The Fishing Creek watershed is the third largest watershed in Calvert County, covering 13,278 acres. The watershed has roughly 26 miles of stream in it, with over 8 species of fish living in its waters. Our survey site was located midway down Hardesty Road, where the road crosses over Fishing Creek itself.
2022 Calvert Stream Survey
| Collection Site | Date | Teacher | School | Score | Qual Rating | Caddisflies (except net spinners) | Mayflies | Stoneflies | Riffle Beetles | Gilled Snails | Dobsonflies (Hellgrammites) | Scuds | Crane Flies | Damselflies | Dragonflies | Crayfish | Aquatic sowbugs | Common net spinning Caddisflies | Aquatic Worms | Black Flies | Midge Flies | Lunged Snails | Leeches | Rat-Tailed Maggot | # of species found |
| Fishing Creek | 12/2/2022 | Carter | WHMS | 16 | Fair | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8 | |||||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/2/2022 | Carter | WHMS | 17 | Good | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 9 | ||||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/2/2022 | Carter | WHMS | 12 | Fair | x | x | x | x | x | x | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/5/2022 | Carter | WHMS | 14 | Fair | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/5/2022 | Carter | WHMS | 14 | Fair | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8 | |||||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/5/2022 | Harris | WHMS | 14 | Fair | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 8 | |||||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/6/2022 | Harris | WHMS | 13 | Fair | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/6/2022 | Harris | WHMS | 18 | Good | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 9 | ||||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/6/2022 | Harris | WHMS | 23 | Excellent | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | 11 | ||||||||
| Fishing Creek | 12/7/2022 | Miller | Virtual | 12 | Fair | x | x | x | x | x | x | 6 |
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