Table 1.
Monitoring program in the Wichita River Basin, Texas, 1996–97
| W | - |
Weekly | Y | - |
Yearly | |
| Q | - |
Quarterly | 9/YR | - |
Nine times per year | |
| M | - |
Monthly | C | - |
Continuous (monitors streamflow, temperature, and specific conductance every hour; pH and dissolved oxygen monthly) |
| Standard physical properties or constituents | - |
streamflow, temperature, specific conductance, pH, and dissolved oxygen |
| Inorganic constituents | - |
calcium, magnesium, sodium, alkalinity, sulfate, chloride, and dissolved solids |
| Trace elements | - |
arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, lead, and selenium |
| Rapid bioassessment | - |
synoptic survey of fish or fish and benthic macroinvertebrates to assess biological impairment of a water body |
| Productivity | - |
dissolved oxygen recorded once in the morning and once in the evening to determine diurnal variations in dissolved oxygen concentrations |
| Bacteriological constituents | - |
fecal coliform and Escherichia coliform |
[TNRCC, Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission;
| Sam- pling site no. (fig. 1) |
Station description |
Station ID |
Stand- ard |
Inor- ganic |
Trace ele- ments |
Rapid bioassessment |
Pro- duc- tivity |
Bac- terio- logi- cal |
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TNRCC |
USGS |
Fish |
Macro- |
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1 |
Holliday Creek at Harding St. |
10095 |
-- |
W |
Q |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
9/YR |
|
2 |
Holliday Creek at Sisk Rd. (Farm Road
2650) |
15122 |
-- |
W |
Q |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
9/YR |
|
3 |
Buffalo Creek at Farm Road 1814 |
10097 |
-- |
W |
Q |
-- |
Y |
-- |
-- |
9/YR |
|
4 |
Beaver Creek at U.S. Hwy. 283 |
15121 |
-- |
W |
Q |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
9/YR |
|
5 |
Wichita River at River Rd. |
10149 |
-- |
-- |
Q |
-- |
Y |
Y |
Y |
9/YR |
|
6 |
North Wichita River at Farm Road 267 |
15177 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
|
7 |
South Wichita River at Waggoner Ranch
Rd. |
15178 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Y |
Y |
-- |
-- |
|
8 |
North Wichita River near Paducah |
15119 |
07311600 |
C |
M |
M |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
9 |
Middle Fork Wichita River near Guthrie |
14900 |
07311630 |
C |
M |
M |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
10 |
North
Wichita River near Truscott |
-- |
07311700 |
C |
M |
M |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
11 |
South Wichita River at low flow dam
near Guthrie |
13636 |
07311782 |
C |
M |
M |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
12 |
South
Wichita River below low flow dam near Guthrie |
-- |
07311783 |
C |
M |
M |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
13 |
South
Wichita River at Ross Ranch near Benjamin |
-- |
07311790 |
M |
M |
M |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
14 |
South Wichita River at State Hwy. 283
near Benjamin |
10185 |
07311800 |
C |
M |
M |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
15 |
Wichita
River near Seymour |
-- |
07311900 |
C |
M |
M |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
16 |
Wichita River near Mabelle at U.S. Hwy.
183/283 |
10158 |
07312100 |
C |
M |
M |
Y |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
17 |
Wichita River at State Hwy. 25 near
Kamay |
10155 |
07312130 |
C |
Q |
-- |
Y |
Y |
Y |
9/YR |
|
18 |
Beaver Creek near Electra |
15120 |
07312200 |
C |
Q |
-- |
Y |
-- |
-- |
9/YR |
|
19 |
Wichita River at Wichita Falls (Loop
11) |
10151 |
07312500 |
C |
Q |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
9/YR |
| 20 |
Wichita River at Charlie |
10145 |
07312700 |
C |
Q |
-- |
Y |
Y | Y |
9/YR |