Summary of Nutrient Data from Surface Water Quality Monitoring Information System

Nutrient Criteria Development Advisory Workgroup June 20, 2011
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Water Quality Standards

Table 1: Stream and River Data – number of measurements for the following parameters: nitrite, nitrate, total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), nitrate+nitrite (Nit+Nit) and total phosphorus (TP), and the number of sampling sites (Sites) with available data shown by basin and segment from the Surface Water Quality Monitoring Information System (SWQMIS). Data summaries include all historical sampling up to March 31, 2011. Note in table there are the following abbreviations: River as Rvr., Lake as Lk., Creek as Ck., West as W., and North as N. This summary was generated by TCEQ Data Management and Analysis Group.

ID

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Segment Description

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Nitrite 00615

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Sites

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Nitrate 00620

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Sites

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TKN 00625

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Sites

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Nit+nit 00630

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Sites

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TP00665

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Sites

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1 / Canadian River / 274 / 20 / 615 / 38 / 665 / 18 / 699 / 27 / 1246 / 38 /
101 / Canadian Rvr. Below Lk. Meredith / 122 / 3 / 297 / 11 / 331 / 3 / 312 / 4 / 531 / 11 /
101A / Dixon Ck. / 10 / 2 / 10 / 2 / 39 / 2 / 22 / 2 / 43 / 2 /
101B / Rock Ck. / 1 / 1 / 18 / 8 / 43 / 2 / 49 / 8 /
101C / White Deer Ck. / 2 / 1 / 8 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 15 / 1 /
102A / Big Blue Ck. / 4 / 1 / 23 / 1 / 18 / 1 /
103 / Canadian Rvr. Above Lk. Meredith / 109 / 7 / 131 / 7 / 231 / 7 / 117 / 9 / 316 / 7 /
103A / East Amarillo Ck. / 10 / 3 / 18 / 3 / 19 / 2 / 57 / 3 / 57 / 3 /
103B / Punta De Agua Ck. / 7 / 1 / 18 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 13 / 1 / 21 / 1 /
103C / Unnamed trib. to W. Amarillo Ck. / 7 / 1 / 16 / 1 / 21 / 1 /
104 / Wolf Ck. / 13 / 2 / 97 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 85 / 2 / 164 / 2 /
199B / Kiowa Ck. / 7 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 11 / 1 /
2 / Red River / 671 / 88 / 1877 / 111 / 3426 / 109 / 1803 / 107 / 5503 / 135 /
201 / Lower Red Rvr. / 17 / 1 / 134 / 2 / 148 / 2 / 88 / 2 / 197 / 3 /
201A / Mud Ck. / 2 / 1 / 25 / 1 / 19 / 1 /
202 / Red Rvr. Below Lk. Texoma / 99 / 3 / 142 / 4 / 224 / 5 / 128 / 3 / 370 / 6 /
202A / Bois D' Arc Ck. / 12 / 2 / 37 / 3 / 41 / 3 /
202C / Pecan Bayou / 6 / 1 / 33 / 1 / 34 / 1 /
202D / Pine Ck. / 10 / 5 / 16 / 5 / 15 / 6 / 60 / 6 / 51 / 6 /
202E / Post Oak Ck. / 4 / 2 / 23 / 4 / 4 / 2 / 58 / 4 / 72 / 4 /
202F / Choctaw Ck. / 9 / 4 / 36 / 6 / 7 / 4 / 48 / 7 / 69 / 6 /
202G / Smith Ck. / 6 / 1 / 35 / 1 / 36 / 1 /
202H / Big Pine Ck. / 3 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
202I / Little Pine Ck. / 7 / 1 / 8 / 1 /
202J / Sand Ck. / 5 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 10 / 1 /
202K / Iron Ore Ck. / 2 / 1 / 10 / 1 / 12 / 1 /
203A / Big Mineral Ck. / 9 / 2 / 13 / 1 / 14 / 2 /
204 / Red Rvr. Above Lk. Texoma / 6 / 1 / 94 / 3 / 115 / 2 / 49 / 3 / 227 / 3 /
205 / Red Rvr. Below Pease Rvr. / 28 / 3 / 83 / 3 / 277 / 2 / 57 / 2 / 363 / 3 /
206 / Red Rvr. Above Pease Rvr. / 17 / 1 / 74 / 1 / 53 / 1 / 21 / 1 / 118 / 1 /
206B / South Groesbeck Ck. / 7 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 28 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 30 / 1 /
207 / Lower Prairie Dog Town Fork Red Rvr. / 19 / 2 / 95 / 2 / 158 / 2 / 111 / 3 / 287 / 3 /
207A / Buck Ck. / 17 / 1 / 9 / 1 /
211 / Little Wichita Rvr. / 18 / 3 / 87 / 5 / 54 / 4 / 27 / 3 / 141 / 5 /
214 / Wichita Rvr. Below Diversion Lk. Dam / 138 / 19 / 224 / 19 / 344 / 23 / 370 / 18 / 535 / 23 /
214A / Beaver Ck. / 8 / 2 / 21 / 3 / 23 / 2 / 67 / 3 / 81 / 3 /
214B / Buffalo Ck. / 2 / 1 / 8 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 13 / 1 / 23 / 1 /
214C / Holliday Ck. / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 2 / 1 /
216 / Wichita Rvr. Below Lk. Kemp Dam / 4 / 1 / 55 / 1 / 187 / 1 / 20 / 1 / 239 / 1 /
218 / Wichita/North Fork Wichita Rvr. / 26 / 3 / 84 / 3 / 540 / 4 / 29 / 2 / 605 / 4 /
218A / Middle Fork Wichita Rvr. / 164 / 1 / 161 / 1 /
219A / Holliday Ck. above Lk. Wichita / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
220 / Upper Pease/North Fork Pease Rvr. / 7 / 1 / 47 / 2 / 36 / 2 / 29 / 2 / 100 / 2 /
221 / Middle Fork Pease Rvr. / 3 / 1 / 28 / 2 / 6 / 1 / 7 / 2 / 34 / 2 /
222 / Salt Fork Red Rvr. / 80 / 4 / 84 / 4 / 147 / 4 / 107 / 4 / 234 / 4 /
222A / Lelia Lk. Ck. / 10 / 1 / 10 / 1 / 67 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 68 / 1 /
224 / North Fork Red Rvr. / 4 / 1 / 50 / 2 / 66 / 1 / 29 / 1 / 122 / 2 /
224A / McClellan Ck. / 7 / 1 / 13 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 30 / 1 / 34 / 1 /
225 / McKinney Bayou / 15 / 5 / 70 / 5 / 14 / 5 / 18 / 5 / 74 / 5 /
226 / South Fork Wichita Rvr. / 27 / 3 / 27 / 2 / 513 / 5 / 41 / 3 / 529 / 5 /
227 / South Fork Pease Rvr. / 3 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 6 / 1 /
229 / Upper Prairie Dog Town Fork Red Rvr. / 68 / 9 / 97 / 10 / 126 / 10 / 77 / 5 / 181 / 10 /
230 / Pease Rvr. / 28 / 3 / 170 / 3 / 58 / 3 / 46 / 3 / 219 / 3 /
230A / Paradise Ck. / 2 / 1 / 8 / 1 / 33 / 2 / 35 / 2 /
299A / Sweetwater Ck. / 6 / 5 / 56 / 8 / 15 / 5 / 53 / 5 / 105 / 8 /
3 / Sulphur River / 564 / 56 / 606 / 57 / 1013 / 61 / 482 / 54 / 1430 / 72 /
301 / Sulphur Rvr. Below Wright Patman Lk. / 40 / 2 / 88 / 2 / 132 / 2 / 33 / 2 / 200 / 2 /
302A / Big Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 8 / 1 /
302B / Boone Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
302C / Anderson Ck. / 23 / 3 / 23 / 3 / 15 / 3 / 4 / 1 / 27 / 3 /
303 / Sulphur/South Sulphur Rvr. / 176 / 9 / 149 / 9 / 329 / 11 / 177 / 12 / 424 / 12 /
303B / White Oak Ck. / 85 / 6 / 90 / 6 / 205 / 7 / 38 / 3 / 248 / 7 /
303D / Rock Ck. / 13 / 1 / 14 / 1 / 13 / 1 / 14 / 1 /
303E / East Caney Ck. / 9 / 1 / 9 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 9 / 1 /
303F / Stouts Ck. / 9 / 1 / 9 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 9 / 1 /
303G / North Caney Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
303H / Big Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
303I / Big Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
304 / Days Ck. / 64 / 10 / 111 / 10 / 52 / 10 / 54 / 11 / 144 / 11 /
304A / Swampoodle Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 26 / 3 / 28 / 3 / 30 / 3 /
304B / Cowhorn Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 3 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 12 / 2 /
304C / Wagner Ck. / 9 / 3 / 8 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 6 / 2 / 14 / 3 /
305 / North Sulphur Rvr. / 49 / 7 / 56 / 7 / 99 / 6 / 49 / 6 / 139 / 9 /
305A / Rowdy Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
306 / Upper South Sulphur Rvr. / 47 / 7 / 20 / 7 / 84 / 7 / 38 / 6 / 86 / 7 /
307A / Middle Sulphur Rvr. / 23 / 1 / 12 / 2 / 27 / 1 / 27 / 1 / 38 / 2 /
307B / Jernigan Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
307C / Pecan Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
4 / Cypress Ck. / 753 / 83 / 1029 / 88 / 1779 / 111 / 816 / 86 / 2200 / 115 /
402 / Big Cypress Ck. Below Lk. O' the Pines / 144 / 7 / 175 / 7 / 241 / 9 / 87 / 5 / 323 / 9 /
404 / Big Cypress Ck. Below Lk. Bob Sandlin / 95 / 6 / 168 / 7 / 230 / 11 / 144 / 9 / 336 / 11 /
406 / Black Bayou / 50 / 9 / 170 / 9 / 206 / 9 / 117 / 8 / 258 / 9 /
407 / James' Bayou / 74 / 14 / 124 / 14 / 96 / 14 / 47 / 13 / 149 / 14 /
409 / Little Cypress Bayou (Ck. ) / 188 / 9 / 92 / 10 / 406 / 16 / 158 / 12 / 425 / 16 /
401A / Harrison Bayou / 8 / 1 / 31 / 3 / 24 / 3 / 47 / 5 /
401B / Kitchen Ck. / 3 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 7 / 1 /
402A / Black Cypress Bayou / 57 / 7 / 106 / 7 / 215 / 8 / 19 / 7 / 267 / 8 /
402B / Hughes Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 8 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 8 / 1 /
402C / Haggerty Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 8 / 2 / 8 / 2 /
402D / Flat Ck. / 4 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
402E / Kelly Ck. / 4 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
404B / Tankersley Ck. / 23 / 4 / 25 / 4 / 45 / 4 / 36 / 4 / 53 / 4 /
404C / Hart Ck. / 4 / 4 / 5 / 4 / 19 / 5 / 13 / 4 / 19 / 5 /
404E / Dry Ck. / 2 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 12 / 2 / 11 / 2 / 12 / 2 /
404F / Sparks Branch / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 /
404I / Boggy Ck. / 30 / 1 / 29 / 1 / 30 / 1 /
404J / Prairie Ck. / 30 / 1 / 30 / 2 / 31 / 2 /
404K / Walkers Ck. / 28 / 2 / 27 / 2 / 28 / 2 /
404L / Swauano Ck. / 8 / 1 / 8 / 1 / 8 / 1 /
404M / Greasy Ck. / 9 / 1 / 8 / 1 / 9 / 1 /
405A / Big Cypress Ck. / 11 / 1 / 11 / 1 / 13 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 11 / 1 /
405B / Panther Ck. / 3 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
405C / Blair Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
407A / Beach Ck. / 10 / 2 / 10 / 2 / 10 / 2 / 6 / 2 / 10 / 2 /
407B / Frazier Ck. / 15 / 3 / 19 / 3 / 38 / 3 / 37 / 2 / 51 / 3 /
408B / Andy's Ck. / 3 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
408C / Brushy Ck. / 3 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 5 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 5 / 1 /
408D / Blundell Ck. / 3 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
409A / Lilly Ck. / 16 / 2 / 16 / 2 / 38 / 3 / 21 / 1 / 36 / 3 /
409B / South Lilly Ck. / 27 / 2 / 27 / 2 / 27 / 2 / 25 / 2 /
499A / Cross Bayou / 18 / 1 / 18 / 1 /
5 / Sabine River / 1829 / 50 / 2321 / 61 / 1270 / 72 / 4330 / 122 / 4322 / 101 /
502 / Sabine Rvr. Above Tidal / 253 / 2 / 402 / 3 / 269 / 2 / 538 / 2 / 568 / 3 /
502A / Nichols Ck. / 10 / 1 / 11 / 1 / 16 / 1 /
502B / Caney Ck. / 32 / 2 / 4 / 1 /
502D / Dempsey Ck. / 6 / 1 / 6 / 1 / 10 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
502E / Cypress Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 11 / 1 / 6 / 1 / 15 / 1 /
503 / Sabine Rvr. Above Caney Ck. / 372 / 7 / 407 / 7 / 157 / 7 / 678 / 4 / 636 / 7 /
503D / Little Cow Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
504C / Palo Gaucho Bayou / 15 / 1 /
504D / Tenaha Ck. / 37 / 1 / 25 / 1 / 42 / 1 /
505 / Sabine Rvr. Above Toledo Bend Rsvr. / 516 / 17 / 637 / 18 / 241 / 19 / 935 / 23 / 926 / 24 /
505B / Grace Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 19 / 6 / 28 / 10 / 26 / 4 /
505C / Hawkins Ck. / 7 / 2 / 7 / 2 / 7 / 2 / 22 / 5 / 17 / 2 /
505D / Rabbit Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 14 / 10 / 30 / 10 / 22 / 9 /
505G / Wards Ck. / 12 / 1 / 12 / 1 /
505H / Hatley Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 /
505P / Irons Bayou / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 14 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 14 / 1 /
506 / Sabine Rvr. Below Lk. Tawakoni / 381 / 6 / 439 / 7 / 151 / 5 / 839 / 16 / 804 / 12 /
506A / Harris Ck. / 47 / 2 / 19 / 2 /
506C / Wiggins Ck. / 30 / 2 / 4 / 1 /
506G / Little White Oak Ck. / 6 / 1 /
507A / Cowleech Fork Sabine Rvr. / 6 / 2 / 18 / 3 / 23 / 2 / 149 / 8 / 170 / 6 /
507B / Long Branch / 10 / 2 /
507D / Hickory Ck. / 5 / 1 /
507F / Tidwell Ck. / 5 / 1 /
507G / South Fork of Sabine Rvr. / 7 / 1 / 6 / 1 / 12 / 1 /
507H / Caddo Ck. / 9 / 1 / 37 / 1 / 45 / 1 /
508A / Adams Bayou Above Tidal / 4 / 4 / 78 / 4 / 6 / 2 /
508B / Gum Gully / 4 / 1 /
511A / Cow Bayou Above Tidal / 3 / 1 /
511E / Terry Gully / 8 / 1 /
512A / Running Ck. / 130 / 3 / 25 / 3 / 130 / 3 /
512B / Elm Ck. / 79 / 3 / 18 / 3 / 80 / 3 /
513 / Big Cow Ck. / 93 / 3 / 137 / 3 / 33 / 2 / 160 / 4 / 175 / 4 /
514 / Big Sandy Ck. / 107 / 3 / 102 / 3 / 73 / 3 / 197 / 2 / 201 / 4 /
515 / Lk. Fork Ck. / 83 / 2 / 104 / 2 / 25 / 2 / 366 / 3 / 368 / 3 /
6 / Neches River / 769 / 83 / 1775 / 94 / 1483 / 99 / 2899 / 159 / 4434 / 153 /
602 / Neches Rvr. Below B.A. Steinhagen Lk. / 174 / 6 / 265 / 5 / 388 / 5 / 365 / 6 / 549 / 6 /
602A / Booger Branch / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
603A / Sandy Ck. in Jasper County / 13 / 1 / 47 / 1 / 54 / 1 / 84 / 1 /
603B / Wolf Ck. / 12 / 1 / 12 / 1 / 53 / 1 / 49 / 1 /
604 / Neches Rvr. Below Lk. Palestine / 179 / 7 / 441 / 10 / 398 / 9 / 185 / 8 / 637 / 11 /
604A / Cedar Ck. / 18 / 1 / 61 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 105 / 2 / 145 / 2 /
604B / Hurricane Ck. / 54 / 1 / 47 / 1 /
604C / Jack Ck. / 62 / 2 / 50 / 2 /
604D / Piney Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 67 / 6 / 52 / 3 /
604H / One Eye Ck. in Cherokee County / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 /
604L / Bear Ck. / 3 / 1 /
604M / Biloxi Ck. / 2 / 1 / 64 / 2 / 61 / 2 /
604N / Buck Ck. / 52 / 1 / 47 / 1 /
604O / Caney Ck. in Trinity County / 3 / 1 /
604P / McManus Ck. / 3 / 1 /
604Q / Mossy Ck. / 3 / 1 /
604R / Paces Ck. / 4 / 1 /
604S / White Oak Ck. / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 /
604V / One Eye Ck. in Angelina County / 8 / 1 / 8 / 1 /
605A / Kickapoo Ck. in Henderson County / 17 / 2 / 77 / 7 / 89 / 7 /
605C / Cream Level Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
605D / Murchison Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
605E / Slater Ck. / 4 / 1 / 4 / 1 /
606 / Neches Rvr. Above Lk. Palestine / 31 / 3 / 84 / 3 / 134 / 4 / 32 / 3 / 201 / 4 /
606A / Prairie Ck. / 3 / 3 / 5 / 4 / 20 / 3 / 33 / 4 / 48 / 4 /
606C / Black Fork Ck. / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 /
606D / Black Fork Ck. / 3 / 2 / 14 / 3 / 5 / 2 / 32 / 2 / 44 / 3 /
607 / Pine Island Bayou / 57 / 12 / 131 / 12 / 34 / 11 / 242 / 12 / 312 / 12 /
607A / Boggy Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 13 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 13 / 2 /
607B / Little Pine Island Bayou / 13 / 2 / 13 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 70 / 4 / 63 / 3 /
607C / Willow Ck. / 12 / 1 / 12 / 1 / 53 / 1 / 47 / 1 /
607D / Cotton Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 /
608 / Village Ck. / 29 / 2 / 92 / 2 / 62 / 2 / 96 / 4 / 211 / 4 /
608A / Beech Ck. / 22 / 2 / 21 / 2 / 29 / 2 / 64 / 2 / 79 / 3 /
608B / Big Sandy Ck. / 13 / 1 / 12 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 69 / 2 / 66 / 2 /
608C / Cypress Ck. / 13 / 1 / 12 / 1 / 10 / 1 / 47 / 1 / 52 / 1 /
608D / Hickory Ck. / 13 / 1 / 12 / 1 / 55 / 1 / 50 / 1 /
608E / Mill Ck. in Hardin County / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 /
608F / Turkey Ck. / 13 / 1 / 12 / 1 / 69 / 2 / 64 / 2 /
609 / Angelina Rvr. Below Sam Rayburn Rsvr. / 17 / 1 / 91 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 58 / 1 / 132 / 1 /
610A / Ayish Bayou / 34 / 1 / 53 / 3 / 70 / 2 /
610G / Caney Ck. in San Augustine County / 4 / 1 /
610H / Carrizo Ck. / 4 / 1 /
610I / Chiamon Ck. / 4 / 1 /
610J / Chinquapin Ck. / 4 / 1 /
610K / Sandy Ck. in San Augustine County / 4 / 1 /
610L / Turkey Ck. in San Augustine County / 4 / 1 /
610M / Venado Ck. / 4 / 1 /
611 / Angelina Rvr. Above Sam Rayburn Rsvr. / 63 / 13 / 147 / 13 / 158 / 14 / 113 / 14 / 314 / 14 /
611A / East Fork Angelina Rvr. / 15 / 3 / 15 / 3 / 55 / 3 / 41 / 5 / 71 / 5 /
611B / La Nana Bayou / 9 / 5 / 96 / 5 / 7 / 5 / 126 / 7 / 196 / 7 /
611C / Mud Ck. / 3 / 2 / 5 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 123 / 5 / 119 / 7 /
611D / West Mud Ck. / 8 / 4 / 28 / 6 / 13 / 6 / 120 / 7 / 129 / 7 /
611E / Keys Ck. / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 /
611J / Beech Ck. in Nacogdoches/Rusk Co. / 6 / 1 / 3 / 1 /
611K / Dill Ck. / 5 / 1 / 2 / 1 /