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North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: - - Project: Latitude:
Evaluator:Lv--J?k l Site: v Longitude:
Total Points: / Other
Stream is at least intermittent C; ,S County: f 1 ? e.g. Quad Name:
if a 19 or perennial if z 30 W
A. Geomorphology (Subtotal = 1 Absent Weak Moderate Strong
1°. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 3
2. Sinuosity 0 1 2 3
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 1 3
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting 0 1 3
5. Active/relic floodplain -9 -12 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 1 2 3
7. Braided channel 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 2 3
9 8 Natural levees 0 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 0 1 3
11,. Grade controls 0 0.5 1 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existing
USGS or NRCS map or other documented
evidence.
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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 1 2 3
16. Leaflitter 1,5 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 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 Y s = 1.
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20 . Fibrous roots in channel 3 2 1 0
21 . Rooted plants in channel 3 2 1 0
22. Crayfish 0.5 1 1-6
23. Bivalves 1 2 3
24. Fish 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians ('10) 0.5 1 1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0.5 1 1.5
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 1 2 3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. 0.5 1
29 . Wetland plants in streambed FAC =-6.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other
Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.)
Items 20 and 21 focus on the presence of upland plants, item 29 focuses on the presence of aquatic or wetiano plants.
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