20100675 Ver 1_Worksheets_20100902

North Carolina Division of Water Quality Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: Project: Latitude:
Evaluator: Site: Longitude:
Total Points: Other
Stream is at least intermittent S County: e.g. Quad Name:
if 2 19 or perennial if a 30
A
A. Geomorphology (Subtotal= r Absent Weak Moderate Str ng
18. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 2 3
2. Sinuosity 1 2
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 2 3
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting 1 3
5. Active/relic floodpiain 1 2 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 1 2 3
7. Braided channel 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2 3
98 Natural levees 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 1 2 3
11. Grade controls 0 0.5 1 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existing
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
No = 0
Yes = 3
- Man-made ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual
R Hvdrnlnnv [Ri rhtntal = 4O 1
14. Groundwater flow/discharge 0 1 3
15. Water in channel and > 48 hrs since rain, or
Water in channel - d or growing season 0 1 02 3
16. Leaflitter 1. 1 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris 0.5 1 1.5
IS. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 0.5 1 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 yes 1.6----3
C. Bioloav (Subtotal = -7-55-
1
20 . Fibrous roots in channel 2 1 0
210. Rooted plants in channel 2 1 0
22. Crayfish 0.5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 1 2 3
24. Fish 0.5 1 1.5
2-5. Amphibians 0.5 1 1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0 1 1.5
1 27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 0 2 3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. 0.5 1
29 . Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FA CW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; 01ther =
nonis cv ana ci tutus on ine presence or upiano piams, item zto mcuses on the presence of aquatic or wetland plants.
Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.) Sketch: