Turkey Ridge Dive Site
14 June, 2020
- Team Leader
- Jenn Bruns
- Number of Participants
- 10
- Total Debris Collected
- 25 lbs (estimated)
42.628777255564, -92.509166300024
Survey Information
- Location Name
- Turkey Ridge Dive Site
- Organization/Dive Centre
- Eastern Iowa Scuba Divers
- City
- Janesville
- Country
- United States
- Date
- 14 June, 2020
- Survey Duration
- 55 Minutes
- GPS Coordinates
- Latitude: 42.628777255564
Longitude: -92.509166300024
- Weather Conditions
-
Sunny with patchy rain. Mid-High 70's (F)
- Survey Depth Range
- 1–15 feet
- Area Surveyed
- 15000 ft2
- Dominant Substrate
- Limestone
- Ecosystem
- Flooded Limestone quarry
- Wave Conditions
- Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
Survey Photos
Debris Items Collected
| plastic materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) | 1 |
| Bait Containers, Packaging | 1 |
| Beverage Bottles: Less Than 2 Litres (plastic) | 3 |
| Fishing: Line | 20 |
| Fishing: Lures, Rods/poles | 12 |
| Foam Insulation & Packaging | 10 |
| Food Wrappers (plastic) | 2 |
| Six-pack Rings, Ring Carriers | 1 |
| Rope (plastic/nylon) | 1 |
| glass materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Bottles (glass) | 3 |
| metal materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Beverage Cans (aluminium) | 5 |
| Cans: Food/juice, Other (tin) | 1 |
| Caps & Lids (metal) | 4 |
| Fishing: Sinkers, Lures, Hooks | 3 |
| mixed materials collected | |
|---|---|
| Clothing | 1 |
Additional Information
Men's underwear
Fishing line, hooks - popular fishing spot
Beverage cans, glass - people drink beer when they fish
Food wrappers - people snack while fishing
Comments and Feedback
10 divers in teams of 3 or 4 with a plan to safely remove filament line. Diver 1 for cutting, Diver 2 to take the line diver 1 cuts and assist if diver 1 gets tangled, Diver 3 as safety diver watching divers 1 & 2 and able to ascend and whistle for help if 1 & 2 get in trouble. It worked very well and everyone had a great time. Picked up whatever other trash they found while making their way around the quarry edge. This was our first event. Next time I will track more carefully what came out of the water. I took pictures of what came back but didn't count exact numbers. Great success with lots of people on land and kayaking around the edge as well, with a bbg lunch between dives. :)
This is our most used local dive site. My scuba club removes random garbage they come across on every dive but we wanted to make a focused day out of it and will continue to do so in the future. Everyone had a great time!! Can't wait to get my AWARE Start up kit when everything gets back to some value of normalcy.
