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North Carolina Division of Water Quality -Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: i Z I~ Project: ~~ v~ 7/` di ~_ Latitude:
Evaluator: ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~- Site: ~~ Longitude:
Total Points: Other
Stream is at least intermittent County: ~,.) ~ ~t r~
if z 19 or erennial if z 30 e.g. Quad Name:

A. Geomor holo (Subtotal = ~ ~'~ ) Absent Weak Moder to Strong
18. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 3
2. Sinuosity 0 1 3
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 1 g
4. Solt texture or stream substrate sorting 0 1 2
5. Active/relic floodplain p 1 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 0 2 3
7. Braided channel 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 ' ~ 3
9 a Natural levees 2 3
10. Headcuts 1 2 3
11. Grade controls 0.5 1 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1 1:
13..Second or greater order channel on existina
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
o = 0 !
Yes = 3
man-niaue unuies aye not ra[ea; see aiscusswns m manual
B Mvdrnlnav !Si ihtntal = ~ 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 ~ f\,
~,/ 3
16. Leaflitter 1.5 1 0. 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 es = 1.5
C. Bioloav (Subtotal = ~ 1
20 . Fibrous roots in channel 3 2 1 0
21 . Rooted plants in channel 3 1 0
22. Crayfish 0.5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 1 2 3
24. Fish ~ 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 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 1 1.5
29 . Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other = 0

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