Environmental Health Bureau
(269) 373 - 5337, www.kalcounty.com/eh This report summarizes all water quality data collected at Site WFP-60, West Fork Portage Creek in the Portage Creek at Gage #04106500 Basin of the Portage Creek Sub-Watershed, which is part of the larger Kalamazoo River Watershed. (see map to the right) Water sampling and measurements are conducted by Environmental Health Bureau staff. |
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| Portage Creek at Gage #04106500 (State of Michigan Basin ID #: 17 61) | ||||
| West Fork Portage Creek | ||||
| WFP-60 | East side of Burdick Street @ Candlewyck Apartments | City of Kalamazoo (34) | ||
| Site Code: WFP-60, West Fork Portage Creek | |||||||||
| Sample | Sample | E. coli Bacteria | Water Temperature | Dissolved Oxygen | pH | Conductivity | TDS | Turbidity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Time | (MPN) | (degrees F) | mg/L | % Saturation | (units) | (mS / cm) | (g / L) | (NTU) |
| 05/28/2009 | 14:31 | 285.1 | 62.4 | 9.5 | 98.6% | 8.38 | 0.605 | 0.4 | 1.6 |
| 10/22/2008 | 10:58 | 190.4 | 45.9 | 12.4 | 104.1% | 8.24 | 0.601 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| 09/10/2008 | 09:22 | 325.5 | 58.2 | 9.0 | 88.5% | 7.94 | 0.696 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
| 07/02/2008 | 08:57 | 52.0 | 59.9 | N/A | N/A | 7.68 | 1.411 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
| 04/15/2008 | 09:14 | 26.3 | 44.3 | 12.2 | 99.9% | 8.10 | 0.563 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| 03/18/2008 | 09:30 | 93.4 | 37.0 | 14.2 | 104.7% | 7.94 | 0.631 | 0.4 | 10.9 |
| 02/21/2008 | 10:35 | 16.0 | 32.7 | N/A | N/A | 9.19 | 0.594 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| 01/29/2008 | 12:28 | 191.8 | 33.2 | N/A | N/A | 9.89 | 1.220 | 0.8 | 14.5 |
| 11/06/2007 | 09:45 | 185.0 | 46.3 | 10.4 | 87.7% | 7.74 | 1.148 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| 07/26/2007 | 11:00 | 2,419.6 | 62.2 | 4.0 | 41.2% | 7.56 | 1.557 | 1.0 | 2.5 |
| 06/19/2007 | 12:50 | N/A | 70.4 | 10.4 | 117.6% | 7.43 | 0.895 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| 05/15/2007 | 12:30 | 290.9 | 70.1 | 8.6 | 96.7% | 8.36 | 0.663 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| 04/10/2007 | 12:30 | 13.2 | 40.7 | 12.8 | 99.8% | 9.00 | 0.612 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
| 01/16/2007 | 12:35 | 23.8 | 32.8 | 16.3 | 113.5% | 8.50 | 0.540 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| 11/16/2006 | 08:30 | 1,046.2 | 43.9 | 10.2 | 83.6% | 7.89 | 0.436 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| 10/04/2006 | 10:15 | 2,419.6 | 65.9 | 6.3 | 68.2% | 7.49 | 0.133 | 0.1 | N/A |
| 08/10/2006 | 11:20 | 74.9 | 65.6 | 7.7 | 83.1% | 7.66 | 1.413 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
| 06/15/2006 | 10:35 | 123.6 | 59.9 | 7.2 | 72.2% | 7.62 | 1.370 | 0.9 | N/A |
| 04/27/2006 | 12:20 | 125.0 | 55.7 | 8.3 | 81.7% | 7.48 | 0.895 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| 03/23/2006 | 13:30 | 27.9 | 39.0 | 7.4 | 59.1% | 8.64 | 0.599 | 0.4 | 9.3 |
| 01/12/2006 | 11:55 | 37.9 | 36.4 | 11.0 | 82.8% | 8.18 | 0.571 | 0.4 | 7.5 |
| 11/15/2005 | 11:00 | 816.4 | 47.6 | 5.3 | 47.1% | 7.45 | 0.846 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| 10/06/2005 | 15:05 | 35.5 | 61.5 | 5.5 | 56.6% | 7.83 | 1.206 | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| 08/31/2005 | 12:50 | 298.7 | 63.7 | 4.9 | 50.7% | 7.69 | 1.383 | 0.9 | 2.5 |
| 07/07/2005 | 14:18 | 201.4 | 68.2 | 8.0 | 90.5% | 7.64 | 1.282 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 05/05/2005 | 14:00 | 240.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 04/14/2005 | 12:15 | 36.4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 03/22/2005 | 12:58 | 81.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 01/25/2005 | 11:00 | 9.8 | 32.9 | 10.4 | 73.6% | 7.43 | 0.634 | 0.4 | 6.5 |
| 11/05/2004 | 12:00 | 387.2 | 45.6 | 9.5 | 80.9% | 7.63 | 0.499 | 0.3 | 3.6 |
| 10/06/2004 | 12:25 | 1,732.9 | 54.1 | 8.3 | 78.9% | 7.83 | 1.003 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 09/10/2004 | 15:00 | 290.9 | 63.5 | 6.4 | 66.9% | 7.39 | 1.386 | 0.9 | 9.3 |
| 08/05/2004 | 15:15 | 93.3 | 65.8 | 6.8 | 74.9% | 7.50 | 1.179 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| 07/02/2004 | 11:30 | 2,419.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 05/20/2004 | 11:00 | 410.6 | 63.6 | 7.7 | 83.5% | 7.59 | 0.765 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
| 04/22/2004 | 11:25 | 193.5 | 54.2 | 9.5 | 91.3% | 7.79 | 1.236 | 0.8 | 8.5 |
| 04/01/2004 | 14:15 | 9.7 | 55.2 | 10.0 | 97.8% | 7.79 | 1.202 | 0.8 | 4.8 |
| 03/12/2004 | 14:30 | 2.0 | 36.6 | 10.1 | 76.8% | 7.63 | 0.797 | 0.5 | 5.8 |
| 02/19/2004 | 12:00 | 7.4 | 41.0 | 10.1 | 80.9% | 7.72 | 1.286 | 0.8 | 3.4 |
| 01/30/2004 | 11:39 | 1.0 | 33.8 | 9.9 | 71.1% | 7.74 | 1.237 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| 01/09/2004 | 14:05 | 4.1 | 37.3 | 11.5 | 87.9% | 7.89 | 1.354 | 0.9 | 6.0 |
| 12/10/2003 | 12:40 | 2,419.2 | 44.8 | 9.9 | 83.8% | 7.97 | 0.493 | 0.3 | 52.5 |
| 11/05/2003 | 10:20 | 2,419.6 | 52.0 | 9.0 | 83.1% | 8.18 | 0.224 | 0.1 | 6.7 |
| 10/24/2003 | 10:30 | 13.5 | 47.5 | 11.2 | 96.6% | 8.38 | 1.258 | 0.8 | 4.2 |
| 08/08/2003 | 11:00 | 50.4 | 65.3 | 6.5 | 71.4% | 7.80 | 1.196 | 0.8 | 12.7 |
| 07/02/2003 | 09:53 | 143.9 | 62.4 | 8.3 | 88.2% | 7.90 | 1.244 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
| 06/18/2003 | 11:02 | 648.8 | 64.4 | 8.6 | 95.1% | 7.90 | 1.227 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 06/04/2003 | 09:20 | 141.4 | 56.0 | 7.6 | 75.8% | 7.80 | 0.793 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| 05/21/2003 | 10:16 | 238.2 | 57.1 | 9.7 | 96.9% | 8.08 | 0.581 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| 05/06/2003 | 09:53 | 275.5 | 59.6 | 8.3 | 85.5% | 7.93 | 0.606 | 0.4 | 2.1 |
| 04/23/2003 | 08:43 | 107.6 | 46.4 | 9.4 | 81.6% | 7.95 | 0.705 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 04/09/2003 | 13:30 | 260.3 | 40.5 | 12.1 | 97.7% | 8.30 | 0.572 | 0.4 | 4.4 |
| 03/25/2003 | 09:56 | 28.1 | 46.5 | 11.3 | 99.3% | 8.71 | 0.503 | 0.3 | N/A |
| 03/11/2003 | 09:47 | 25.0 | 34.6 | 14.2 | 103.3% | 8.46 | 1.038 | 0.7 | N/A |
| 02/25/2003 | 09:44 | 3.1 | 32.8 | 14.5 | 104.5% | 8.91 | 0.830 | 0.5 | N/A |
| 02/11/2003 | 09:27 | 21.6 | 32.1 | 13.1 | 93.6% | 7.45 | 0.888 | 0.6 | N/A |
| 01/28/2003 | 09:37 | 6.2 | 35.4 | 9.9 | 87.3% | 7.91 | 0.972 | 0.6 | N/A |
| 01/14/2003 | 09:08 | 27.2 | 32.3 | 12.1 | 101.5% | 7.96 | 0.724 | 0.5 | N/A |
| 12/27/2002 | 13:15 | 21.6 | 32.4 | 14.2 | 100.1% | 9.23 | 0.648 | 0.4 | N/A |
| 12/10/2002 | 14:00 | 29.5 | 36.0 | N/A | N/A | 7.69 | 0.913 | 0.6 | N/A |
| 11/19/2002 | 08:20 | 2,419.6 | 40.6 | 10.1 | 80.5% | 7.78 | 0.490 | 0.3 | N/A |
| 11/07/2002 | 08:03 | 304.4 | 41.3 | 9.4 | 75.2% | 7.55 | 0.708 | 0.5 | N/A |
| 10/22/2002 | 09:43 | 436.0 | 50.2 | 6.8 | 61.8% | 7.63 | 1.382 | 0.9 | N/A |
| 10/08/2002 | 07:20 | 344.8 | 52.6 | 6.6 | 62.2% | 7.68 | 1.353 | 0.9 | N/A |
| 09/24/2002 | 08:40 | 2,419.2 | 55.3 | 6.4 | 62.5% | 7.56 | 1.357 | 0.9 | N/A |
| 09/13/2002 | 09:00 | 117.4 | 57.7 | 6.3 | 63.3% | 7.81 | 1.352 | 0.9 | N/A |
| 08/28/2002 | 09:20 | 75.4 | 61.1 | 6.1 | 63.9% | 7.54 | 1.327 | 0.9 | N/A |
| 08/15/2002 | 09:10 | 1,553.1 | 64.1 | 5.4 | 58.8% | 7.52 | 1.261 | 0.8 | N/A |
| 08/15/2002 | 09:10 | 2,419.2 | 64.1 | 5.4 | 58.8% | 7.52 | 1.261 | 0.8 | N/A |
| 08/01/2002 | 09:00 | 115.3 | 64.0 | 5.9 | 64.0% | 7.50 | 1.283 | 0.8 | N/A |
| 07/11/2002 | 10:30 | 178.5 | 60.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 06/18/2002 | 12:45 | 162.4 | 67.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Summary Statistics | Count | 71 | 68 | 62 | 62 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 46 |
| Average | 460.1 | 50.6 | 9.2 | 82.1% | 7.94 | 0.934 | 0.6 | 5.4 | |
| Minumum | 1.0 | 32.1 | 4.0 | 41.2% | 7.39 | 0.133 | 0.1 | 0.5 | |
| Maximum | 2,419.6 | 70.4 | 16.3 | 117.6% | 9.89 | 1.557 | 1.0 | 52.5 | |
| Above represents the summary statistics of ambient water quality conditions and below is a summary of E. coli bacteria results for WFP-60 (West Fork Portage Creek) between June 2002 and May 2009. This site is located in Section Number 34 of City of Kalamazoo, East side of Burdick Street @ Candlewyck Apartments. | |||||||||
| 19 out of 71 water sample results exceeded 300 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 17 out of 71 water sample results were between 130 and 299 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||
| 35 out of 71 water sample results were less than 130 bacteria colonies per 100 ml of water. | |||||||||