Observation

Amanndale Bay

St-Lawrence River

River or stream

June 7, 2026 at 11:18 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cloudy, heavy rain this morning. No wind.

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Hard rain, a few brief wind gusts. Some sun in cloud yesterday afternoon.

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy
  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Cloudy
    • Rainy
    • Windy

Plants/wildlife

  • Aquatic vegetation

    Community scientist interpretation

    Submerged (fully under the water) 5 to 33%
    Plants floating on the surface Less than 5%
    Plants emerging out of the water Less than 5%
    Algae (crusts or thin mats) Less than 5%
    Algae (thick mats, can be free floating) Absent
  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    Attached


Physical tests

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average

  • Secchi depth (clarity)

    Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

    bottom visible m

  • Water depth

    Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

    0.44 m

  • Ice presence

    Community scientist interpretation

    Ice off


Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    18 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    18.6 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    282 μS/cm

  • Oxygen

    Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

    11.0 mg/L

    Regulatory
  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.8

    Regulatory
  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    60 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    50 ppm


Notes

Aquatic vegetation has grown a lot in the past week.