HomeMy WebLinkAbout20090104_Stream Call Letter_20050330North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: 3 »? 5 Q Project: Latitude:
Evaluator: Mv. 6113 Site: 43 Longitude:
Total Points: Other
Stream is at least intermittent County: ?a?`, i
if z 19 or perennial if z 30 e.g. Quad Name:
A. Geomorphology (Subtotal =-i-1.2)) Absent Weak Moderate Strong
1a. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 3
2. Sinuosity 0 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 1 3
7. Braided channel 0 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 3
9 a Natural levees no 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 0 121. 2 3
11. Grade controls 0.5 1 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 1 1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existing
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
No =
Yes = 3
° Man-made ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual
B_ Hvdroloav (Subtotal= P5 -' )
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 1 0. 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris 0 0.5 1 1.5
18. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 0.5 1 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 Yes = 1.5
C. Bioloav (Subtotal = 1 )
20b. Fibrous roots in channel 3 2 1 0
21b. Rooted plants in channel 3 2 1 0
22. Crayfish 0 0.5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 0 1 2 3
24. Fish 0 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 0 0.5 1 1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0 0.5 1 1.5
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 0 1 2 3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. 0 0.5 1.5
F29 . Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other = 0
- Items 20 and 21 focus on the presence of upland plants, Item 29 focuses on the presence of aquatic or wetland plants.,-,
Sketch:
Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.)
North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: 3?;p 0' ? Project: foks o k R S Latitude:
Evaluator: Site: 41) Longitude:
Total Points: w 1,. Other
Stream is at least intermittent i ? County: ',`,??
if >_ 19 or erennial if >_ 30 1 e.g. Quad Name:
A. Geomorphology (Subtotal =?_) -Absent Weak Moderate Strong
1a. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 2 3
2. Sinuosity 0 1 2 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 1 2 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 0 1 2 3
7. Braided channel 0 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 1 2 3
9 a Natural levees 0 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 0 1 2 3
11. Grade controls 0 0.5 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1 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 (Siihtntnl = ?Q(X?}l ?1 ) 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 O 3
16. Leaflitter 1.5 1 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris 0 0.5 1.5
18. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 .5 1 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 Yes = 1.5
C. Biologv (Subtotal = J )
20b. Fibrous roots in channel 3 2 1 0
2lb. Rooted plants in channel 3 2 1
22. Crayfish 07 0.5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 0 1 2 3
24. Fish 0 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 0.5 1 1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0 0.5 1 1.5
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 0 1 3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. 0 0.5 1.5
29 . Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other = 0
- Items 20 and 21 focus on the presence of upland plants, Item 29 focuses on the presence of aquatic or wetland plants.
Sketch:
Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.)