Smithville Nature Path : Twenty Mile Creek

Smithville, Ontario, Canada

Observed by
Kyle Chuckry

Observation report

Pending Quality Check from Water Rangers What's this?

pH (0-14) 7.5

Chloride ppm 83.0

Chlorine ppm 0.0

Hardness mg/L 150.0

Alkalinity mg/L 80.0

Conductivity μS/cm 512.0

Air temperature °C 10.0

Water temperature °C 12.2

Algae No

Odour None

Clarity Opaque

Pollution Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge

Water Flow Steady

Water Uses Other

Water Level High

Water Colour Brown

On the water surface None

Mammal

Plant

Current weather

Mostly cloudy

Weather in previous 24 hours

water was moving too fast to get a depth reading with a secchi disk off the bridge.

-locals say the width of the creek is usually 1/3 of what it was today

-samples will be taken from the centre of the bridge where the bolts are

-wide variety of bird species heard but not identified. None seem to be listed in the birds of concern eg., cardinal, blue jay, etc