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North Carolina Division of Water Quality -Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: 7 ~ ~3 ~ 7 Project: ~ - S _~ ?` Latitude:
Evaluator: Site: ~ S ~. Longitude:
Total Points: Other
Stream is of least intermittent County: ~O~-Q~, e,g. Quad Name:
if z 19 or erennial if Z 30
A. Geomor holo (Subtotal = ~ -
18. Continuous bed and bank Absent
0 Weak
1 Moderate
2 Strong
3
2. Sinuosity 0 1 3
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 2 3
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting D 2 3
5. Active/relic floodplain
6. Depositional bars or benches
7. Braided channel 0

0 1
1
1 2
2
2 3
3
3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 3
9 a Natural levees 0 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 0 1 3
11. Grade controls 0 0.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1 1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existin
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence. __
No = 0
Yes = 3
e Man-made ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual
0. 1 1 VI VIV VMVIV iG.. -
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 ~ 2 3
16. Leaflitter 1.5 1 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris D 0.5 1 1.5
18. Organic debris fines or piles (Wrack lines) 0.5 1 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 = 1.5

~ ~-
20 .Fibrous roots in gannet
3
1
0
21 . Rooted plants in channel 3 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 oxidizin bacteria/fungus. 0 0.5 1 1.5
29 . Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2. ~ Other
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Sketch:
Notes: (use bads side of this form for additional notes.)