Observation

Stobie Creek Bridge

Stobie Creek

River or stream

August 21, 2023 at 6:20 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cloudy, no wind, occasional raindrops.

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Cloudy
    • Windy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Sunny, 26 C windy cloudy overnight and temp drop to 16 C

Physical tests

  • Secchi depth (clarity)

    Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

    0.40 m

Chemistry tests

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.8

    Regulatory

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    1 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    200 ppm

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    ≥ 240 ppm

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    302 μS/cm

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    16 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    21 °C

Notes

Farmer's field immediately west of Stobie Creek has been ditched and drainage tile installed with what appears to be an outlet to the creek downstream of the sampling location. Secchi depth edited from 40 to 0.4 metres by admin