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North Carolina Division of Water Quality - Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: Project: ' k LA C ` V--k Latitude-
Evaluator :-? Site: A Longitude:
Total Points: Other
Stream is at least intermittent ?] r S County:,,) V')?A-I- r e.g. Quad Name:
if z 19 or perennial if z 30

A. Geomorphology (Subtotal = y) Absent Weak Mo to Strong
1a. Continuous bed and bank 0 2 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 0 2 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 41 2 3
7. Braided channel 0 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 Cy? 3
9 a Natural levees 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 1 2 3
11. Grade controls 0.5 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

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Yes = 3
° Man-made ditches are not rated; see discussions in manual
R Hvrtrnlnnv (Ri 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 growing season 0 1 2
16. Leaflitter 1.5 1 0. 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris 0.5 1.5
18. Organic debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 1 1.5
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 Yes 1.5
C_ Bioloov (Subtotal = / J 1
20b. Fibrous roots in channel 3 1 0
21 b. Rooted plants in channel 3 1 0
22. Crayfish 0 .5 1.5
23. Bivalves 1 3
24. Fish 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 0.5 1 1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance) 0 0.5 1.5
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 1 2 3
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. -5 1 1.5
29'. Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW 0.15; , BL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other = 0
Items 20 and 21 focus on the presence of upland plants, Item 29 focuses on the presence of aquatic or wetland plants.
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Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.)
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