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North Carolina Division of Water Quality -Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
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Total Points:
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if? 19 oroerennial if? 30 ~`°Cil ~ Other
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A. Geomor hold (Subtotal = ) 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 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 0 ~ 1 2 3
7. Braided channel : 0 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2 3
9 a Natural levees 0 1 2
10. Headcuts ,j 1 2 3
11. Grade controls U 0.5 1 ~ 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 ___ 0.5 1 1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existin4
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
\ No = 0
Yes = 3
Man-made ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual
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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 rowin season - ~ . 1 2 3
16. Leaflitter 1. 1, 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris 0.5 1 1.5
18.Organic debris lines or piles (V1lrack lines) 0 0. 1 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 Yes = 1.5
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20 . Fibrous roots in channel 3 2 1 0
21 . Rooted plants in channel 3 2 1 0
22. Crayfish 0 .5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 0 1 2 3
24. Fish 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 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. 0 0.5 1 1.5
29 . Wetland plants in streambed FAC = .5; FACW = 0.75; OBL 1.5 `' AV = 2.0; Other = 0
"Items 20 and 21 focus on the presence of upland plants, item Ly focuses on the presence or aquansarwenana prams.
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