. coli
Flows
Flow
Sampled Exceeded
(cfs)
(cfu/100ml)
14.48
770
2.6
13.78
980
5.3
10.12
2420
7.9
9.09
1050
10.5
5.74
63
13.2
5.08
770
15.8
5.08
154
18.4
3.93
2420
21.1
3.68
517
23.7
3.44
411
26.3
3.21
629
28.9
3.00
548
31.6
3.00
238
34.2
2.60
276
36.8
2.24
276
39.5
1.93
1410
42.1
1.78
1730
44.7
1.78
291
47.4
1.78
435
50.0
1.78
816
52.6
1.65
770
55.3
1.18
579
57.9
1.18
435
60.5
1.18
921
63.2
0.99
411
65.8
0.83
387
68.4
0.83
228
71.1
0.83
579
73.7
0.62
1990
76.3
0.62
2420
78.9
0.62
866
81.6
0.56
261
84.2
0.56
816
86.8
0.37
1990
89.5
0.37
308
92.1
0.29
579
94.7
0.29
980
97.4
0.23
687
100.0

Primary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
44636667185
42482685320
31195831992
28006142330
17689015637
15647420091
15647420091
12115250036
11337917831
10599884762
9899714559
9236002714
9236002714
8012493506
6918747560
5944648597
5499438406
5499438406
5499438406
5499438406
5080565996
3646308874
3646308874
3646308874
3059230692
2548345255
2548345255
2548345255
1908981414
1908981414
1908981414
1726301581
1726301581
1126790066
1126790066
895640795
895640795
703124906.1
Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.23183E+11
2.12413E+11
1.55979E+11
1.40031E+11
88445078185
78237100456
78237100456
60576250182
56689589156
52999423812
49498572796
46180013572
46180013572
40062467529
34593737799
29723242987
27497192032
27497192032
27497192032
27497192032
25402829982
18231544372
18231544372
18231544372
15296153461
12741726277
12741726277
12741726277
9544907068
9544907068
9544907068
8631507905
8631507905
5633950330
5633950330
4478203975
4478203975
3515624530
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
2.7278E+11
3.30421E+11
5.99158E+11
2.33385E+11
8844507818
95623122779
19124624556
2.3269E+11
46521456498
34575814582
49420003633
40169281647
17445782905
17551176251
15155351798
66523448591
75508162247
12701083939
18986156403
35615410632
31047903312
16755657447
12588447305
26652781535
9978919163
7827060427
4611291415
11710253198
30149785818
36664563658
13120459557
3575910418
11179857858
17796128821
2754375717
4115682701
6966095072
3833704845
B-21
Prairie Dog Creek Site PD7 (Meade Creek)

Moist Condition
7E+11
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
6E+11
5E+11
4E+11
3E+11
2E+11
1E+11
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0

B-22

Percent of
Measured
E. coli
Flows
Flow
Sampled Exceeded
(cfs)
(cfu/100m
137.22
291
5.0
97.39
435
10.0
93.07
387
15.0
57.20
1990
20.0
48.59
152
25.0
45.15
687
30.0
42.94
345
35.0
42.40
461
40.0
36.68
488
45.0
35.69
249
50.0
33.29
161
55.0
32.36
1300
60.0
32.36
122
65.0
21.59
37
70.0
16.81
816
75.0
15.88
326
80.0
15.57
166
85.0
13.26
260
90.0
9.26
299
95.0
8.60
435
100.0
Primary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
4.23003E+11
3.00225E+11
2.86897E+11
1.76327E+11
1.49799E+11
1.39189E+11
1.32366E+11
1.30691E+11
1.13076E+11
1.10031E+11
1.02628E+11
99750433714
99750433714
66560958347
51826287748
48943581206
48003848479
40862358136
28532702064
26501831268

Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.11502E+12
1.50113E+12
1.43448E+12
8.81634E+11
7.48993E+11
6.95947E+11
6.6183E+11
6.53456E+11
5.65381E+11
5.50156E+11
5.13141E+11
4.98752E+11
4.98752E+11
3.32805E+11
2.59131E+11
2.44718E+11
2.40019E+11
2.04312E+11
1.42664E+11
1.32509E+11
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
9.76936E+11
1.03649E+12
8.81183E+11
2.78485E+12
1.80709E+11
7.58914E+11
3.62431E+11
4.78164E+11
4.37946E+11
2.17443E+11
1.31136E+11
1.02917E+12
96583753279
19545678245
3.35637E+11
1.26632E+11
63243165456
84319151709
67708554897
91494417474
B-23

Moist Condition
3E+12
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
3E+12
2E+12
2E+12
1E+12
5E+11
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0

B-24

Percent of
Measured
E. coli
Flows
Flow
Sampled
Exceeded
(cfs)
(cfu/100ml)
157.90
125
2.5
110.92
172
5.0
102.11
120
7.5
100.40
435
10.0
87.43
345
12.5
78.45
1410
15.0
64.88
365
17.5
59.91
435
20.0
57.53
118
22.5
57.53
187
25.0
52.94
461
27.5
50.75
138
30.0
48.61
291
32.5
44.51
435
35.0
44.51
225
37.5
40.65
291
40.0
39.72
236
42.5
38.80
156
45.0
38.80
579
47.5
38.80
326
50.0
35.27
326
52.5
35.27
387
55.0
31.96
1990
57.5
28.87
1200
60.0
27.39
231
62.5
27.39
291
65.0
26.68
96
67.5
25.97
365
70.0
23.27
32
72.5
22.00
102
75.0
14.32
2420
77.5
12.95
93
80.0
12.51
84
82.5
7.07
32
85.0
5.68
32
87.5
5.68
16
90.0
5.68
308
92.5
5.18
16
95.0
4.06
20
97.5
2.61
62
100.0

Primary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
4.86738E+11
3.41936E+11
3.14767E+11
3.09509E+11
2.69507E+11
2.41845E+11
1.99999E+11
1.84694E+11
1.77339E+11
1.77339E+11
1.6321E+11
1.56431E+11
1.4984E+11
1.37209E+11
1.37209E+11
1.25298E+11
1.22431E+11
1.19606E+11
1.19606E+11
1.19606E+11
1.08737E+11
1.08737E+11
98535886221
88983945068
84444928615
84444928615
82233546907
80060491869
71745162178
67809160348
44155229675
39921920006
38572445061
21779236484
17503141270
17503141270
17503141270
15960679611
12500990230
8055668707
Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.4337E+12
1.7097E+12
1.5738E+12
1.5475E+12
1.3475E+12
1.2092E+12
1E+12
9.2347E+11
8.8669E+11
8.8669E+11
8.1605E+11
7.8216E+11
7.492E+11
6.8605E+11
6.8605E+11
6.2649E+11
6.1215E+11
5.9803E+11
5.9803E+11
5.9803E+11
5.4368E+11
5.4368E+11
4.9268E+11
4.4492E+11
4.2222E+11
4.2222E+11
4.1117E+11
4.003E+11
3.5873E+11
3.3905E+11
2.2078E+11
1.9961E+11
1.9286E+11
1.089E+11
8.7516E+10
8.7516E+10
8.7516E+10
7.9803E+10
6.2505E+10
4.0278E+10
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
4.82875E+11
4.66769E+11
2.99778E+11
1.06854E+12
7.37937E+11
2.70636E+12
5.79363E+11
6.37634E+11
1.66079E+11
2.63193E+11
5.9714E+11
1.71329E+11
3.46059E+11
4.73699E+11
2.45017E+11
2.8938E+11
2.29315E+11
1.48084E+11
5.4962E+11
3.09458E+11
2.81334E+11
3.33977E+11
1.55624E+12
8.47466E+11
1.54816E+11
1.95028E+11
62654130977
2.31921E+11
18220993569
54893129806
8.48061E+11
29466179052
25714963374
5531234663
4445242227
2222621114
42785456438
2026752966
1984284164
3963900475
B-25

Moist Condition
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
3E+12
3E+12
2E+12
2E+12
1E+12
5E+11
0
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
80.0
90.0
100.0

B-26

Percent of
Measured
E. coli
Flows
Flow
Sampled Exceeded
(cfs)
(cfu/100m
115.28
46
2.5
65.81
91
5
63.29
199
7.5
59.24
180
10
57.68
144
12.5
56.90
272
15
56.14
194
17.5
51.71
162
20
50.99
308
22.5
49.58
365
25
46.85
228
27.5
46.19
154
30
44.88
115
32.5
38.72
387
35
35.33
457
37.5
33.18
488
40
33.18
68
42.5
33.18
326
45
32.15
206
47.5
32.15
161
50
32.15
108
52.5
31.14
461
55
28.24
921
57.5
27.32
135
60
26.86
62
62.5
23.84
345
65
20.69
57
67.5
19.96
461
70
19.24
109
72.5
16.54
461
75
15.30
411
77.5
15.30
47
80
14.13
83
82.5
12.23
156
85
12.23
222
87.5
9.85
411
90
8.79
50
92.5
8.59
1550
95
8.39
2420
97.5
8.39
1410
100
Primary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
3.55359E+11
2.02868E+11
1.95098E+11
1.82623E+11
1.77795E+11
1.75416E+11
1.73059E+11
1.5939E+11
1.5719E+11
1.52853E+11
1.44436E+11
1.42384E+11
1.38343E+11
1.19353E+11
1.08895E+11
1.02297E+11
1.02297E+11
1.02297E+11
99106476734
99106476734
99106476734
95987730388
87050635664
84208143187
82811965391
73495716892
63790703562
61514962263
59297608737
50994125000
47169504774
47169504774
43553599930
37707181271
37707181271
30354808459
27090970627
26469550841
25858344230
25858344230

Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
1.7768E+12
1.01434E+12
9.75491E+11
9.13113E+11
8.88976E+11
8.77079E+11
8.65296E+11
7.96952E+11
7.85948E+11
7.64263E+11
7.22178E+11
7.1192E+11
6.91716E+11
5.96767E+11
5.44477E+11
5.11483E+11
5.11483E+11
5.11483E+11
4.95532E+11
4.95532E+11
4.95532E+11
4.79939E+11
4.35253E+11
4.21041E+11
4.1406E+11
3.67479E+11
3.18954E+11
3.07575E+11
2.96488E+11
2.54971E+11
2.35848E+11
2.35848E+11
2.17768E+11
1.88536E+11
1.88536E+11
1.51774E+11
1.35455E+11
1.32348E+11
1.29292E+11
1.29292E+11
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
1.29734E+11
1.46516E+11
3.08131E+11
2.60889E+11
2.03194E+11
3.78675E+11
2.66456E+11
2.04931E+11
3.84241E+11
4.42788E+11
2.6136E+11
1.74025E+11
1.26266E+11
3.66586E+11
3.94962E+11
3.96197E+11
55207731393
2.64672E+11
1.62031E+11
1.26636E+11
84948408629
3.51193E+11
6.36299E+11
90223010558
40748744875
2.01238E+11
28857699231
2.25067E+11
51297137717
1.86574E+11
1.53862E+11
17594974003
28690069795
46685081574
66436462240
99014494258
10750385170
3.25617E+11
4.96644E+11
2.89367E+11
B-27
Prairie Dog CreekSite PD9

Moist Condition
2E+12
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
2E+12
2E+12
1E+12
1E+12

1E+12
8E+11
6E+11
4E+11
2E+11
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100

B-28

Percent of
Measured
E. coli
Flows
Flow
Sampled Exceeded
(cfs)
(cfu/100m
17.68
187
2.5
13.63
84
5
10.35
11
7.5
10.01
6
10
9.35
19
12.5
8.70
548
15
8.07
687
17.5
8.07
13
20
7.76
25
22.5
7.61
291
25
7.61
67
27.5
6.87
99
30
5.61
3
32.5
3.11
148
35
2.13
132
37.5
1.95
8
40
1.46
313
42.5
1.46
461
45
1.24
0.5
47.5
1.03
0.5
50
0.90
260
52.5
0.78
161
55
0.78
46
57.5
0.72
579
60
0.66
140
62.5
0.66
172
65
0.66
130
67.5
0.55
326
70
0.55
52
72.5
0.50
579
75
0.50
13
77.5
0.45
579
80
0.41
15
82.5
0.41
133
85
0.36
7
87.5
0.32
67
90
0.32
75
92.5
0.28
365
95
0.24
1120
97.5
0.24
28
100
Primary
Secondary
Contact
Contact
Standard
Standard
(cfu/day)
(cfu/day)
54498777757 2.7249E+11
42004280574 2.1002E+11
31919857360 1.596E+11
30869718686 1.5435E+11
28812667387 1.4406E+11
26813866854 1.3407E+11
24874092778 1.2437E+11
24874092778 1.2437E+11
23926595388 1.1963E+11
23458490510 1.1729E+11
23458490510 1.1729E+11
21174959425 1.0587E+11
17308658138 8.6543E+10
9572000224 4.786E+10
6565875071 3.2829E+10
6020895666 3.0104E+10
4503835608 2.2519E+10
4503835608 2.2519E+10
3813832450 1.9069E+10
3171371715 1.5857E+10
2770279080 1.3851E+10
2391593181 1.1958E+10
2391593181 1.1958E+10
2210842102 1.1054E+10
2035929070 1.018E+10
2035929070 1.018E+10
2035929070 1.018E+10
1703980085 8519900424
1703980085 8519900424
1547141497 7735707483
1547141497 7735707483
1396537360 6982686802
1252286318 6261431591
1252286318 6261431591
1114517167 5572585837
983370502.4 4916852512
983370502.4 4916852512
859000765.3 4295003826
741578849.5 3707894247
741578849.5 3707894247

E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
80883106671
28002853716
2786654214
1469986604
4344767304
1.16619E+11
1.35623E+11
2566374652
4747340355
54177942368
12473959239
16637468120
412110908
11243301851
6878535789
382279089.9
11188099566
16478319168
15134255.75
12584808.39
5716448895
3055924620
873121320.1
10159345849
2262143411
2779204762
2100561739
4408710378
703229876.3
7109483544
159625710
6417421680
149081704.5
1321857780
61917620.41
522903362.4
585339584.7
2488375233
6591811996
164795299.9
B-29

Moist Condition
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
3E+11
3E+11
2E+11
2E+11
1E+11
5E+10
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100

B-30

Percent of
Measured
E. coli
Flows
Flow
Sampled Exceeded
(cfs)
(cfu/100m
145.14
12
2.5
59.91
86
5
59.91
33
7.5
52.71
44
10
52.71
27
12.5
52.71
16
15
52.01
13
17.5
51.31
42
20
49.93
37
22.5
45.86
82
25
43.22
25
27.5
39.38
46
30
39.38
40
32.5
39.38
26
35
39.38
11
37.5
38.75
27
40
38.12
125
42.5
34.46
326
45
34.46
11
47.5
32.09
6
50
32.09
5
52.5
26.46
20
55
26.46
24
57.5
26.46
23
60
25.92
79
62.5
13.41
81
65
12.58
10
67.5
11.76
7
70
9.83
74
72.5
9.09
125
75
9.09
32
77.5
8.02
33
80
6.05
41
82.5
5.74
13
85
2.53
9
87.5
0.02
11
90
0.01
6
92.5
0.01
2
95
0.01
0.5
97.5
0.01
3
100
Primary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
4.47424E+11
1.84695E+11
1.84695E+11
1.62493E+11
1.62493E+11
1.62493E+11
1.60332E+11
1.58182E+11
1.53914E+11
1.41375E+11
1.3324E+11
1.2138E+11
1.2138E+11
1.2138E+11
1.2138E+11
1.19443E+11
1.17519E+11
1.0622E+11
1.0622E+11
98927703377
98927703377
81563718264
81563718264
81563718264
79897062408
41329288928
38766748751
36266214361
30293155640
28018290747
28018290747
24732522341
18634783938
17682336827
7808752531
76585341.2
30826561.5
30826561.5
30826561.5
30826561.5

Secondary
Contact
Standard
(cfu/day)
2.23712E+12
9.23475E+11
9.23475E+11
8.12467E+11
8.12467E+11
8.12467E+11
8.01661E+11
7.9091E+11
7.69571E+11
7.06877E+11
6.66201E+11
6.06898E+11
6.06898E+11
6.06898E+11
6.06898E+11
5.97217E+11
5.87594E+11
5.311E+11
5.311E+11
4.94639E+11
4.94639E+11
4.07819E+11
4.07819E+11
4.07819E+11
3.99485E+11
2.06646E+11
1.93834E+11
1.81331E+11
1.51466E+11
1.40091E+11
1.40091E+11
1.23663E+11
93173919690
88411684134
39043762653
382926706
154132807.5
154132807.5
154132807.5
154132807.5
E. coli Load
Sampled
(cfu/day)
42611797559
1.26062E+11
48372486266
56743716439
34820007815
20634078705
16542212558
52727309162
45197000442
92006234113
26436533012
44313182156
38533201875
25046581219
10596630516
25595002832
1.16586E+11
2.74823E+11
9273172003
4710843018
3925702515
12946621947
15535946336
14888615239
50094189922
26568828597
3076726091
2014789687
17791218392
27795923360
7115756380
6477565375
6063699535
1824368085
557768037.9
6686021.851
1467931.5
489310.5
122327.625
733965.75
B-31

Moist Condition
2.5E+12
Mid Range Condition
Dry Condition
2E+12
1.5E+12
1E+12
5E+11
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100

B-32
Appendix Table C-1: Site abbreviations used for the 2007-2008 Prairie Dog Creek
Watershed Assessment
PD1
Prairie Dog Creek #1; upstream County Rd 1211
PD2
Prairie Dog Creek #2; upstream County Rd. 114
PD3
Dutch Creek near confluence with Prairie Dog Creek
Prairie Dog Creek #3A, upstream Dutch Creek (added in 2008)
PD3A
PD4
Wildcat Creek upstream Hwy 336
PD5
Prairie Dog Creek #5; upstream Hwy 336 and railroad
Prairie Dog Creek #5A; on Peno Road (added in 2008)
PD5A
PD6
Prairie Dog Creek #6; upstream Hwy 14
PD7
Meade Creek near confluence with Prairie Dog Creek
Prairie Dog Creek #7A; upstream Meade Creek (added in 2008)
PD 7A
PD8
Prairie Dog Creek #8; downstream County Rd. 127
PD9
Prairie Dog Creek#9; downstream Jenks Creek above County Rd. 127
PD10
Prairie Dog Creek #10; upstreamHwy 87
PD11
Prairie Dog Ditch; dowstream Prairie Dog Ditch #1 Diversion
Appendix Table C-2: Parameter abbreviations used for the 2007-2008 Prairie Dog Creek
Watershed Assessment
TEMP
COND
DO
PH
STAFF
DISCH
E_Coli
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NN or NO3+NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T. Mang.
T Phos.
MACRO
HAB
Water Temperature
Specific or Electrical Conductivity
Dissolved Oxygen
pH
Staff gauge height
Discharge (cfs)
Escherichia coli
Turbidity
Total Suspended Solids
Alkalinity
Total Hardness
Sodium Adsorption Ratio
Alkalinity as Bicarbonate
Total Chloride
Nitrate-Nitrite Nitrogen
Total Sulfate
Calcium
Magnesium
Sodium
Dissolved Manganese
Total Manganese
Total Phosphorus
Benthic Macroinvertebrates
Habitat Assessment

Sheridan County Conservation District, Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Assessment, July 2008
Appendix Table C-3: SCCD 2007-2008 Water Quality Data
Site: PD1 - On Prairie Dog Creek off County Rd. 1211 at USGS monitoring station #06306250
Site
PD1
Agency
SCCD
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
5/7/07
5/15/07
Time
10:30
9:15
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
8.7
8.9
8.27
860
10.04
5.51
351.00
11200
709.0
128
329
644
1.4
357
0.37
490
0.32
0.12
0.05
0.02
0.27
0.2
89
80.1
PD1
SCCD
5/24/07
9:30
11.1
11.3
8.03
1085
9.84
2.30
52.00
727
108.0
PD1
SCCD
5/31/07
9:45
12.3
12.4
8.12
1105
8.84
2.23
50.00
980
82.9
PD1
SCCD
QA/QC
12.8
12.5
8.11
1409
8.82
2.19
48.00
PD1
SCCD
6/5/07
10:00
18.2
17.8
8.03
1198
8.45
2.35
54.00
326
107.0
PD1
SCCD
6/12/07
9:45
18.2
17.8
8.04
1159
7.63
3.46
112.00
980
157.0
PD1
SCCD
6/18/07
9:20
15.7
15.6
8.11
962
8.31
2.76
73.00
461
116.0
PD1
SCCD
6/26/07
10:00
19.2
18.8
8.12
1200
7.89
1.85
33.00
1200
61.7
PD1
SCCD
7/11/07
9:30
17.7
17.6
8.25
1674
8.61
1.17
13.00
194
15.5
PD1
SCCD
7/17/07
10:00
21.5
21.1
8.21
2140
8.72
0.91
6.50
285
2.3
PD1
SCCD
7/24/07
9:20
21.5
21.1
8.18
1353
7.90
1.23
15.00
365
6.7
PD1
SCCD
7/31/07
9:30
20.0
19.8
8.18
1031
8.02
1.39
19.00
579
16.7
8/8/07
10:30
20.4
20.1
8.19
1032
7.75
1.42
20.00
206
52.3
PD1
SCCD
8/15/07
10:30
18.8
18.5
8.15
1126
8.65
1.24
15.00
387
19.2
PD1
SCCD
8/22/07
9:20
16.8
16.5
8.16
1188
8.67
1.28
16.00
387
20.2
PD1
SCCD
8/27/07
10:15
17.5
17.1
8.30
1106
8.75
1.46
21.00
219
24.4
PD1
SCCD
9/13/07
9:45
13.2
12.8
8.29
943
7.44
1.75
35.00
172
23.7
PD1
SCCD
9/18/07
9:50
14.2
13.9
8.20
1246
9.15
1.44
20.00
110
10.4
PD1
SCCD
9/20/07
10:00
13.3
13
8.30
1217
9.70
1.60
26.00
155
11.5
PD1
SCCD
9/26/07
9:20
10.5
10.7
8.24
1116
9.96
1.62
26.00
126
5.5
17.6
PD1
SCCD
PD1
SCCD
4/2/08
10:00
1.6
1.6
8.20
1882
13.92
1.35
20.00
<1
PD1
SCCD
4/8/08
9:45
5.7
5.7
8.25
1619
12.44
1.44
24.00
6.5
PD1
SCCD
4/16/08
10:00
7.7
8.0
8.24
1550
12.39
1.51
26.00
23
4.9
PD1
SCCD
4/21/08
9:20
2.6
3.1
8.03
1429
13.27
1.36
21.00
13
6.7
PD1
SCCD
4/30/08
10:00
12.2
12.2
8.17
1634
10.08
1.30
19.00
219
3.5
PD1
SCCD
5/15/08
9:00
11.8
11.9
8.29
1548
9.88
1.47
25.00
91
13.8
PD1
SCCD
5/21/08
9:50
18.2
18.1
8.30
1575
8.20
1.11
13.00
99
10.5
7.95
1054
3.79
138.00
PD1
SCCD
5/29/08
9:10
12.4
12.6
8.93
365
88
283
513
1.2
328
0.61
346
100
64
63
4.96
5.29
2.72
<0.02
0.19
0.2
<5
378
882
2.6
420
0.05
819
165
114
177
8.22
9.42
7.71
0.07
0.07
<0.1
60
280
528
1.0
0.08
319
110
62
55
5.47
5.09
2.40
0.04
0.15
<0.1
592
1.0
<0.05
361
122
70
59
6.08
5.75
2.56
0.02
0.09
<0.1
28
336
748
1.6
382
<0.05
532
133
101
103
6.62
8.32
4.48
0.02
0.04
<0.1
40
317
753
1.7
387
0.14
563
135
101
105
6.73
8.33
4.56
0.04
0.11
<0.1
156.0
PD1
SCCD
6/4/08
9:20
16.2
16.3
8.07
790
7.64
2.95
84.00
219
148.0
PD1
SCCD
6/10/08
8:50
13.9
14.1
7.98
934
8.90
2.99
86.00
248
123.0
164
223
404
1.1
265
0.12
268
75
53
50
3.73
4.33
2.15
<0.02
0.29
0.2
PD1
SCCD
7/15/08
9:45
19.1
19.2
8.06
844
7.91
1.73
34.00
921
93.7
132
210
390
249
0.13
277
78
48
47
3.88
3.91
2.04
0.02
0.21
0.1
PD1
SCCD
7/24/08
9:45
21.3
21.4
8.16
1243
7.02
1.59
29.00
>2419.6
89.0
10
286
558
1.46
332
0.2
444
110
69
79
5.48
5.67
3.44
0.04
0.06
<0.1
63
243
394
0.9
290
0.13
249
80
48
40
3.96
3.91
1.73
0.03
0.13
<0.1
921
43.9
PD1
SCCD
8/4/08
9:10
19.4
19.7
8.23
1347
6.48
1.09
9.90
411
11.1
PD1
SCCD
8/13/08
8:45
17.2
17.7
7.97
1217
6.47
1.23
14.00
387
7.3
PD1
SCCD
7/29/08
9:20
19.9
20.2
8.07
1213
7.46
1.31
16.00
PD1
SCCD
9/18/08
11:30
15.3
15.5
8.22
1248
8.63
1.54
27.00
365
9.3
PD1
SCCD
9/23/08
9:40
11.0
11.3
8.24
1304
9.35
1.38
18.00
137
13.5
9:45
10.4
10.9
8.17
PD1
SCCD
10/2/08
9:30
10.9
11.3
8.16
904
9.67
1.84
34.00
138
26.2
PD1
SCCD
10/15/08
9:20
6.3
6.8
8.22
1162
11.28
2.08
43.00
219
90.7
PD1
SCCD

9/30/08
886
9.11
1.83
33.00
291
15.0
Site: PD2 - On Prairie Dog Creek upstream from County Rd. 114 crossing.
Site
Agency
QA/QC
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
Time
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
93
337
616
1.2
361
0.36
432
117
79
70
5.81
6.50
3.04
0.02
0.2
0.2
72
270
469
1.0
317
0.12
291
93
58
48
4.62
4.74
2.10
<0.02
0.15
0.1
17
342
663
1.5
385
0.14
509
132
81
87
6.58
6.68
3.77
0.06
0.1
<0.1
30
245
446
0.7
0.06
258
96
50
35
4.77
4.14
1.53
<0.02
0.10
<0.1
20
301
536
0.8
1.93
285
113
62
43
5.62
5.10
1.85
<0.02
0.08
<0.1
28
337
744
1.5
390
<0.05
531
134
99
94
6.69
8.18
4.09
<0.02
0.07
<0.1
50
316
693
1.4
385
0.14
461
126
92
85
6.29
7.56
3.69
0.03
0.12
<0.1
PD2
SCCD
5/7/07
11:00
8.1
7.9
8.15
926
10.61
3260
447.0
PD2
SCCD
5/15/07
9:45
12.4
12.1
8.12
1337
8.86
1.56
66.43
148
59.9
PD2
SCCD
5/24/07
10:00
11.4
11.3
8.03
978
9.92
1.55
65.80
727
80.6
PD2
SCCD
5/31/07
10:00
11.8
11.8
8.03
950
8.88
1.38
55.49
980
70.3
PD2
SCCD
6/5/07
10:20
18.4
18.0
8.07
1063
8.47
1.58
67.68
816
86.9
PD2
SCCD
6/12/07
10:15
17.3
16.9
8.06
1006
7.95
2.76
153.50
980
162.0
PD2
SCCD
6/18/07
9:45
15.3
14.9
8.04
822
8.49
2.10
102.77
579
103.0
PD2
SCCD
6/26/07
10:30
19.4
18.9
8.02
1085
7.80
1.40
56.67
461
51.0
PD2
SCCD
7/11/07
10:00
17.4
17.1
8.16
1382
8.03
0.52
13.24
236
24.5
PD2
SCCD
7/17/07
10:30
21.4
21.0
8.16
1526
7.46
0.40
9.01
488
13.3
PD2
SCCD
7/24/07
9:45
21.4
21.1
8.16
917
7.60
0.62
17.14
579
37.7
PD2
SCCD
7/31/07
10:00
19.8
19.3
8.16
874
8.24
0.74
22.23
649
46.4
PD2
SCCD
8/8/07
11:00
20.5
20.0
8.16
816
7.58
0.88
28.66
517
52.0
PD2
SCCD
8/15/07
11:15
19.2
18.6
8.11
916
8.30
0.66
18.79
172
28.9
PD2
SCCD
8/22/07
9:50
17.0
16.6
8.32
955
8.67
0.68
19.63
192
23.9
PD2
SCCD
8/27/07
10:45
17.6
17.2
8.24
913
8.73
0.80
24.92
158
22.1
PD2
SCCD
9/13/07
10:15
13.7
13.3
8.04
822
7.34
1.20
45.19
147
20.4
PD2
SCCD
9/18/07
10:15
14.0
13.6
8.20
1120
8.91
0.72
21.35
236
14.1
PD2
SCCD
9/20/07
10:30
13.2
12.8
8.28
1063
9.42
0.86
27.71
153
11.5
PD2
SCCD
9/26/07
9:45
10.8
10.9
8.19
1025
9.69
0.84
26.77
104
5.4
PD2
SCCD
4/2/08
10:20
1.4
1.3
8.24
1662
13.62
0.78
24.01
18.5
PD2
SCCD
4/8/08
10:15
4.4
4.6
8.33
1509
12.29
0.94
31.58
44
11.4
PD2
SCCD
4/16/08
10:25
7.2
7.4
8.24
1548
11.02
0.99
34.08
16
10.7
PD2
SCCD
4/21/08
9:45
2.2
2.4
8.21
1362
13.11
0.80
24.92
61
22.1
PD2
SCCD
4/30/08
10:30
11.5
11.6
8.18
1577
9.38
0.75
22.67
102
5.7
PD2
SCCD
5/15/08
9:20
11.6
11.7
8.27
1388
10.09
0.92
30.60
84
PD2
SCCD
5/21/08
10:25
18.3
18.1
8.21
1397
8.03
0.68
19.63
345
11.3
PD2
SCCD
5/29/08
9:40
12.4
12.6
7.97
950
8.77
285
149.0
PD2
SCCD
6/4/08
10:00
15.3
15.4
8.01
743
7.63
2.60
140.61
249
125.0
PD2
SCCD
6/10/08
9:15
13.3
13.4
8.07
865
8.84
2.85
160.90
276
116.0
184
211
381
250
0.11
232
72
49
43
3.60
4.02
1.85
<0.02
0.11
<0.1
PD2
SCCD
7/15/08
10:10
19.4
19.4
8.02
723
7.78
0.95
32.07
1200
82.2
122
186
319
0.9
220
0.17
210
64
39
36
3.20
3.17
1.57
<0.02
0.17
0.1
PD2
SCCD
7/24/08
10:00
21.7
21.6
8.09
846
6.95
0.94
31.58
727
45.5
PD2
SCCD
7/29/08
9:35
19.7
19.9
8.03
884
7.16
0.68
19.63
435
45.3
PD2
SCCD
8/4/08
9:20
19.0
19.3
8.10
1080
6.03
0.52
13.24
548
27.2
36
248
474
288
0.36
318
96
57
50
4.80
4.66
2.17
<0.02
0.08
<0.1
PD2
SCCD
8/13/08
9:05
16.9
17.3
8.02
937
6.23
0.65
18.37
461
37.4
PD2
SCCD
9/18/08
11:45
15.3
15.4
8.12
1092
8.18
0.90
29.63
33
21.8
PD2
SCCD
9/23/08
9:55
10.9
11.1
8.19
1131
8.86
0.80
24.92
118
15.3
PD2
SCCD
9/30/08
10:05
10.6
10.9
8.15
764
8.90
1.23
46.86
1990
21.3
PD2
SCCD
10/2/08
9:50
11
11.2
8.15
769
9.49
1.15
42.46
276
30.3
48
227
359
0.7
268
0.15
203
74
42
32
3.70
3.46
1.38
0.03
0.10
<0.1
PD2
SCCD
10/15/08
9:35
6.3
6.7
8.15
970
11.02
1.58
67.68
228
7.6

20.5
Site: PD3 - On Dutch Creek 100 yards from confluence of Prairie Dog Creek
Site
PD3
Agency
SCCD
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
n/a
5/7/07
Time
10:25
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
517
1680
3.4
516
<0.05
1580
268
246
317
13.36
20.24
13.79
0.13
0.22
0.1
5/15/07
8.60
1.40
2.51
91
6.2
PD3
SCCD
5/24/07
10:30
12.4
12.1
8.05
3860
9.21
1.55
3.24
115
3.8
PD3
SCCD
5/31/07
10:30
12.1
12.0
8.02
3830
7.14
1.52
3.09
649
3.8
PD3
SCCD
QA/QC
14.2
13.6
7.95
3400
PD3
SCCD
6/5/07
11:00
21.2
20.7
8.00
3580
9.16
1.76
4.45
204
3.8
PD3
SCCD
6/12/07
10:45
20.5
20.1
7.89
2730
5.76
2.71
13.11
308
3.2
3.0
PD3
SCCD
6/18/07
10:10
16.5
16.1
7.97
3180
8.51
2.10
6.93
93
PD3
SCCD
6/26/07
11:00
20.9
20.3
7.89
3800
7.23
1.00
1.08
55
PD3
SCCD
7/11/07
10:30
17.7
17.2
7.62
4370
6.17
0.48
0.17
16
8.9
PD3
SCCD
7/17/07
11:15
20.4
20.5
7.70
4590
7.25
0.40
0.11
29
11.7
2.2
PD3
SCCD
7/24/07
10:15
21.3
20.8
7.88
4640
6.56
0.42
0.12
47
16.8
PD3
SCCD
7/31/07
10:20
17.7
17.4
7.74
4650
6.67
0.60
0.30
86
17.6
9.2
PD3
SCCD
8/8/07
11:30
20.9
20.2
7.56
4340
6.42
0.74
0.51
>2419.6
PD3
SCCD
8/15/07
11:45
18.9
18.6
7.46
4250
5.15
0.50
0.19
81
7.1
PD3
SCCD
8/22/07
10:20
17.1
16.6
8.01
1124
8.01
0.49
0.18
131
7.8
PD3
SCCD
8/27/07
11:20
17.4
17.1
7.83
1450
9.30
0.52
0.21
33
8.2
PD3
SCCD
9/13/07
10:40
11.9
11.6
7.55
2410
3.64
0.90
0.83
77
17.0
SCCD
n/a
PD3
SCCD
9/20/07
11:00
12.3
11.9
7.56
4130
5.64
0.58
0.28
10
16.9
SCCD
9/26/07
10:15
9.9
10
7.79
4800
8.54
0.6
0.30
56
17
PD3
SCCD
4/2/08
10:50
0.7
0.7
8.21
3120
13.24
1.40
2.51
20.2
PD3
SCCD
4/8/08
10:45
3.7
4.0
8.12
3210
13.61
0.90
0.83
14.0
SCCD
4/16/08
11:00
3800
10.10
0.90
0.83
21
12.2
PD3
SCCD
4/21/08
10:10
2.4
2.5
8.03
3400
12.44
0.78
0.58
345
15.4
PD3
SCCD
4/30/08
10:50
11.4
11.6
8.02
3800
8.74
0.77
0.56
238
6.7
PD3
SCCD
5/15/08
9:50
12.2
12.3
7.95
3700
9.68
0.86
0.74
345
8.1
PD3
SCCD
5/21/08
10:50
18.4
18.2
8.04
4000
8.87
0.78
0.58
461
6.4
3.6
703
<0.05
1710
242
241
335
12.09
19.85
14.57
0.14
0.21
0.1
1940
4.2
724
<0.05
2300
295
294
422
14.71
24.17
18.36
1.41
1.44
<0.1
304
653
1.7
<0.05
502
127
82
99
6.32
6.73
4.28
0.46
0.48
<0.1
12
521
1810
4.1
<0.05
2100
300
259
400
14.94
21.34
17.40
1.84
1.82
<0.1
6.4
6.6
8.07
23
489
1610
3.8
585
<0.05
1810
253
237
348
12.60
19.51
15.11
0.14
0.18
<0.1
10
484
1740
3.8
590
<0.05
1940
267
261
362
13.31
21.47
15.76
0.11
0.12
<0.1
5/29/08
10:05
16.0
15.9
7.94
3300
7.73
3.31
185
3.5
PD3
SCCD
6/4/08
10:35
16.8
16.9
7.94
3500
5.58
2.47
10.40
365
5.1
SCCD
6/10/08
9:40
15.3
15.5
8.00
3500
6.53
2.70
12.99
411
4.1
<5
547
1560
3.9
652
<0.05
1710
236
237
356
11.76
19.51
15.47
0.06
0.07
<0.1
PD3
SCCD
7/15/08
10:35
19.3
19.5
7.96
3700
8.87
1.12
1.44
770
3.8
<5
565
1680
4.5
665
<0.05
2040
226
272
424
11.28
22.40
18.42
0.15
0.17
<0.1
PD3
SCCD
7/24/08
10:25
22.3
22.2
8.00
4300
6.99
1.00
1.08
411
10.4
7/29/08
10:05
19.9
20.0
7.95
4100
7.21
0.82
10.2
9
561
1830
4.83
658
<0.05
2270
237
301
475
11.81
24.79
20.65
0.63
1.3
0.3
10
563
1990
5.1
687
13
<0.05
2500
281
314
524
14.01
25.87
22.78
0.26
0.29
<0.1
0.66
816
PD3
SCCD
8/4/08
9:50
19.6
19.9
7.89
4100
4.73
0.50
0.19
1200
18.1
PD3
SCCD
8/13/08
9:30
15.5
15.9
7.63
4600
4.83
0.58
0.28
139
22.2
PD3
SCCD
1600
594
PD3
PD3
SCCD
576
9/18/07
PD3
PD3
PD3
<5
PD3
SCCD
9/18/08
12:10
17.7
17.5
8.19
4100
11.03
0.79
0.60
72
7.3
PD3
SCCD
9/23/08
10:20
9.8
10.1
7.97
4300
9.76
0.69
0.43
104
11.7
10:25
8.9
40
10.3
PD3
SCCD
10/2/08
10:15
9.7
9.9
8.02
4200
9.64
1.02
1.14
27
11.3
PD3
SCCD
10/15/08
10:00
5.4
8.02
3900
11.37
1.42
2.60
219
8.7
PD3
SCCD

9/30/08
9.2
7.98
4400
8.64
1.14
1.50
Site: PD3A - Located on Prairie Dog Creek just upstream from road crossing approximately 1/4 mile upstream from confluence with Dutch Creek.
Site
Agency
QA/QC
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
4/2/08
Time
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
11:10
3.1
3.1
8.18
1172
13.29
1.18
23.29
7.2
19
320
563
0.9
374
<0.05
307
109
71
50
5.42
5.83
2.16
<0.02
0.06
<0.1
26
295
540
0.8
360
<0.05
246
107
66
42
5.34
5.44
1.81
0.03
0.07
<0.1
PD3A
SCCD
PD3A
SCCD
4/8/08
11:10
4.1
4.5
8.20
1093
12.84
1.35
28.30
59
9.1
PD3A
SCCD
4/16/08
11:20
6.9
7.0
8.33
1154
11.68
1.48
32.33
31
10.4
PD3A
SCCD
4/21/08
10:30
3.5
3.7
8.16
1047
13.06
1.19
23.57
29
15.3
PD3A
SCCD
4/30/08
11:05
11.2
11.3
7.95
1162
9.34
1.15
22.43
144
5.7
PD3A
SCCD
5/15/08
10:15
12.7
12.8
8.14
1023
10.91
1.11
21.31
55
10.4
PD3A
SCCD
5/21/08
11:10
17.7
17.6
8.31
913
14.81
0.94
16.75
308
7.5
PD3A
SCCD
5/29/08
10:25
12.6
12.6
8.25
718
9.20
PD3A
SCCD
6/4/08
10:55
14.5
14.7
7.97
605
8.18
2.88
84.80
548
91.8
PD3A
SCCD
6/10/08
10:00
12.6
12.8
8.10
726
9.21
2.90
85.66
261
106.0
148
178
276
0.5
212
0.1
133
56
33
21
2.81
2.71
0.88
<0.02
0.2
0.2
PD3A
SCCD
7/15/08
10:55
19.2
19.4
7.93
506
8.35
1.37
28.91
770
62.7
96
150
220
0.3
183
<0.05
94
49
24
11
2.44
1.94
0.49
<0.02
0.13
0.1
PD3A
SCCD
7/24/08
10:35
21.3
21.1
8.08
626
7.42
1.36
28.60
1200
41.4
PD3A
SCCD
7/29/08
10:15
19.5
19.7
8.09
602
7.49
1.09
20.76
613
45.5
PD3A
SCCD
8/4/08
10:05
19.1
19.4
8.10
722
6.32
0.78
12.78
308
34.6
31
201
314
0.39
235
0.2
152
69
34
16
3.44
2.82
0.69
0.05
0.13
0.1
PD3A
SCCD
8/13/08
9:40
17.4
17.8
8.03
781
6.46
0.97
17.53
1300
30.8
PD3A
SCCD
9/18/08
12:20
15.3
15.4
8.30
1010
8.51
1.16
27.00
199
8.7
PD3A
SCCD
9/23/08
10:35
10.8
11.1
8.22
974
9.24
1.02
18.86
276
13.4
PD3A
SCCD
9/30/08
10:40
10.2
10.3
8.10
659
9.38
1.47
32.01
548
18.7
PD3A
SCCD
10/2/08
10:30
10.7
10.9
8.18
718
10.00
1.36
28.60
107
30.5
36
211
312
0.4
249
0.07
140
67
35
17
3.33
2.90
0.75
0.03
0.08
<0.1
PD3A
SCCD
10/15/08
10:15
6.3
6.6
8.09
899
11
1.76
41.55
344
79.5

249
170.0
Site: PD4 - On Wildcat Creek approximately 300 yards upstream from Hwy. 336
Site
PD4
Agency
SCCD
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
5/7/07
5/15/07
Time
12:00
11:00
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
10.5
10.2
8.25
>1999
11.60
4.32
1.87
435
6.0
5
394
957
1.4
407
0.21
737
173
128
98
8.62
10.52
4.27
0.39
0.41
<0.1
1880
11.04
4.18
1.04
135
4.9
PD4
SCCD
5/24/07
11:00
11.1
10.8
7.94
1096
10.01
4.55
4.72
167
4.1
5/31/07
11:00
11.2
11.2
7.93
1284
8.52
5.30
308
8.6
PD4
SCCD
QA/QC
11.7
11.3
8.05
PD4
SCCD
PD4
SCCD
6/5/07
11:20
19.2
18.6
7.87
1133
8.21
4.14
0.88
248
13.0
PD4
SCCD
6/12/07
11:15
16.6
16.3
7.95
1865
7.93
4.07
0.65
222
13.2
PD4
SCCD
6/18/07
10:30
14.3
13.9
7.99
884
8.65
4.30
1.73
435
18.4
PD4
SCCD
6/26/07
12:15
21.2
20.6
7.95
1441
7.38
3.72
0.13
155
11.2
PD4
SCCD
7/11/07
11:00
18.9
18.5
7.99
710
7.44
3.38
0.02
178
18.3
PD4
SCCD
7/17/07
11:40
22.9
22.5
8.02
687
6.75
4.30
1.73
649
26.0
PD4
SCCD
7/24/07
10:45
22.3
21.7
8.02
483
7.20
4.34
2.04
687
31.0
7/31/07
10:45
20.0
19.4
8.07
667
8.05
4.58
5.31
PD4
SCCD
8/8/07
12:00
20.5
19.8
8.11
640
7.33
4.48
3.58
517
30.1
PD4
SCCD
8/15/07
12:30
18.8
18.2
8.05
662
7.98
4.60
5.74
>2419.6
33.4
PD4
SCCD
8/22/07
10:50
16.3
15.8
8.19
510
8.49
4.78
11.36
921
27.7
PD4
SCCD
727
PD4
SCCD
8/27/07
12:00
17.4
17.0
8.00
555
8.33
4.75
10.16
649
21.8
SCCD
9/13/07
11:00
12.9
12.6
7.99
682
7.30
4.38
2.40
249
17.2
SCCD
9/18/07
10:45
13.4
13.1
8.17
913
8.88
4.32
1.87
261
17.7
PD4
SCCD
9/20/07
11:30
12.7
12.4
8.08
788
9.40
4.62
6.20
204
19.0
PD4
SCCD
9/26/07
10:50
10.2
10.3
8.21
893
9.85
4.48
3.58
276
8.5
PD4
SCCD
4/2/08
11:25
0.6
0.7
8.03
2310
14.45
3.98
0.44
<1
9.8
PD4
SCCD
4/8/08
11:30
2.4
2.7
8.11
2120
16.85
3.94
0.36
12
9.5
4/16/08
15.02
3.94
0.36
PD4
SCCD
4/21/08
10:50
1.4
1.6
7.95
1984
14.94
3.93
0.35
25
8.6
PD4
SCCD
4/30/08
11:25
8.8
9.0
7.97
2400
10.45
3.89
0.29
131
6.0
PD4
SCCD
11:45
5.3
5.7
8.19
2500
23
7.4
PD4
SCCD
5/15/08
10:35
11.3
11.4
8.12
1837
15.66
4.00
0.48
80
5.6
PD4
SCCD
5/21/08
11:30
18.0
17.8
8.19
941
14.68
4.15
0.92
196
4.0
8.04
1339
21.7
5/29/08
10:50
0.17
503
123
83
63
6.14
6.80
2.74
0.51
0.58
<0.1
<0.05
141
68
34
18
3.36
2.81
0.76
0.07
0.18
0.1
50
185
276
0.4
<0.05
108
60
31
17
2.98
2.52
0.71
0.03
0.14
<0.1
24
262
385
0.5
<0.05
171
81
44
23
4.04
3.64
0.99
0.05
0.13
<0.1
<5
397
1210
1.6
467
0.43
1050
219
162
126
10.92
13.32
5.47
0.53
0.54
<0.1
<5
350
1010
1.3
427
0.13
739
185
134
98
9.21
11.02
4.26
0.34
0.37
<0.1
8.78
4.40
2.60
108
SCCD
6/4/08
11:15
14.5
14.3
7.80
769
7.46
5.84
365
26.4
6/10/08
10:15
12.9
13.0
7.88
981
8.69
4.53
4.37
115
37.3
34
232
468
0.8
282
0.09
285
88
61
41
4.39
4.97
1.79
0.14
0.21
<0.1
PD4
SCCD
7/15/08
11:15
19.1
19.1
7.90
472
7.90
4.41
2.71
345
32.1
49
150
223
0.4
182
<0.05
100
49
25
13
2.43
2.01
0.54
0.03
0.16
<0.1
36
162
257
0.46
193
<0.05
119
54
30
17
2.68
2.46
0.73
0.05
0.14
<0.1
43
212
351
0.6
253
<0.05
189
70
43
25
3.48
3.53
1.06
0.06
0.12
<0.1
7/24/08
6.86
4.16
0.96
921
21.5
PD4
SCCD
7/29/08
10:35
19.5
19.6
7.84
506
7.07
4.17
1.00
517
35.2
PD4
SCCD
8/4/08
10:30
19.6
19.8
7.95
544
5.83
3.96
0.40
548
28.7
PD4
SCCD
8/13/08
10:00
16.7
17.1
7.84
600
6.15
4.25
1.40
>2419.6
46.2
PD4
21.4
12.9
359
244
SCCD
10:50
12.9
1.1
0.4
PD4
SCCD
647
309
PD4
PD4
SCCD
294
209
25.0
PD4
PD4
48
21.0
7.98
592
PD4
SCCD
9/18/08
12:40
13.8
13.9
8.14
1639
8.77
3.78
0.17
111
5.6
PD4
SCCD
9/23/08
10:50
10.2
10.5
8.20
1037
9.03
4.12
0.81
488
12.7
9/30/08
10:55
9.0
9.3
7.97
702
9.45
308
24.3
PD4
SCCD
10/2/08
10:50
9.9
10.1
8.08
720
9.96
4.28
1.59
201
12.2
PD4
SCCD
10/15/08
10:30
5.7
6.1
8.00
1741
11
4.24
1.34
186
8.4
PD4
SCCD

4.38
2.40
Site: PD5 - On Prairie Dog Creek south of railroad crossing off of Hwy. 336
Site
PD5
Agency
SCCD
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
5/7/07
5/15/07
Time
12:30
11:25
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
9.9
9.6
8.34
845
10.31
1200
380.0
54
295
407
0.5
314
0.36
174
86
47
25
4.30
3.83
1.07
0.03
0.11
0.1
58
215
293
0.4
249
0.22
111
65
32
16
3.22
2.64
0.67
<0.02
0.08
<0.1
32
213
325
0.3
245
0.09
139
74
34
14
3.67
2.81
0.60
0.04
0.09
<0.1
24
205
311
0.04
<0.05
123
71
33
15
3.53
2.68
0.63
0.03
0.05
<0.1
285
414
0.4
<0.05
169
91
46
19
4.53
3.74
0.81
0.03
0.05
<0.1
15
311
486
0.8
355
<0.05
215
97
59
40
4.83
4.87
1.73
0.02
0.05
<0.1
302
511
0.7
368
<0.05
216
104
61
36
5.20
5.01
1.58
0.04
0.06
<0.1
833
9.07
1.32
31.61
185
33.3
PD5
SCCD
5/24/07
11:20
11.8
11.5
7.95
580
10.05
1.54
42.53
345
42.2
5/31/07
11:20
10.6
10.6
8.13
575
9.20
1.68
50.28
548
39.2
PD5
SCCD
QA/QC
13.0
12.5
8.13
PD5
SCCD
PD5
SCCD
6/5/07
11:40
18.4
17.6
7.96
581
8.75
1.68
50.28
649
110.0
PD5
SCCD
6/12/07
11:40
16.1
15.8
7.93
592
8.25
2.15
80.82
649
115.0
PD5
SCCD
6/18/07
10:50
15.0
14.6
8.01
532
8.55
1.82
58.65
291
662.0
PD5
SCCD
6/26/07
13:00
21.7
21.1
8.15
632
8.06
1.10
22.26
308
32.8
PD5
SCCD
7/11/07
11:15
19.7
19.4
8.08
638
8.40
1.00
18.53
365
23.1
PD5
SCCD
7/17/07
12:00
22.6
22.2
8.12
684
7.93
1.00
18.53
649
21.0
PD5
SCCD
7/24/07
11:00
22.2
21.6
8.13
476
7.71
1.18
25.48
727
51.3
7/31/07
11:00
20.2
19.6
8.10
519
8.35
1.36
33.48
165
45.2
PD5
SCCD
8/8/07
12:20
20.8
20.2
8.06
542
7.90
1.44
37.37
517
38.0
PD5
SCCD
8/15/07
12:45
20.1
19.5
8.11
587
8.65
1.30
30.70
206
24.8
PD5
SCCD
8/22/07
11:10
17.2
16.8
8.24
631
9.04
1.20
26.32
166
11.1
PD5
SCCD
8/27/07
12:20
18.8
18.2
8.23
615
9.45
1.16
24.65
128
7.3
PD5
SCCD
9/13/07
11:20
13.5
13.2
8.04
612
7.50
1.28
29.80
236
18.1
PD5
SCCD
9/18/07
11:10
13.7
13.4
8.11
862
15.45
210
4.3
PD5
SCCD
9/20/07
11:45
14.3
13.8
8.27
811
9.85
1.00
18.53
119
4.2
PD5
SCCD
9/26/07
11:10
11.6
11.8
8.11
742
10.02
1.08
21.49
67
PD5
SCCD
9.31
0.91
PD5
SCCD
4/2/08
11:45
3.3
3.3
8.41
998
12.47
1.04
19.98
8.2
PD5
SCCD
4/8/08
11:45
4.9
5.2
8.28
978
13.02
1.20
26.32
35
5.3
16
7.8
4/16/08
997
11.17
1.08
21.49
PD5
SCCD
4/21/08
11:05
4.1
4.2
8.17
937
12.65
0.90
15.13
PD5
SCCD
4/30/08
11:40
10.8
10.9
8.20
940
9.23
PD5
SCCD
12:00
9.1
9.0
8.27
40
8.5
1410
2.6
PD5
SCCD
5/15/08
10:55
13.4
13.3
8.34
1014
10.39
0.86
13.86
44
5.3
PD5
SCCD
5/21/08
11:50
19.1
18.8
8.43
760
15.65
0.85
13.55
210
4.1
8.78
2.45
103.92
365
157.0
PD5
SCCD
6/4/08
11:35
13.3
13.5
7.89
457
8.25
1.98
68.98
387
99.1
PD5
SCCD
6/10/08
10:35
12.4
12.5
8.01
529
9.08
2.06
74.44
579
84.2
140
167
233
0.4
201
0.11
91
50
26
16
2.49
2.17
0.69
<0.02
0.18
0.2
PD5
SCCD
7/15/08
11:40
20.2
20.2
7.88
357
8.19
1.45
37.88
461
61.6
136
130
172
0.3
157
0.15
62
40
18
1.98
1.45
0.40
<0.02
0.14
0.1
PD5
SCCD
7/24/08
11:20
21.7
21.6
8.04
442
7.41
1.37
33.96
921
49.0
66
165
238
0.36
194
0.08
105
55
24
13
2.75
2.00
0.56
<0.02
0.11
<0.1
16
189
256
0.4
225
<0.05
102
57
28
17
2.82
2.29
0.72
0.03
0.05
<0.1
PD5
SCCD
5/29/08
11:05
13.5
13.2
7.81
637
7/29/08
10:45
20.2
20.3
8.03
437
7.38
1.32
31.61
727
48.2
PD5
SCCD
8/4/08
10:50
19.5
19.8
8.05
522
6.20
1.18
25.48
727
34.3
PD5
SCCD
8/13/08
10:10
17.6
17.9
7.91
603
6.53
1.20
26.32
579
31.0
PD5
SCCD
PD5
SCCD
9/18/08
12:50
16.3
16.3
8.34
821
9.31
1.08
21.49
79
3.2
PD5
SCCD
9/23/08
11:05
11.6
11.9
8.19
795
9.54
1.01
18.89
225
3.7
9/30/08
11:10
11.4
11.6
8.17
539
9.33
1.26
28.91
167
PD5
SCCD
10/2/08
11:05
12
12.2
8.13
521
9.90
1.30
30.70
130
7.1
PD5
SCCD
10/15/08
10:45
6.9
7.2
8.21
646
10.94
1.52
41.47
111
24.2
PD5
SCCD

6.0
Site: PD5A - On Prairie Dog Creek on Peno Road

Site
Agency
QA/QC
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
4/2/08
Time
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
12:00
3.0
3.1
8.35
1048
12.67
7.88
21.09
111
3.6
304
475
0.8
346
<0.05
194
92
60
41
4.57
4.92
1.77
0.03
0.05
<0.1
25
290
454
0.7
354
<0.05
170
92
55
36
4.58
4.49
1.54
0.03
0.08
<0.1
PD5A
SCCD
PD5A
SCCD
4/8/08
12:10
5.3
5.6
8.30
959
11.08
8.14
24.93
50
2.8
PD5A
SCCD
4/16/08
12:30
8.7
8.9
8.26
946
11.29
8.23
26.39
111
3.9
PD5A
SCCD
4/21/08
11:25
4.0
4.1
8.16
814
12.51
7.89
21.23
89
5.0
PD5A
SCCD
4/30/08
12:00
10.7
10.9
8.26
902
8.78
7.78
19.74
816
1.8
PD5A
SCCD
5/15/08
11:15
12.4
12.5
8.40
891
10.12
8.37
28.79
326
11.9
PD5A
SCCD
5/21/08
12:10
18.1
8.10
433
8.81
37.50
>2419.6
183.0
PD5A
SCCD
5/29/08
11:35
12.7
12.7
7.86
543
8.92
488
138.0
PD5A
SCCD
6/4/08
12:05
12.1
12.3
7.93
392
8.59
9.62
59.03
387
72.3
PD5A
SCCD
6/10/08
11:00
11.9
11.9
8.06
469
9.28
9.62
59.03
387
65.4
122
155
201
0.4
186
0.11
76
43
23
14
2.16
1.86
0.60
<0.02
0.14
0.2
PD5A
SCCD
7/15/08
12:05
19.2
19.0
8.10
312
8.12
8.92
39.98
649
42.7
104
118
146
0.2
143
<1
<0.05
46
34
15
1.69
1.22
0.29
<0.02
0.1
0.1
PD5A
SCCD
7/24/08
11:40
20.5
20.5
8.07
375
7.68
8.86
38.61
980
38.7
PD5A
SCCD
7/29/08
11:10
18.9
19.0
7.85
410
7.73
8.62
33.51
435
42.9
PD5A
SCCD
8/4/08
11:15
18.3
18.7
7.92
438
6.11
8.56
32.32
>2419.6
44.6
83
148
196
0.33
177
<1
0.1
74
46
20
11
2.31
1.60
0.46
<0.02
0.1
0.1
PD5A
SCCD
8/13/08
10:30
16.5
16.8
7.89
519
6.44
8.48
30.79
435
23.8
PD5A
SCCD
9/18/08
13:10
15.6
15.7
8.13
737
8.22
8.07
27.00
326
3.2
PD5A
SCCD
9/23/08
11:25
11.1
11.5
8.16
733
8.81
8.05
23.54
248
3.5
PD5A
SCCD
9/30/08
11:30
10.8
11.0
7.98
474
9.04
8.58
32.71
387
PD5A
SCCD
10/2/08
11:25
11.5
11.7
8.05
445
9.56
8.56
32.32
225
6.6
13
182
222
0.4
220
<0.05
75
50
24
16
2.49
1.95
0.67
<0.02
0.03
<0.1
PD5A
SCCD
10/15/08
11:10
7.2
8.04
587
10.74
8.85
38.38
206
14.7

5.7
Site: PD6 - On Prairie Dog Creek upstream from Hwy. 14 crossing

Site
PD6
Agency
SCCD
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
5/7/07
5/15/07
Time
13:00
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
9.6
9.2
8.37
743
10.22
5.74
727
138.0
14
282
348
0.6
310
0.48
124
74
40
26
3.68
3.27
1.13
0.04
0.06
<0.1
32
187
227
0.4
217
0.23
62
51
25
13
2.53
2.01
0.55
0.02
0.05
<0.1
48
156
209
0.3
187
0.13
76
46
23
11
2.31
1.86
0.46
0.03
0.08
0.1
30
146
192
0.3
<1
<0.05
56
44
20
11
2.16
1.66
0.46
<0.02
0.05
<0.1
<5
242
306
0.4
<0.05
93
65
35
17
3.23
2.89
0.71
0.04
0.05
<0.1
301
443
0.8
344
<0.05
240
88
54
40
4.38
4.47
1.83
0.03
0.04
<0.1
294
203
289
0.5
248
<0.05
96
59
34
21
2.96
2.82
0.92
0.02
0.29
0.3
12:00
11.9
11.5
8.11
721
10.57
3.94
26.33
178
10.0
PD6
SCCD
5/24/07
12:00
11.1
10.8
8.06
470
10.60
4.20
44.17
548
18.0
5/31/07
12:00
9.1
9.3
8.00
459
10.03
4.28
51.45
980
20.7
24.2
PD6
SCCD
QA/QC
PD6
SCCD
PD6
SCCD
6/5/07
12:00
16.6
16.0
7.99
442
9.18
4.25
48.60
816
PD6
SCCD
6/12/07
12:00
14.6
14.2
7.88
509
8.65
5.00
181.04
770
62.1
PD6
SCCD
6/18/07
11:15
13.1
12.7
7.92
458
8.98
4.58
89.01
326
44.6
6/26/07
14:00
20.6
20.0
8.24
489
9.26
4.02
30.99
548
16.1
PD6
SCCD
7/11/07
11:40
18.1
18.0
8.02
392
8.62
3.90
24.25
411
19.2
PD6
SCCD
7/17/07
13:00
22.1
21.6
8.14
450
8.96
3.40
7.99
866
33.1
PD6
SCCD
7/24/07
11:20
20.7
20.1
8.01
276
8.11
4.08
34.93
727
41.8
PD6
SCCD
7/31/07
11:30
19.1
18.6
8.08
316
8.96
4.12
37.80
172
23.1
PD6
SCCD
8/8/07
12:40
19.7
19.1
8.14
317
8.88
4.10
36.34
411
18.9
PD6
SCCD
8/15/07
13:20
20.4
19.7
8.07
339
9.11
3.90
24.25
326
8.0
PD6
SCCD
8/22/07
13:30
17.2
16.8
8.41
372
10.22
3.94
26.33
365
7.5
PD6
SCCD
PD6
SCCD
8/27/07
13:00
18.3
17.7
8.24
389
9.64
4.10
36.34
816
15.0
PD6
SCCD
9/13/07
11:45
13.6
13.2
8.08
453
9.69
3.98
28.58
>2419.6
10.8
9/18/07
11:30
12.9
12.7
8.03
634
PD6
SCCD
9/20/07
12:10
13.8
13.3
8.43
606
9.17
3.69
15.49
228
2.8
PD6
SCCD
9/26/07
11:30
11.0
11.2
8.15
569
10.74
3.82
20.50
308
1.7
PD6
SCCD
9.50
3.70
15.84
649
3.5
PD6
SCCD
4/2/08
12:40
3.5
3.6
8.30
936
13.51
3.52
10.58
3.5
PD6
SCCD
4/8/08
12:30
5.4
6.2
8.37
962
11.75
3.68
15.16
27
2.4
4/16/08
PD6
SCCD
4/21/08
11:45
4.5
4.7
8.26
820
12.65
3.47
9.42
73
4.5
PD6
SCCD
4/30/08
12:20
10.3
10.6
8.28
858
10.01
3.50
10.10
148
1.8
12.3
8.13
588
9.92
3.88
23.26
1730
158.0
8.00
270
4.10
36.34
>2419.6
293.0
PD6
SCCD
12:45
8.2
PD6
SCCD
5/15/08
11:30
12.3
PD6
SCCD
5/21/08
12:30
15.4
11:50
11.5
11.3
8.04
505
11.88
3.78
18.83
64
4.6
9.37
5.62
466.18
291
79.6
SCCD
6/4/08
12:25
10.8
10.9
7.86
358
9.06
4.96
169.65
261
55.6
SCCD
6/10/08
11:15
10.3
10.5
8.05
429
9.71
4.97
172.44
435
41.1
93
148
195
0.4
177
0.11
69
42
22
14
2.09
1.79
0.59
<0.02
0.08
0.1
PD6
SCCD
7/15/08
12:25
19.0
18.8
8.08
279
8.80
4.28
51.45
345
27.5
81
110
132
0.2
134
<1
<0.05
37
31
14
1.53
1.10
0.27
<0.02
0.07
0.1
PD6
SCCD
7/24/08
11:55
20.6
20.5
8.14
303
8.07
4.20
44.17
921
28.1
59
119
144
0.33
144
<1
0.08
47
34
15
1.69
1.19
0.39
<0.02
0.07
0.1
157
187
0.3
187
<0.05
55
42
20
10
2.07
1.66
0.42
<0.02
0.02
<0.1
7/29/08
11:20
18.9
18.8
7.94
342
8.14
4.04
32.25
517
30.3
PD6
SCCD
8/4/08
11:30
18.0
18.3
7.94
332
6.41
4.00
29.76
649
25.3
PD6
SCCD
8/13/08
10:45
16.7
17.0
7.86
414
6.75
3.96
27.44
308
16.3
2.4
PD6
5/29/08
907
PD6
SCCD
8.19
PD6
PD6
SCCD
8.4
PD6
SCCD
9/18/08
13:25
15.6
15.7
8.31
654
9.45
3.78
18.83
>2419.6
PD6
SCCD
9/23/08
11:40
11.1
11.4
8.22
658
9.50
3.80
19.65
816
2.6
PD6
SCCD
9/30/08
11:45
10.8
11.0
8.09
408
9.56
4.02
30.99
167
4.3
PD6
SCCD
10/2/08
11:40
11.6
11.7
8.22
385
10.21
4.04
32.25
147
6.1
PD6
SCCD
10/15/08
11:25
6.8
7.2
8.08
592
11.22
4.21
45.02
387
7.3

Site: PD7 - On Meade Creek just south of Prairie Dog Creek confluence
Site
PD7
Agency
SCCD
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
5/7/07
5/15/07
13:35
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
11.5
11.0
8.33
917
10.12
1.58
1550
203.0
16
404
548
415
0.74
248
104
70
53
5.18
5.77
2.29
0.08
0.1
<0.1
12:25
12.0
11.6
8.14
1141
11.41
0.65
3.21
629
10.1
SCCD
5/24/07
12:20
11.5
11.1
8.24
681
10.88
0.90
13.78
980
5.2
PD7
SCCD
5/31/07
12:30
9.8
9.9
8.11
811
10.41
0.84
10.12
>2419.6
4.0
PD7
SCCD
6/5/07
12:30
17.7
17.7
8.11
856
8.19
0.68
3.93
>2419.6
9.6
PD7
SCCD
6/12/07
12:20
15.8
15.6
8.10
893
8.71
0.91
14.48
770
6.4
5.2
6/18/07
9.00
0.82
9.09
1050
PD7
SCCD
6/26/07
14:15
19.2
18.7
8.17
781
9.10
0.64
3.00
548
PD7
SCCD
7/11/07
12:00
17.9
17.6
8.13
556
8.61
0.48
0.83
387
8.6
PD7
SCCD
7/17/07
13:20
21.4
21.2
8.27
451
8.50
0.56
1.65
770
12.2
PD7
SCCD
Time
PD7
PD7
SCCD
QA/QC
11:50
13.5
13.1
8.16
850
9.8
PD7
SCCD
7/24/07
11:45
22.2
21.5
8.33
598
8.32
0.48
0.83
228
8.0
PD7
SCCD
7/31/07
11:45
19.3
18.8
8.30
533
9.47
0.48
0.83
579
8.6
8/8/07
13:00
19.6
19.0
8.07
502
8.50
0.52
1.18
579
9.5
PD7
SCCD
8/15/07
13:45
19.2
18.6
8.06
585
9.13
0.50
0.99
411
4.4
PD7
SCCD
8/22/07
14:00
17.0
16.5
8.20
609
9.53
0.44
0.56
261
6.1
PD7
SCCD
8/27/07
13:15
17.5
16.8
8.07
525
8.64
0.52
1.18
435
9.4
PD7
SCCD
9/13/07
12:00
12.8
12.5
8.06
561
9.05
0.62
2.60
276
7.0
PD7
SCCD
9/18/07
11:45
12.5
12.3
8.09
514
5.08
770
PD7
SCCD
9/20/07
12:30
12.9
12.6
8.22
534
8.13
0.72
5.08
154
5.0
PD7
SCCD
9/26/07
11:45
10.3
10.5
8.18
583
10.38
0.74
5.74
63
2.1
PD7
SCCD
9.00
0.72
PD7
SCCD
4/2/08
13:00
3.3
3.4
8.17
839
13.77
0.60
2.24
276
4.4
SCCD
4/8/08
12:45
3.9
4.2
8.13
838
12.28
0.58
1.93
1410
2.3
SCCD
13:00
7.1
4/16/08
785
11.95
0.57
1.78
1730
2.1
PD7
SCCD
4/21/08
12:05
5.1
4.9
7.97
788
12.28
0.45
0.62
1990
5.9
PD7
SCCD
4/30/08
12:40
9.3
9.6
8.18
857
9.87
0.45
0.62
>2419.6
1.9
11.5
8.29
853
8.91
0.57
1.78
291
2.7
8.32
961
0.40
0.37
1990
221.0
PD7
SCCD
5/15/08
12:00
11.5
PD7
SCCD
5/21/08
12:55
17.3
5/29/08
12:10
122
73
45
31
3.64
3.72
1.35
0.02
0.05
<0.1
52
44
24
16
2.21
1.95
0.67
<0.02
0.03
<0.1
<5
214
258
0.4
<0.05
71
54
30
17
2.69
2.46
0.72
<0.02
0.04
<0.1
<5
228
267
0.4
<0.05
68
56
31
16
2.78
2.56
0.70
<0.02
0.03
<0.1
<5
309
397
0.8
349
<0.05
141
74
52
35
3.68
4.25
1.42
0.03
0.03
<0.1
<5
327
444
0.8
397
<0.05
143
85
56
39
4.25
4.61
1.69
0.04
0.05
<0.1
9.61
1.00
435
6.7
6/4/08
12:45
13.5
13.6
8.10
842
9.14
0.66
3.44
411
5.2
6/10/08
11:35
12.1
12.3
8.20
923
9.40
0.67
3.68
517
6.4
370
441
0.7
424
0.25
148
88
54
35
4.39
4.42
1.51
0.04
0.05
<0.1
PD7
SCCD
7/15/08
12:50
18.8
18.6
8.26
384
8.56
0.57
1.78
435
26.2
50
164
185
0.3
195
<0.05
45
41
20
10
2.06
1.64
0.42
<0.02
0.07
<0.1
26
172
198
0.4
202
0.07
57
44
22
13
2.19
1.76
0.56
0.02
0.06
<0.1
<5
297
366
0.6
344
<0.05
120
73
45
26
3.62
3.69
1.14
0.03
0.04
<0.1
7/24/08
7.93
0.57
1.78
816
33.5
PD7
SCCD
7/29/08
11:50
18.7
18.8
7.96
374
8.05
0.52
1.18
921
26.2
PD7
SCCD
8/4/08
11:45
18.3
18.5
8.12
441
6.26
0.38
0.29
579
19.6
PD7
SCCD
8/13/08
10:50
17.0
17.3
7.97
482
6.52
0.36
0.23
687
11.5
PD7
8.20
946
0.23
<0.05
20.3
8.22
SCCD
20.3
13.5
344
217
SCCD
12:20
13.8
0.7
0.5
PD7
SCCD
8.30
368
209
PD7
PD7
SCCD
7.2
301
189
7.4
PD7
PD7
13
10
405
PD7
SCCD
9/18/08
13:40
14.4
14.6
8.11
847
8.89
0.38
0.29
980
3.3
PD7
SCCD
9/23/08
11:55
10.7
11.1
8.12
701
9.31
0.45
0.62
866
5.6
9/30/08
12:00
10.7
10.8
8.11
684
9.70
0.44
0.56
816
3.8
PD7
SCCD
10/2/08
11:55
11.3
11.5
8.19
734
10.46
0.40
0.37
308
3.4
PD7
SCCD
10/15/08
11:40
6.9
7.3
8.08
877
10.98
0.64
3.00
238
4.1
PD7
SCCD

Site: PD7A - Located on Prairie Dog Creek just upstream from confluence with Meade Creek
Site
Agency
QA/QC
Date
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
4/2/08
Time
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
13:10
5.5
5.4
8.47
958
12.45
1.40
21.59
37
6.6
12
296
442
0.8
339
<0.05
240
89
54
40
4.47
4.70
1.78
0.04
0.05
<0.1
354
170
237
0.4
207
<0.05
77
51
27
16
2.52
2.20
0.70
0.02
0.33
0.4
PD7A
SCCD
PD7A
SCCD
4/8/08
12:50
5.1
5.4
8.43
977
11.49
1.14
13.26
260
7.7
PD7A
SCCD
4/16/08
13:15
8.0
7.9
8.20
908
11.78
1.26
16.81
816
6.5
PD7A
SCCD
4/21/08
12:10
5.8
5.8
8.05
785
11.88
0.98
9.26
299
8.1
PD7A
SCCD
4/30/08
12:45
10.1
10.4
8.24
832
9.79
0.95
8.60
435
2.4
PD7A
SCCD
5/15/08
12:05
11.2
11.2
8.14
485
8.37
1.66
32.36
1300
194.0
PD7A
SCCD
5/21/08
13:05
12.7
7.98
214
2.11
57.20
1990
3.4
PD7A
SCCD
5/29/08
12:20
10.4
7.91
458
PD7A
SCCD
6/4/08
12:55
9.8
9.9
7.84
303
9.50
2.64
97.39
435
48.7
PD7A
SCCD
6/10/08
11:45
9.8
10.0
8.12
339
9.95
2.59
93.07
387
45.7
95
132
159
0.4
161
0.07
52
35
17
11
1.75
1.43
0.48
<0.02
0.08
0.1
PD7A
SCCD
7/15/08
13:00
18.6
18.2
8.11
212
8.66
1.97
48.59
152
20.3
73
85
96
0.2
104
<1
<0.05
23
23
1.15
0.76
0.20
<0.02
0.05
<0.1
PD7A
SCCD
7/24/08
12:25
20.3
20.3
8.06
238
8.07
1.91
45.15
687
25.7
PD7A
SCCD
7/29/08
11:55
18.8
18.8
8.04
279
8.20
1.75
36.68
488
21.3
PD7A
SCCD
8/4/08
11:50
17.6
17.8
8.09
244
6.50
1.87
42.94
345
28.6
81
92
103
0.19
113
<1
<0.05
28
25
10
1.23
0.82
0.19
<0.02
0.06
0.1
PD7A
SCCD
8/13/08
10:55
16.4
16.6
7.79
299
6.76
1.86
42.40
461
23.8
PD7A
SCCD
9/18/08
13:50
15.8
15.9
8.60
608
9.76
1.22
27.00
166
2.2
PD7A
SCCD
9/23/08
12:05
11.3
11.6
8.28
600
10.07
1.23
15.88
326
2.1
PD7A
SCCD
9/30/08
12:10
11.2
11.0
8.12
340
9.61
1.68
33.29
161
6.1
PD7A
SCCD
10/2/08
12:05
11.7
11.6
8.22
341
10.22
1.66
32.36
122
5.6
16
132
156
0.3
161
<0.05
43
35
17
1.75
1.36
0.34
<0.02
0.02
<0.1
PD7A
SCCD
10/15/08
11:50
6.9
7.2
8.15
533
11.34
1.73
35.69
249
7.5

10.4
9.77
3.05
291
68.7
Site: PD8 - On Prairie Dog Creek north of County Rd. 127

Site
PD8
Agency
SCCD
Date
Time
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
(military)
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
5/7/07
14:25
12.2
12.0
8.42
692
9.57
1.72
100.40
435
48.6
8
246
286
0.4
259
0.06
75
64
31
16
3.18
2.52
0.70
0.04
0.05
<0.1
29
150
166
0.3
169
0.09
34
38
17
1.90
1.40
0.36
<0.02
0.04
<0.1
71
98
108
0.2
113
<1
<0.05
21
25
11
1.25
0.89
0.22
<0.02
0.06
0.1
26
106
125
0.2
<1
<0.05
26
29
13
1.46
1.03
0.24
<0.02
0.04
<0.1
198
226
0.4
<0.05
57
50
25
15
2.48
2.02
0.67
<0.02
0.03
<0.1
292
428
0.8
336
<0.05
226
87
51
38
4.35
4.40
1.66
0.04
0.05
<0.1
342
159
207
0.4
193
0.08
51
46
22
13
2.30
1.82
0.54
0.04
0.27
0.4
13:20
13.5
13.2
8.41
583
11.10
1.04
23.27
32
5.9
PD8
SCCD
5/24/07
13:00
11.0
10.6
8.23
336
10.70
1.24
38.80
156
16.8
5/31/07
13:15
8.2
8.2
8.09
347
10.61
1.48
64.88
365
23.0
PD8
SCCD
QA/QC
5/15/07
PD8
SCCD
PD8
SCCD
6/5/07
13:10
15.4
14.8
8.15
305
9.72
1.42
57.53
118
20.6
PD8
SCCD
6/12/07
13:00
12.7
12.4
8.10
377
9.38
1.64
87.43
345
37.8
PD8
SCCD
6/18/07
12:15
12.0
11.7
8.10
338
9.35
1.36
50.75
138
25.4
PD8
SCCD
6/26/07
15:00
20.5
20.0
8.36
356
9.11
1.10
27.39
231
15.0
PD8
SCCD
7/11/07
12:40
17.6
17.4
8.06
269
8.47
1.20
35.27
326
24.6
PD8
SCCD
7/17/07
13:50
21.5
20.9
8.18
241
8.60
1.30
44.51
435
31.4
PD8
SCCD
7/24/07
12:15
21.0
20.4
8.12
137
8.04
1.44
59.91
435
27.4
19.6
7/31/07
12:00
19.3
18.8
8.13
203
9.24
1.42
57.53
187
PD8
SCCD
8/8/07
13:20
19.9
19.3
8.38
208
8.67
1.38
52.94
461
PD8
SCCD
8/15/07
14:00
20.2
19.6
8.51
222
8.75
1.30
44.51
225
9.6
PD8
SCCD
8/22/07
14:15
16.8
16.5
8.49
249
10.00
1.25
39.72
236
10.4
PD8
SCCD
10.2
PD8
SCCD
8/27/07
13:40
18.4
17.7
8.47
255
9.23
1.20
35.27
387
15.6
PD8
SCCD
9/13/07
12:15
12.3
12.0
8.12
303
9.62
1.16
31.96
1990
6.9
14.32
>2419.6
5.0
9/18/07
12:10
12.6
12.3
8.23
482
PD8
SCCD
9/20/07
12:50
14.1
13.7
8.38
460
8.50
0.85
12.95
93
3.0
PD8
SCCD
9/26/07
12:15
10.8
10.9
8.26
442
10.85
0.84
12.51
84
1.7
PD8
SCCD
9.57
0.88
PD8
SCCD
4/2/08
13:45
4.4
4.7
8.21
893
12.96
0.64
5.68
32
6.5
PD8
SCCD
4/8/08
13:15
5.7
5.7
8.33
970
14.50
0.57
4.06
20
2.7
4/16/08
PD8
SCCD
4/21/08
12:30
4.8
5.0
8.14
719
13.30
0.62
5.18
16
5.0
PD8
SCCD
4/30/08
13:10
9.3
9.6
8.32
793
10.04
0.49
2.61
62
1.8
11.3
8.14
407
11.91
1.12
28.87
1200
176.0
7.84
183
1.58
78.45
1410
170.0
PD8
SCCD
13:35
7.1
PD8
SCCD
5/15/08
12:20
11.1
PD8
SCCD
5/21/08
13:25
11.3
5/29/08
12:40
7.75
371
SCCD
6/4/08
13:15
8.6
8.8
7.89
252
SCCD
6/10/08
12:20
9.3
9.5
8.02
PD8
SCCD
7/15/08
13:20
18.7
18.3
8.19
20.3
9.7
20.3
8.11
168
452
12.16
0.69
7.07
32
3.6
9.99
2.01
157.90
125
48.6
9.81
1.78
110.92
172
30.0
10.19
1.73
102.11
120
30.0
71
115
142
0.3
139
<0.05
41
32
15
1.58
1.25
0.41
<0.02
0.07
0.2
8.55
1.34
48.61
291
19.7
76
73
79
0.2
88
<1
<0.05
17
19
0.96
0.61
0.16
<0.02
0.05
0.1
64
76
84
0.14
92
<1
<0.05
18
21
1.02
0.64
0.13
<0.02
0.05
0.1
25
118
129
0.2
144
<1
<0.05
29
30
13
1.47
1.10
0.25
<0.02
0.03
<0.1
7/24/08
8.10
1.24
38.80
579
18.9
PD8
SCCD
7/29/08
12:10
18.4
18.4
8.03
196
8.19
1.08
25.97
365
19.4
PD8
SCCD
8/4/08
12:15
17.4
17.7
7.97
189
6.68
1.24
38.80
326
20.0
PD8
SCCD
8/13/08
11:20
16.3
16.6
7.82
221
6.85
1.26
40.65
291
18.5
PD8
12:40
9.7
880
PD8
SCCD
8.27
PD8
PD8
SCCD
7.2
PD8
SCCD
9/18/08
14:00
15.7
15.9
8.49
520
8.73
0.64
5.68
16
2.9
PD8
SCCD
9/23/08
12:15
11.2
11.4
8.30
524
9.53
0.64
5.68
308
2.5
9/30/08
12:25
11.0
11.1
8.08
284
9.43
1.10
27.39
291
5.2
PD8
SCCD
10/2/08
12:25
11.8
11.8
8.26
271
10.04
1.09
26.68
96
5.5
PD8
SCCD
10/15/08
12:05
6.9
7.2
8.16
441
11.34
1.02
22.00
102
5.7
PD8
SCCD

Site: PD9 - On Prairie Dog Creek south of County Rd. 127 and east of Interstate 90
Site
PD9
Agency
SCCD
Date
Time
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
(military)
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
5/7/07
14:45
13.2
12.8
8.39
384
9.45
2.10
28.24
921
40.5
18
183
194
0.2
204
<0.05
20
46
19
2.28
1.60
0.29
0.02
0.03
<0.1
38
104
104
0.2
120
<1
0.11
26
10
1.27
0.79
0.16
<0.02
0.03
<0.1
84
66
65
0.2
81
<1
<0.05
16
0.81
0.49
0.13
<0.02
0.05
0.2
30
64
67
0.1
<1
<0.05
16
0.82
0.52
0.11
<0.02
0.02
<0.1
<5
151
150
0.2
<1
0.08
17
34
16
1.71
1.27
0.27
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
277
300
0.3
314
<0.05
41
65
34
13
3.22
2.76
0.56
0.02
0.03
<0.1
250
122
138
0.2
148
<1
0.07
11
33
13
1.65
1.09
0.21
0.02
0.16
0.3
13:40
13.9
13.2
8.22
370
10.4
1.76
15.30
411
7.9
PD9
SCCD
5/24/07
13:20
10.4
10.0
7.95
167
10.08
2.24
35.33
457
66.4
5/31/07
13:30
7.7
8.1
8.34
208
10.74
2.20
33.18
488
38.4
PD9
SCCD
QA/QC
5/15/07
PD9
SCCD
PD9
SCCD
6/5/07
13:20
14.1
13.7
8.08
176
9.98
2.18
32.15
206
21.7
PD9
SCCD
6/12/07
13:20
11.2
10.9
8.08
207
9.96
2.60
59.24
180
31.6
PD9
SCCD
6/18/07
12:30
11.7
11.5
8.16
208
9.78
2.20
33.18
68
25.6
PD9
SCCD
6/26/07
15:10
19.4
19.0
8.14
218
8.90
2.00
23.84
345
11.9
PD9
SCCD
7/11/07
13:00
17.3
16.8
8.04
146
8.89
2.18
32.15
161
18.1
PD9
SCCD
7/17/07
14:15
20.5
20.3
8.05
144
8.04
2.30
38.72
387
26.5
PD9
SCCD
7/24/07
12:30
19.8
19.3
7.99
81
8.25
2.56
56.14
194
26.1
7/31/07
12:15
18.5
17.9
8.17
122
8.50
2.42
46.19
154
14.0
PD9
SCCD
8/8/07
13:30
19.3
18.5
8.27
134
8.25
2.40
44.88
115
14.8
PD9
SCCD
8/15/07
14:20
19.8
19.1
8.19
133
8.19
2.20
33.18
326
11.2
PD9
SCCD
8/22/07
14:20
15.7
15.4
8.03
124
9.62
2.18
32.15
108
6.6
PD9
SCCD
8/27/07
14:00
17.9
17.2
8.20
137
8.45
2.16
31.14
461
7.4
PD9
SCCD
9/13/07
12:30
11.7
11.4
8.17
175
9.45
1.88
19.24
109
10.0
5.9
PD9
SCCD
9/18/07
12:30
12.3
12.1
8.18
314
9.30
1.80
16.54
461
PD9
SCCD
9/20/07
13:00
14.2
13.8
8.31
311
9.00
1.76
15.30
47
PD9
SCCD
9/26/07
12:30
10.8
10.9
8.19
300
9.94
1.72
14.13
83
1.9
PD9
SCCD
PD9
SCCD
4/2/08
14:00
6.4
6.2
8.23
818
10.53
1.50
8.79
50
3.6
PD9
SCCD
4/8/08
13:30
6.6
6.5
8.35
665
13.78
1.49
8.59
1550
3.0
4/16/08
9.85
411
PD9
SCCD
4/21/08
12:45
6.4
6.5
8.22
567
12.41
1.48
8.39
>2419.6
4.8
PD9
SCCD
4/30/08
13:20
8.5
8.8
8.24
562
10.26
1.48
8.39
1410
2.8
10.3
8.09
273
8.46
1.90
19.96
461
134.0
8.02
149
2.49
50.99
308
164.0
PD9
SCCD
13:55
8.0
PD9
SCCD
5/15/08
12:40
10.2
PD9
SCCD
5/21/08
13:35
10.3
5/29/08
13:00
1.55
4.2
8.11
184
10.44
3.15
115.28
46
35.2
SCCD
6/4/08
13:30
7.7
7.9
7.85
142
10.28
2.68
65.81
91
28.5
6/10/08
12:40
8.5
8.6
8.08
10.60
2.58
57.68
144
25.5
62
74
75
0.2
90
<1
<0.05
19
0.92
0.57
0.13
<0.02
0.06
0.2
PD9
SCCD
7/15/08
13:40
17.6
17.6
8.09
8.72
2.47
49.58
365
18.6
67
52
51
0.1
63
<1
<0.05
13
0.66
0.35
0.09
<0.02
0.04
0.1
66
50
46
0.1
61
<1
0.08
12
0.60
0.32
0.07
<0.02
0.04
<0.1
31
83
79
0.1
101
<1
<0.05
19
0.95
0.63
0.12
<0.02
0.02
<0.1
18.7
8.32
111
7/24/08
8.32
2.50
51.71
162
14.9
PD9
SCCD
7/29/08
12:25
17.4
17.4
7.91
117
8.31
2.43
46.85
228
13.5
PD9
SCCD
8/4/08
12:30
16.2
16.4
8.18
108
6.80
2.65
63.29
199
16.6
PD9
SCCD
8/13/08
11:40
15.6
15.8
7.91
128
6.96
2.57
56.90
272
23.2
PD9
18.9
8.7
11.55
SCCD
13:00
8.7
585
PD9
SCCD
8.15
PD9
PD9
SCCD
8.1
262
PD9
SCCD
9/18/08
14:15
15.4
15.5
8.28
357
8.27
1.65
12.23
156
2.6
PD9
SCCD
9/23/08
12:35
10.7
11.0
8.21
355
9.37
1.65
12.23
222
2.8
9/30/08
12:40
11.1
11.2
8.03
158
9.29
2.08
27.32
135
13.9
PD9
SCCD
10/2/08
12:40
12.3
12.3
8.18
164
9.72
2.07
26.86
62
10.5
PD9
SCCD
10/15/08
12:20
6.4
6.8
8.06
264
11.36
1.92
20.69
57
5.7
PD9
SCCD

Site: PD10 - On Prairie Dog Creek 100 yards upstream from Hwy. 87 crossing
Site
Agency
PD10
SCCD
QA/QC
Date
Time
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
(military)
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
5/7/07
15:00
11.6
11.3
8.25
301
9.31
1.20
13.63
84
10.5
PD10
SCCD
5/15/07
14:00
10.9
10.5
8.05
279
9.74
1.00
10.01
8.5
15
149
140
<0.1
170
<1
<0.05
40
10
1.98
0.82
0.11
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD10
SCCD
5/24/07
14:00
10.0
275
9.33
0.86
7.76
25
2.5
PD10
SCCD
5/31/07
14:00
7.6
7.6
8.00
286
10.02
0.85
7.61
291
6.4
PD10
SCCD
6/5/07
13:40
13.2
12.6
7.97
280
9.44
0.80
6.87
99
5.7
PD10
SCCD
6/12/07
13:45
10.7
10.3
7.90
266
9.57
1.40
17.68
187
PD10
SCCD
6/18/07
13:00
10.6
10.2
7.97
284
9.55
0.85
7.61
67
7.1
PD10
SCCD
6/26/07
15:30
15.0
14.7
8.03
273
9.14
0.88
8.07
687
22.3
58
143
137
<0.1
167
<1
0.08
40
1.97
0.76
0.10
<0.02
0.03
<0.1
PD10
SCCD
7/11/07
13:10
14.4
13.9
8.11
349
8.65
0.50
3.11
148
10.2
PD10
SCCD
7/17/07
14:45
17.2
16.6
8.03
397
7.72
0.40
2.13
132
11.2
29
211
207
0.1
243
<1
0.18
59
15
2.95
1.19
0.16
<0.02
0.02
<0.1
PD10
SCCD
7/24/07
12:45
17.9
17.4
8.03
325
7.71
0.32
1.46
313
9.4
PD10
SCCD
7/31/07
12:30
15.9
15.5
8.15
371
8.30
0.32
1.46
461
10.3
PD10
SCCD
8/8/07
14:00
15.9
15.4
8.02
409
7.74
0.24
0.90
260
6.6
PD10
SCCD
8/15/07
14:45
16.4
15.7
8.15
432
7.51
0.18
0.55
326
3.5
PD10
SCCD
8/22/07
14:45
13.2
12.8
7.90
429
8.77
0.22
0.78
161
2.6
PD10
SCCD
8/27/07
14:15
14.9
14.4
7.81
389
7.76
0.20
0.66
140
3.0
10
208
218
<0.1
<1
0.54
61
16
3.05
1.30
0.14
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD10
SCCD
9/13/07
13:00
10.2
9.9
8.09
415
8.60
0.20
0.66
172
3.4
PD10
SCCD
9/18/07
12:50
10.7
10.5
7.86
427
8.38
0.21
0.72
579
6.0
PD10
SCCD
9/20/07
13:20
12.1
11.8
7.8
468
7.85
0.20
0.66
130
1.5
<5
260
252
<0.1
0.82
71
19
3.51
1.53
0.15
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD10
SCCD
9/26/07
12:45
10.3
10.4
7.74
479
8.44
0.18
0.55
52
0.5
PD10
SCCD
4/2/08
14:15
4.4
4.4
8.23
420
9.58
0.14
0.36
1.5
PD10
SCCD
4/8/08
13:45
5.6
5.6
8.11
437
10.98
0.15
0.41
15
1.3
PD10
SCCD
4/16/08
14:05
6.5
6.7
8.15
403
10.51
0.29
1.24
<1
4.6
11
218
213
<0.1
255
<1
<0.05
60
15
3.00
1.25
0.12
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD10
SCCD
4/21/08
13:00
5.4
5.4
8.25
337
11.23
0.26
1.03
<1
5.2
PD10
SCCD
4/30/08
13:40
5.7
6.1
8.23
361
10.29
0.38
1.95
4.4
9.7
7.98
270
9.66
0.71
5.61
14.4
35
138
152
0.1
168
<1
<0.05
44
10
2.21
0.82
0.14
<0.02
0.03
<0.1
7.98
207
0.92
8.70
548
23.3
7.89
219
9.54
1.02
10.35
11
9.4
13
11.5
9.9
7.67
PD10
SCCD
5/15/08
12:50
9.5
PD10
SCCD
5/21/08
13:55
11.1
PD10
SCCD
5/29/08
13:15
9.7
PD10
SCCD
6/4/08
13:50
PD10
SCCD
6/10/08
13:00
8.8
9.0
8.01
PD10
SCCD
7/15/08
14:00
15.7
15.6
8.31
PD10
SCCD
7/24/08
13:15
16.5
16.6
8.36
PD10
SCCD
7/29/08
12:40
15.1
15.3
8.20
PD10
SCCD
8/4/08
12:45
14.2
14.5
7.95
PD10
SCCD
8/13/08
11:50
13.8
14.0
7.86
PD10
SCCD
9/18/08
14:30
13.1
13.2
7.91
PD10
SCCD
9/23/08
12:45
9.4
9.7
7.96
368
8.43
PD10
SCCD
9/30/08
12:55
10.6
10.7
7.85
340
8.37
PD10
SCCD
10/2/08
13:00
11.5
11.6
7.95
311
8.93
0.13
PD10
SCCD
10/15/08
12:35
6.9
7.3
8.05
443
9.99
0.17

8.7
9.7
8.8
7.87
0.88
8.07
T Phos.
7.4
254
9.40
9.95
0.96
9.35
19
7.6
17
144
140
<0.1
170
<1
<0.05
41
2.03
0.76
0.11
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
368
8.47
0.22
0.78
46
6.0
28
202
200
<0.1
247
<1
<0.05
57
14
2.84
1.14
0.11
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
8.22
0.16
0.45
579
4.6
395
7.94
0.12
0.28
390
6.23
0.17
0.50
579
5.3
20
216
218
0.11
256
<1
0.2
61
16
3.02
1.34
0.16
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
370
6.42
0.11
0.24
1120
7.3
352
7.69
0.13
0.32
67
1.8
0.15
0.41
133
1.1
0.11
0.24
28
0.7
0.32
75
1.2
<5
186
169
<0.1
222
<1
0.07
47
12
2.36
1.01
0.10
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
0.50
13
0.4
365
4.8
Site: PD11 - Located approximately 50 yards from Piney Creek/Prairie Dog Ditch Diversion in Story
Site
PD11
Agency
SCCD
QA/QC
Date
Time
Hanna
YSI
PH
COND
DO
STAFF
DISCH
E_COLI
TURB
TSS
T Alk.
T Hard.
SAR
Alk Bicarb
T Chl.
NO3-NO2
T Sulf.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Cal.
Mag.
Sod.
Diss. Mang
T Mang.
T Phos.
(yes/no)
(mmddyy)
(military)
Temp (C)
Temp (C)
(SU)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
GAUGE
(cfs)
(#/100mL)
(NTU)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
( mho/cm)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(meq/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
(mg/L)
5/7/07
15:15
6.8
7.3
8.08
86
10.63
0.47
11.76
3.3
11
27
23
0.1
33
<1
<0.05
0.32
0.12
0.05
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
<5
40
35
<0.1
49
<1
0.06
10
0.49
0.20
0.05
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
<5
36
32
0.1
43
<1
<0.05
0.45
0.18
0.08
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
27
26
0.1
<1
<0.05
0.35
0.15
0.06
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
<5
44
40
0.1
<1
<0.05
11
0.54
0.25
0.06
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
<5
76
79
<0.1
92
<1
<0.05
22
1.09
0.48
0.08
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
<5
57
60
0.1
70
<1
<0.05
17
0.82
0.36
0.09
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD11
SCCD
5/15/07
14:15
6.5
6.2
7.40
57
11.74
0.18
2.53
PD11
SCCD
5/24/07
14:20
7.0
6.6
7.36
58
10.61
0.88
32.09
2.4
PD11
SCCD
5/31/07
14:20
5.5
5.8
8.04
71
10.94
0.92
34.46
326
7.4
PD11
SCCD
6/5/07
14:00
10.4
10.0
7.64
60
10.36
0.88
32.09
1.7
PD11
SCCD
6/12/07
14:00
8.5
8.1
7.55
67
10.43
0.92
34.46
11
3.7
PD11
SCCD
6/18/07
13:10
8.3
8.1
7.63
72
10.18
0.78
26.46
20
3.6
PD11
SCCD
6/26/07
15:40
14.4
14.0
7.64
82
9.02
0.78
26.46
24
2.0
PD11
SCCD
7/11/07
13:30
15.5
15.0
7.75
79
8.65
1.00
39.38
46
1.2
PD11
SCCD
7/17/07
15:10
18.6
18.1
7.75
75
7.93
1.10
45.86
82
1.7
PD11
SCCD
7/24/07
13:00
18.3
17.6
7.82
32
8.22
1.30
59.91
86
1.4
PD11
SCCD
7/31/07
12:45
16.9
16.7
7.60
56
8.90
1.20
52.71
44
1.4
PD11
SCCD
8/8/07
14:15
17.2
16.6
7.98
58
8.43
1.16
49.93
37
1.6
PD11
SCCD
8/15/07
15:00
18.1
17.5
7.87
59
8.10
1.00
39.38
40
1.6
PD11
SCCD
8/22/07
14:50
15.0
14.7
8.08
60
9.45
1.00
39.38
26
1.5
PD11
SCCD
8/27/07
14:30
15.9
15.3
8.01
60
8.50
0.98
38.12
125
1.9
PD11
SCCD
9/13/07
13:15
10.5
10.1
8.26
69
9.30
0.42
9.83
74
1.9
PD11
SCCD
9/18/07
13:10
10.5
10.3
8.05
85
9.20
0.40
9.09
125
2.0
PD11
SCCD
9/20/07
13:40
12.2
11.9
8.02
85
9.01
0.40
9.09
32
1.4
PD11
SCCD
9/26/07
13:00
9.1
9.4
7.89
91
9.90
0.37
8.02
33
0.7
PD11
SCCD
4/2/08
14:30
1.7
1.7
8.23
124
11.53
0.005
0.01
1.0
PD11
SCCD
4/8/08
13:55
5.4
5.5
8.08
148
11.31
0.005
0.01
1.1
PD11
SCCD
4/16/08
14:20
4.2
4.3
7.10
157
12.13
0.01
0.02
11
2.2
PD11
SCCD
4/21/08
13:20
3.9
4.1
7.10
127
12.02
0.005
0.01
<1
1.4
PD11
SCCD
4/30/08
13:50
3.7
4.1
7.82
123
11.59
0.005
0.01
4.0
PD11
SCCD
5/15/08
13:05
6.7
6.9
7.90
124
11.75
0.49
12.58
10
3.2
PD11
SCCD
5/21/08
14:05
5.2
8.11
51
1.00
39.38
11
10.7
PD11
SCCD
5/29/08
13:35
6.5
6.6
7.82
73
10.70
2.26
145.14
12
4.1
PD11
SCCD
6/4/08
14:05
5.4
5.5
7.91
58
10.53
1.19
52.01
13
2.6
PD11
SCCD
6/10/08
13:15
6.1
6.4
7.91
10.22
0.99
38.75
27
2.2
<5
29
25
0.1
35
<1
<0.05
0.35
0.14
0.06
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD11
SCCD
7/15/08
14:15
15.4
15.5
8.83
67
8.07
1.06
43.22
25
0.9
<5
29
27
0.1
36
<1
<0.05
0.38
0.15
0.06
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD11
SCCD
7/24/08
13:30
17.2
17.3
8.07
162
8.35
1.20
52.71
27
1.0
PD11
SCCD
7/29/08
12:50
15.9
15.6
7.79
58
7.57
1.18
51.31
42
1.2
PD11
SCCD
8/4/08
12:55
14.6
14.9
7.88
55
6.82
1.30
59.91
33
1.3
<5
25
21
<0.1
30
<1
<0.05
<1
0.30
0.12
<0.01
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD11
SCCD
8/13/08
12:05
14.2
14.5
7.75
57
6.87
1.20
52.71
16
1.0
PD11
SCCD
9/18/08
14:45
12.0
12.3
8.14
95
8.68
0.30
5.74
13
1.0
PD11
SCCD
9/23/08
13:00
8.4
8.8
8.13
101
9.38
0.31
6.05
41
PD11
SCCD
9/30/08
13:05
9.5
9.8
7.84
75
9.22
0.78
26.46
23
0.8
PD11
SCCD
10/2/08
13:15
10.5
10.7
8.08
78
9.90
0.77
25.92
79
1.5
37
30
0.1
45
<1
<0.05
0.40
0.19
0.05
<0.02
<0.02
<0.1
PD11
SCCD
10/15/08
12:50
4.9
5.3
7.96
134
11.2
0.51
13.41
81
0.6

5.2
1.2
Appendix Table C-17: SCCD 2007-2008 Pesticide/Herbicide Data
Site: PD2 - On Prairie Dog Creek upstream County Rd. 114

Date
Time
Parameter
9/20/2007
10:30 2,4-D
9/20/2007
10:30 Clopyralid
9/20/2007
10:30 Dicamba
9/20/2007
10:30 Picloram
9/20/2007
10:30 Triclopyr
9/20/2007
10:30 Carbofuran
7/15/2008
10:10 2,4-D
7/15/2008
10:10 Clopyralid
7/15/2008
10:10 Dicamba
7/15/2008
10:10 Picloram
7/15/2008
10:10 Triclopyr
7/15/2008
10:10 Carbofuran
* Value not reported by lab in 2008
Result
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
*
Detection
Threshold
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
0.9 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
0.9 g/L
Site: PD6 - On Prairie Dog Creek upstream Hwy 14

Date
Time
Parameter
9/20/2007
12:10 2,4-D
9/20/2007
12:10 Clopyralid
9/20/2007
12:10 Dicamba
9/20/2007
12:10 Picloram
9/20/2007
12:10 Triclopyr
9/20/2007
12:10 Carbofuran
7/15/2008
12:25 2,4-D
7/15/2008
12:25 Clopyralid
7/15/2008
12:25 Dicamba
7/15/2008
12:25 Picloram
7/15/2008
12:25 Triclopyr
7/15/2008
12:25 Carbofuran
* Value not reported by lab in 2008
Result
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND
*

Detection
Threshold
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
0.9 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
5 g/L
0.9 g/L

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

WATERSHED ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONS

POLLUTANT LOADS AND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION

WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT ACTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION

MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN

Sheridan County Conservation District

Sheridan County Conservation District

Sheridan County Conservation District

Wyoming Statute 11-16-122 grants Conservation Districts the ability to

Sheridan County Conservation District

Sheridan County Conservation District

WATERSHED ASSESSMENT AND CONDITIONS

Sheridan County Conservation District

3.1.3 Middle Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed

Sheridan County Conservation District

POLLUTANT LOADS AND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION

Sheridan County Conservation District

Sheridan County Conservation District

Sheridan County Conservation District

5.1 NPS Measures/Action items

Sheridan County Conservation District

5.1.1 Watershed Plan Implementation

5.1.2 Water Quality

Sheridan County Conservation District

5.1.3 Awareness and Education

Sheridan County Conservation District

SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION

Objective: Reduce bacteria contributions 10% by 2014.

Sheridan County Conservation District

Table 6.1(continued). Milestone Table

Action 8. Identify areas

Objective: Reduce sediment contributions from stormwater/seasonal run-off

Objective: Increase awareness and encourage participation in the Prairie Dog

Sheridan County Conservation District

Table 6.1 (continued) Milestone Table

Sheridan County Conservation District

MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN

7.1 Criteria for evaluation

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Sheridan County Conservation District

Sheridan County Conservation District

Sheridan County Conservation District

LOAD DURATION CURVES

Sheridan County Conservation District

2007-2008 WATER QUALITY DATA COLLECTED BY

Sheridan County Conservation District

Prairie Dog Creek Watershed Priority Reaches

Load Reduction Priority Reaches

Sites Added in 2008

1 High Load Reduction Priority

2 Medium Load Reduction Priority

3 Low Load Reduction Priority

PD4 SiteWY 336

Prairie Dog Creek Sub-Watersheds Map

Lower Prairie Dog Creek Subwatershed

Dutch Creek Watershed

Sites Added in 2008

2008 Sampling Sites