tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306219102007-04-20T08:25:37.072-07:00petuniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04541606641883116194noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30621910.post-1152129263338087642006-07-05T12:15:00.000-07:002006-07-07T14:36:44.346-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/1600/1c.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/320/1c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />UMD Water Field Testing <br />Date:6/21/06<br />Site Number: 1<br />Bottle Number: 1<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: tackett creek between Teague mtn and King mtn<br />What Road are you on? Highway 90, just past tackett creek rd<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: first gravel pull off 90 to left, down embankment <br />Between Mile markers:<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg 32.595’ W 084 deg 00.078’<br />Fish: some small (less than 4 inches) darters and minnows, crayfish, water snails<br />Soil Smell: musty earth smell<br />Appearance of stream: water clear, bottom heavily sedimented brown red<br />Any Plants that you can identify: jewell weed, mf rose, snails, sycamores, garbage, tires, metal<br />Other notes: dry stream running under highway 90, looks to be wet weather conveyance at (N 36 deg 32.516; W 084 deg 00.077”)<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/1600/2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/320/2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />UMD Water Field Testing <br /><br />Date:6/21/06<br />Site Number: 2<br />Bottle Number: 2<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: under Teague mtn on Rose’s Creek<br />What Road are you on? Rose’s Creek<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: 50 yards from 90 on rose’s creek rd, stream right beside rd, overgrown with kudzu, stream is slow mobbing with lots of leaf litter, across street from a small landslide<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg 33.129’; W 083 deg 59.063’<br />Fish: small fish<br />Soil Smell: strange smell, undescribable<br />Appearance of stream: slow moving, low water, lots of leaf litter and very sedimented, shaded by vegetation, trash, houses upstream, <br />Turbidity: 2 on a scale of 1=clear, 5=opaque<br />Any Plants that you can identify: poison ivy and tiger lilly<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/1600/3a%28Eagan%20post%20office%29.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/320/3a%28Eagan%20post%20office%29.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />UMD Water Field Testing <br />Date:6/21/06<br />Site Number:3<br />Bottle Number:3<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: below Teague mountain<br />What Road are you on? Highway 90<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: a little stream beside the Eagan post office<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg 33.295; W 083 deg58.501’<br />Fish: none seen<br />Soil Smell: not noticable<br />Appearance of stream: algae, slow moving water flow, shaded<br />Turbidity: 2.5<br />Time: 12:07 PM<br />Any Plants that you can identify: black eyed susans<br /><br />UMD Water Field <br />Date:6/21/06<br />Site Number:4<br />Bottle Number:4<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: buffalo creek near Miller and Teague mountain<br />What Road are you on? Buffalo crk rd<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: stream is about 20 yard off of the rd, sample site 100 yds from 90, wide grtavel flood bank, but the stream itself was very small, going through farm land<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg 33.525’; W083 deg 57.872’; time- 12:18 PM<br />Fish: small fish, crayfish, water striders<br />Soil Smell: not noticable<br />Appearance of stream: not very sedimented, fast and slow moving parts, shaded with trees<br />Turbidity: 1<br />Any Plants that you can identify: trees, poison ivy<br /><br />UMD Water Field Testing <br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/1600/5a.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/320/5a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Date: 6/21/06<br />Site Number: 5<br />Bottle Number: 5<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: <br />What Road are you on?<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: Straight Crk, underbridge on rock crk, toward the way of “Holiness Church of God”, pull off right after bridge just b4 big church and walk down wide dirt road to stream and bridge, not much trash<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg 32.947’; W 083 deg 56.939’; time-12:35<br />Fish: small fish<br />Soil Smell:<br />Appearance of stream: green and cloudy coloration, bottom is heavily sedimented<br />Turbidity: stream wide fast moving, 3-4 feet deep especially where green<br /><br />UMD Water Field Testing <br />Date:6/21/06<br />Site Number: 6<br />Bottle Number: 6<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting:<br />What Road are you on?<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: small stream running into straight crk, on otherside of the bridge, just along dirt path; stream left, bridge on right<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg 32.936’; W 083 deg 56.946’; time 12:42<br />Appearance of stream: small stream, super slow, plenty of sediment, vegetated, water had to be scooped into bottle.<br /><br />UMD Water Field Testing<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/1600/7a.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/320/7a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Date:6/21/06<br />Site Number:7<br />Bottle Number: 7<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: stream running off king mtn<br />What Road are you on? Rock creek road past way of holiness church<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: stream runs under olf railroad trestle and into big culverts that take it under the gravel road. Fairly wide and fast moving, strange orange substance collected at sides (see pics) metal pipe across stream and piles of tin around<br />GIS coordinates: N36 deg 32.423’ W 083 deg 55.595’ <br />Fish: none observed <br />Soil Smell: slightly metallic odor, also smells of railroad grease<br />Appearance of stream: fairly clear besides orange funk<br />Turbidity: about a 1.5<br />Any Plants that you can identify: MF rose, jewelweed, <br /><br /><br />UMD Water Field Testing <br />Date: june 21, 2006<br />Site Number: 8<br />Bottle Number: 8<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: coming down King mtn<br />What Road are you on? Rock creek road<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: small stream that runs into the stream from site 7 (see picture”end 7 8a)<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg 32.791’ W083 deg 56.320’<br />Fish: none observed<br />Soil Smell: decompostiong leaf smell<br />Appearance of stream: small, fast flowing clear with lots of leaf litter on bottom<br />Turbidity: 1<br />Any Plants that you can identify:<br /><br />UMD Water Field Testing <br />Date: june 21,2006<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/1600/8b.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/3288/320/8b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Site Number: 9<br />Bottle Number:9 <br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: between cooper ridge and leach mountain<br />What Road are you on? The gravel rock creek ridge road you are on splits at a sign that says “ cemeteries” with an arrow pointing left for “straight creek” and an arrow pointing right for “rock creek.” This sample is taken from across the bridge to the left of the sign<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: 50 yards past bridge, stream is 15 yards out and down from road.<br />GIS coordinates: N36 deg 32.423’ W 083deg 55.595’<br />Fish: none observed<br />Soil Smell: not noticible<br />Appearance of stream: grayish green and murky<br />Turbidity: 3.5<br />Any Plants that you can identify:<br /><br />UMD Water Field Testing Check List<br /><br />Date: june 21 2006<br />Site Number: 10<br />Bottle Number: 10<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting:<br />What Road are you on? Right below bridge to the left of the cemetery sign<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: smaller creek that flows into straight creek right at road split below bridge<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg W 083 deg 55.607’<br />Fish: none observed<br />Soil Smell: leafy, earthy<br />Appearance of stream: pretty clear, fast moving, windy<br />Turbidity: 1.5<br />Any Plants that you can identify:<br /><br /><br />UMD Water Field Testing Check List<br /><br />Date: june 21, 2006<br />Site Number: 11<br />Bottle Number: 11<br />Mine/Landslide/site your scouting: coming down off cooper ridge<br />What Road are you on? The road to the left of the cemetery sign I think its called straight creek road<br />Physical characteristics of where you are testing near: little stream to the left of the road that goes under it in a culvert<br />GIS coordinates: N 36 deg 32.429’ W 083 54.069<br />Fish: none<br />Soil Smell: moldy smell<br />Appearance of stream: lots of algae, orangish sediment, sort of patheticly trash littered<br />Turbidity: 2<br />Any Plants that you can identify:petuniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04541606641883116194noreply@blogger.com