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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20071642 Ver 1_Worksheets_20071002~.xp o'1' ~ b ~ 2 North Carolina Division of Water Quality -Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1 Date: Project: Latitude: Evaluator: Site: Longitude: Total Points: Stream is at least intermittent County: Other if z 19 or erennial if>_ 30 e.g. Quad Name: A. Geomor holo (Subtotal = ) Absent Weak Moderate Strong 1a. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 2 3 2. Sinuosity 0 1 2 3 3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 1 2 3 4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting 0 1 2 3 5. Active/relic floodplain 0 1 2 3 6. Depositional bars or benches 0 1 2 3 7. Braided channel 0 1 2 3 8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2 3 9 a Natural levees 0 1 2 3 10. Headcuts 0 1 2 3 11. Grade controls 0 0.5 1 1.5 12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1 1.5 13. Second or greater order channel on existing USGS or NRCS map or other documented evidence. No = 0 Yes = 3 -Man-matle tlitches are not rated; see discussions in manual B. Hvdroloav (Subtotal = 1 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 1 0.5 0 17. Sediment on plants or debris 0 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 = 1.5 C. Bioloav (Subtotal = 1 20 . Fibrous roots in channel 3 2 1 0 21b. Rooted plants in channel 3 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 0 1 2 3 28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. 0 0.5 1 1.5 29 b. Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other = 0 items ~v ana ~ i tocus on the presence or upiantl plants, item 1y tocuses on the presence of aquatic or wetland plants. Sketch Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.) ~" ~ ( ~ ~~. /t- J•c y~