Willow Creek : Willow creek drain s into Rondeau Bay Shrewsbury Ont Can

Chatham Kent, Ontario, Canada

  • Observed on: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 12:55:00 -0500
  • Testers Rick Sowinski and Maggie Jones
  • Lat: 42.2953704
  • Lng: -81.9335246
pH (0-14) What's this? 6.8
Dissolved oxygen mg/L What's this? 8.0
Secchi depth m What's this? 0.3
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 200.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 120.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 7.22
Water temperature °C What's this? 3.9

Wildlife


Weather

Current weather What's this?
  • cloudy
  • windy
It was cold ,windy, cloudy day. Temp was 7.22*C. Wind 12 WSW. Skies overcast. Rain started just as we finished recording test results.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
  • cloudy
  • windy
Weather today was same as above noted.

Latest photos


Notes

There was a thin skim of ice fully across most of creek.
There was natural debris in water below ice layer and some Water Chestnut near culvert both sides.
Water was still. Water level was low , as witnessed shore line widened .
Water color was brown.
Water clarity was cloudy.
No odour around water.
Most vegetation has died except for grass along side of road.
Lots of seagulls in surrounding fields following farmer tilling land.
You could hear the geese close by and some crows, saw a sparrow.
Other than a jogger passing by no evidence of culvert being used this time for fishing ect.