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Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5101–D

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Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5101–D

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Table 4. Number of pesticide detections at each site by pesticide type for spring and summer 2004, Willamette River basin and surrounding area, Oregon and Washington.

[Sites are sorted by urban intensity index (UII). Shading from light to dark represents low, medium, high, and very high UII scores. Abbreviations: OR, Oregon; WA, Washington. Symbols: ≥, greater than or equal to; >, greater than; <, less than; ≤, less than or equal to]

Site name UII Spring sampling   Summer sampling Total detections
Herbicide Insecticide Fungicide Total Herbicide Insecticide Fungicide Total
Beaverton Creek near SW 216th Avenue, near Orenco, OR 100 7 2 1 10 3 0 1 4 14
Claggett Creek at Keizer, OR 100 7 1 0 8 4 2 0 6 14
Fanno Creek at Durham, OR 96 8 2 0 10 1 2 1 4 14
Pringle Creek at Salem, OR 88 7 1 0 8 3 0 0 3 11
Kellogg Creek at Milwaukie, OR 88 7 0 0 7 6 1 0 7 14
Amazon Creek near Danebo Road, at Eugene, OR 77 2 2 0 4 0 3 0 3 7
Tryon Creek below Nettle Creek, near Lake Oswego, OR 72 2 3 0 5 5 3 0 8 13
Curtin Creek near Vancouver, WA 69 5 0 1 6 2 0 0 2 8
Johnson Creek at Circle Avenue, OR 59 8 1 1 10 4 1 1 6 16
Battle Creek near Turner, OR 58 8 2 0 10 6 0 0 6 16
Rock Creek at Quatama Road, near Hillsboro, OR 51 8 2 0 10 3 0 0 3 13
Whipple Creek near Salmon Creek, WA 49 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Chicken Creek near Sherwood, OR 45 6 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 9
North Fork Deep Creek at Barton, OR 39 8 2 2 12 7 1 2 10 22
Oak Creek at Corvallis, OR 39 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Tickle Creek near Boring, OR 32 6 1 1 8 7 2 1 10 18
Chehalem Creek at Newberg, OR 29 7 2 0 9 2 1 0 3 12
Silk Creek near Cottage Grove, OR 24 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3
Rock Creek near Battleground, WA 23 1 3 1 5 0 0 1 1 6
Salmon Creek near Battleground, WA 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deep Creek near Sandy, OR 17 4 0 1 5 2 0 0 2 7
Nate Creek near Colton, OR 15 4 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 5
Milk Creek at Camp Adams, OR 12 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 3
South Scappose Creek at Scappose, OR 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
North Yamhill Creek near Yamhill, OR 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Lost Creek near Dexter, OR 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Iler Creek near Forest Grove, OR 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
East Fork Dairy Creek near Meacham Corner, OR 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Total 116 27 8 151 61 16 7 84 235

Urban intensity
index
Averages
UII ≥ 70 89 5.7 1.6 0.1 7.4 3.1 1.6 0.3 5.0 12
UII >25 – <70 47 5.9 1.3 .5 7.7 3.2 .5 .4 4.1 12
UII >10 – ≤ 25 19 2.0 .5 .3 2.8 1.0 0 .2 1.2 4
UII ≤ 10 5 1.0 0 0 1.0 .2 0 0 .2 1

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