20100335 Ver 1_Stream ID form_20100506

North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: SI S-` Project: KN'S+ Latitude: 10% 3t4jc6C�
Evaluator: cy C� � Site: WS Longitude: -7
Total Points: Other P
Stream is at least intermittent c County:
if 19 or perennial if230 1 e.g. Quad Name: '
A. Geomorphology (Subtotal =3 r4�_ )
Absent
Weak
Moderate
Strong
1a. Continuous bed and bank
0
1
)
3
2. Sinuosity
0
17. Sediment on plants or debris
2
3
3. In- channel structure: riffle-pool sequence
Q 0)
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1
2
3
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting
j0
1
2
3
5. Active /relic Floodplain
0
1
2
3
6. Depositional bars or benches
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1
2
3
7. Braided channel
01
1
2
3
S. Recent alluvial deposits
C-01
1
2
3
9' Natural levees
Ol
1
2
3
10. Headcuts
`0
1
2
3
11. Grade controls
0
<0:5d
1
1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway
o
0.5
1
1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existing
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
Nov 0
Yes = 3
° Man -made ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual
R. Hvd L rnlnnv ( Subtntal = 1
14. Groundwater flow /discharge 1 0
1
21
3
15. Water in channel and > 48 hrs since rain, or 0
Water in channel -- d or row in season
1
3
3
16. Leaflitter 1 1.5
1
0.5
D
17. Sediment on plants or debris
0.5
1
1.5
18. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) CD>
0.5
1
1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? = 0
Yes = 1.5
C. Bioloov (Subtotal = 1
20 . Fibrous roots in channel
3
2
1
21'. Rooted plants in channel
3
2
1 1
22. Crayfish
11101
0.5
1
1.5
23. Bivalves
0-"
1
2
3
24. Fish
"0 N
0.5
1
1.5
25. Amphibians
IN10
0.5
1
1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance)
0,
0.5
1
1.5
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton
C
r-_1,
2
3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria /fungus.
0�
0:51
1
1.
29 0. Wetland plants in streambed
FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SA V = 2.0; OtheA,0
Items 20 and 21 focus on the presence of upland plants, Item 29 focuses on the presence of aquatic or wetland plants.
Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.)
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