Observation

Stevensville Conservation Area

Black Creek

River or stream

September 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM

QA status: Approved by dataset admin

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Absolutely beautiful sunny day

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Sunny day. Previous days were a lot of rain

Qualitative readings

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Opaque

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    Oily sheen, Natural debris

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Still

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Low

  • Ice presence

    Community scientist interpretation

    Ice off

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    24 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    21.8 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    731 μS/cm

  • Oxygen

    Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

    8.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.2

    Regulatory

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    120 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    150 ppm

  • Chloride

    Hach teststrips (chloride - low range)

    69.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

Notes

Birds noted: Blue Jays