20090584 Ver 1_Stream ID form_20090528

North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: / Project: h„t� J Latitude:
Evaluator: Site: IF Longitude:
Total Points: Other
Stream is at least intermittent County:
if a 19 or perennial if 2 `
3 1 _ e.g. Quad Name:
A. Geornor hold Subtotal = `�"-
Absent
,: Weak :;
Moderate..
3
1'. Continuous bed and bank
0''
2
1
2
3
2. Sinuosity
(0 "�1_
-'c 1
2.
3
3. In- channel structure: riffle -pool sequence
0
'1
2
3
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting
< .i
1
2
3
5. Active /relicfloodplain
0
1,
2
3
6. Depositional bars or benches
CO
1
2
3
7. Braided channel -
_0
1 -
'(2 -_-�C3
213 Iron oxidizing bacteria /fungus.
8. Recent alluvial deposits
- i-.
1
2
3
9' Natural levees
0
1
2
3
10. Headcuts
0
l
2
3
11. Grade controls
0
(015N
,b5�
12. Natural valley or drainageway
0
0.5
1
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 irI nual
B. Hvdroloav (Subtotal = \ / �`�
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
2
l
16. Leaflitter
1.5,
1
0.5
/ 0)
17. Sediment on plants or debris . _
LOJ
_0.5,
1_
'15
18. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines)
-0
/ 0.5J -
-1�7-1
1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present?
No = O`
Yes 7T5 5
r C. Bioloav (Subtotal
F20. Fibrous roots in channel
3
2
1
21'. Rooted plants in channel
3
2
i'0'
22. Crayfish
0
0.5
/ 1)
1.5
23. Bivalves
' nac-1
1
2
3
24. Fish
\0
0.5
1
1.5
25. Amphibians
0
0.5
. �
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance)
0 -
0.5
C-1) �-
k_� 1.5
27. Filamentous algae;- periphyton
1
2
3
213 Iron oxidizing bacteria /fungus.
l0
- i-.
1
1.5
29'. Wetland plants in streambed
FAG' = 0:5; FACW = 0:75;, O BL = 1.5 AV = 2.0; Other = 0
Items 20 and 21 focus on the presence of upland plants, Item 29 focuses on the-presence oraquatic or wetland plants.
Notes. (use back side of this form for additional notes.) Sketch:
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