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North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: $
U Project: ., ?a Latitude:
Evaluator: Site: Longitude:
Total Points: Other
Stream is at least intermittent County:
e.g. Quad Name:
if 2: 19 or perennial if 2: 30
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A. Geomorphology (Subtotal =??) Absent Weak Moderate Stro
1a. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 2 3
2. Sinuosity 0 1 2
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 1 3
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting 0 1
5. Active/relic floodplain 0 1 2
6. Depositional bars or benches 0 2
7. Braided channel 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2
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 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_ Hvdrnlnov (Suhtntal = qX 1 ..?
14. Groundwater flow/discharge 0 Loll, 2 3
15. Water in channel and > 48 hrs since rain, or
Water in channel -- d or growing season 0 1 2
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16. Leaflitter 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris 0 CLIZ.-O -L 1.5
18. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 0.5 C-V 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 Ye f = 1.5
C. Bioloav (Subtotal = I' 1 5 1
20 . Fibrous roots in channel 3 1 0
21 . Rooted plants in channel 3 2 0
22. Crayfish 0.5 1.5
23. Bivalves 0 1 3
24. Fish 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 0 0.5 1
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0 0.
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 0 2 3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. 0 0.5 eTrJ 1.5
29 °. Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 AV - ; ther = 0
- Items 2u and 21 focus on the presence of upland plants, Item 29 focuses on the presence of aquatic or wetlandITInts.
Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.) Sketch:
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