Observation

Cedar Creek Provincial Park

Creek

River or stream

June 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    • Sunny
    • Windy
  • Current precipitation

    None

  • Current weather description

    Hot, humid, breezy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Hot, humid, thunder storm with rain and high winds overnight. Heavy rain ended 1/2 hr before sampling

  • Recent precipitation

    Within the last 12 hours

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    • Sunny
    • Cloudy
    • Rainy
    • Windy

Qualitative readings

  • Water use

    Fishing, Boating, ceremonial

  • Colour

    Green

  • Clarity

    Cloudy


Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Evenly dispersed


Issue reporting

  • Pollution sources

    Conservation area

  • Water surface

    Natural debris

  • Odour

    None


Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Still

  • Water level

    High


Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    27 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    27.7 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    827 μS/cm

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.8

    Regulatory
  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    120 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    120 ppm

  • Oxygen

    Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

    10.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

Notes

Wildlife; variety of birds Lots of green vegetation. Water lilies beginning to bloom. People walking around, one man walking his little dog. Did not do secchi readings as the floating dock pad was busy with several people launching their kayaks.