20140789 Ver 1_Staff Notes_20140731

NC DWQ Stream Identification Form Version 4.11
Date: ,j I
Project/Site:
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Latitude:
Evaluator:
County: t7SIT'
Longitude: ?�,34dyC
Total Points:
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Ephemeral Intermitte Pe ial
e.g. Quad Name:
perennial a 30'enf
i2 19 or perennial 2 30'
if 19
2
3
A. Geomorphology (Subtotal = 22! )
Absent
Weak
Moderate
Strong
1a. Continuity of channel bed and bank
0
1
2
3
2. Sinuosity of channel along lhalweg
0
1
2
3
3. In- channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool,
ripple-pool sequence
0
1
1
3
4. Particle size of stream substrate
0
1
2
22. Fish
5. Active /relict floodplain
0
1
2
6. Depositional bars or benches
0
1
2
1
7. Recent alluvial deposits
0
1
2
g
8. Headcuts
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1
- 2
3
9. Grade control
67
0.5
1
1.5
10. Natural valley
1 0
0.5
1
d:>9
11. Second or greater order channel
No= 0
es =
a artificial ditches are not rated, see discussions in manual
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2 i.xf
12. Presence of Baseflow
0
1
2
Q
13. Iron oxidizing bacteria
0
2
3
14. Leaf litter
a
1
0.5
0
15. Sediment on plants or debris
0
0.5
1
4::6
16. Organic debris lines or piles
0
0.5
1
22. Fish
17. Soil -based evidence of high water table?
No = 0
e
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18. Fibrous roots In streambed
[3
2
1
0
19. Rooted upland plants in streambed
2
1
0
20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance)
0
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2
3
21. Aquatic Mollusks
tP
1
2
a
22. Fish
0
0.5
1
23. Crayfish
0
as
1
1.5
24. Amphibians
0
tQ'S
1
1.5
25. Algae
0.5
1
26. Wetland plants in streambed
ACW = 0.7 OBI = 1.5 Other = 0
"perennial streams may also be identified using other
methods. See p. 35 of manual.
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