20071007 Ver 1_Worksheets_20070118

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 County: e.g. Quad Name:
if ? 19 or erennial if ? 30
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A. Geomor hold (Subtotal = ,-- J ) Absent Weak Mo to Strong
1a. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 2 3
2. Sinuosity 0 3
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 2 3
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting 1 2 3
5. Active/relic floodplain 0 2 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 1 2 3
7. Braided channel. 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits. 0 1 2 3
9 a Natural levees 0 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 1 2 3
11. Grade controls 0 .5 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 1 1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existin
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
No = 0
Yes = 3
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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 0 1 2 3
16. Leaflitter 1.5 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris 0 1 1.5
18. Organic debris. lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 1 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? - Yes = 1.5
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C_ 6ialaav (Subtotal = ~ 1
20 . Fibrous roots in channel 3 2 1 0
21 b. Rooted plants in channel 1 0
22. Crayfish 0 .5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 1 2 3
24. Fish. 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 0 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 = 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 aquattcof wetland plants.
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Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.)