Location

Muddy Creek Preserve

Muddy Creek #1 (NE)

Muddy Creek #1 (NE) in Iowa

Dataset summary

Muddy Creek Preserve has data for current_weather, turbidity, previous_weather, odour, on_the_water_s_surface, ph, alkalinity, chlorine, hardness, conductivity, nitrates, air_temperature, water_temperature, oxygen, recent_precipitation, previous_weather_description, and current_weather_description from 19 November 2025 to 29 April 2026.

41.717711, -91.580418

Summary of quantitative results

Guidelines for exceedances are based on: United States

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About this location

  • Water body type River or stream
  • Dataset Bur Oak Water Quality, Bur Oak Land Trust
  • Data collector Olivia G
  • Land use Urban park, Agriculture, Forest, Grassland shrub
  • Bank vegetation Trees and shrubs, Grass
  • Location description Primary Land Use: Heavily occupied by deciduous forest, with Muddy Creek crossing from W to E along the N end of the property. Deciduous forest land cover also present within .25 mi immediately upstream (NW) and downstream (SE) of property. Mix of pasture/hay and deciduous land uses to the N and NE of property. Low to medium land development to the S and SE of property, with topography suggesting runoff flowing down to the creek from these areas. |||Parcel & Surrounding Land Use Composition: 24% Developed/ 57% Forest/ 19% Shrub, Pasture & Grasslands/ 0.1 % Wetlands/ 1% Water