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North Carolina Division of Water Quality -Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: R (~ C `1 Project: ~ ; ~ ~ ~ Latitude:
Evaluator: Site: Longitude:
Total Points:
Stream is at least intermittent
if z 19 or erennial if Z 30
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e.g. Quad Name:
A. Geomor holo (Subtotal = /i lV ) Absent Weak Moderate Strong
18. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 2 3
2. Sinuosity 0 1 2
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 2
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting 0 1 2
5. Active/relic floodplain 0 1 ~ 2 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 0 2 3
7. Braided channel 0 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2
9 8 Natural levees 1 2 3
10. Headcuts Cu~.•-Fs~ -~~s e 1 2 3
11. Grade controls 0 0. 1 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1 1.5r~
13. Second or greater order channel on existino
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
No = 0
Yes
- Man-made ditches are not rated; see ~cussions in manual
B. Hvdroloav (Subtotal = 1
14. Groundwater flow/discharge 0 1 2
15. Water in channel and > 48 hrs since rain, or
Water in channel -- d or rowin season 0 1 2 3
16. Leaflitter 1 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris ? ~ 0.5 1 1.5
18. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 0.5 1 ~ 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 Yes 1.
C. Bioloav (Subtotal = ~ , `~ ) ~~ ~ ~"'`1 `~
20 . Fibrous roots in channel 2 1 0
21 . Rooted plants in channel 2 ' 1 0
22. Crayfish 0 0.5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 0 1 2 3
24. Fish 0 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 0 0.5 1 1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0 0.5 1 1.5
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 1 2 3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. 0.5 1 1.5
29 . Wetland plants in streambed FAC 0. FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other = 0
- Items zU and z1 tocus on the presence of upland plants, Item 29 fdt:a~es on the presence of aquatic or wetland plants.
Sketch:
Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.)
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