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North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
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Date: n 1 Project: Latitude:
Evaluator: Site:Longitude:
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A. Geomorphology (Subtotal=_/ ) Absent Weak Moderate Strong
1a. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 4
TP 3
2. Sinuosity 0 1 1 3
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 1 2 3
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting 0 1 2, 3
5. Active/relic floodplain 0 1 2 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 0 ) 2 3
7. Braided channel 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2 3
9 a Natural levees 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 1 2 3
11. Grade controls 0.5 1 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 .5 ' 1 1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existing
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
No
Yes = 3
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14. Groundwater flow/discharge 0 1 2 3
15. Water in channel and > 48 hrs since rain, or
Water in channel -- d or growing season 0 1 3
16. Leaflitter 1.5 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris 0 0. 1 1.5
18. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 .5 1 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) resent? No = 0 - Yes(- 1.6
C. Bioloav (Subtotal = 7 I L_ ?l
20 . Fibrous roots in channel 3 2 0
21". Rooted plants in channel 3 1 0
22. Crayfish 0 0.5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves - 1 2 3
24. Fish 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 0 0.5 1 1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0.5 1 1.5
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 1 2 3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus.
29 . Wetland plants in streambed 1 1.5
FAC = 0.5; FACW - 0.75 OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other = 0