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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20071055 Ver 1_Year 1 Monitoring Report_20081208 J? i55 CUTAWHISKIE CREEK STREAM AND WETLAND RESTORATION SITE 2008 ANNUAL MONITORING REPORT (YEAR-1) PREPARED FOR: NCDENR - ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM 1652 Mail Service Center D (= ? ? p?? no Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-16152 (9 NO- "'Stem t'R6l4:NA.M PREPARED BY: RESTORATION SYSTEMS, LLC 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 211 Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Tel (919) 755-9490 Fax (919) 755-9492 AND O F C 8 2008 DENR - WATER QUALITY WETLANDS AND STORMWATER BRANCH ECOSCIENCE: A SUBSIDIARY OF PBS& 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 101 let E [" _ ?008 Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 tjC ECOSYSTEM Tel (919) 828.3433 Fax (919) 828-3518 ENHANCFPu ENT PROGRAM HERTFORD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA NCEEP CONTRACT NO. D06066-A TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................1 2.0 PROJECT BACKGROUND ................................................ ........................................................... 3 2.1 Project Objectives ............................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Project Structure, Restoration Type, and Approach ........................................................... 3 2.3 Location and Setting ........................................................................................................... 4 2.4 History and Background .....................................................................................................5 3.0 PROJECT MONITORING AND RESULTS ....................... ........................................................... 7 3.1 Vegetation Assessment .......................................................................................................7 3.2 Stream Assessment ............................................................................................................. 8 3.3 Wetland Assessment .........................................................................................................12 4.0 METHODOLOGY .............................................................. ..........................................................12 5.0 REFERENCES .................................................................... ..........................................................12 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................13 LIST OF TABLES Table I Project Mitigation Objectives and Structure .........................................................................4 Table II Project Activity and Reporting History ................................. ................................................5 Table III Project Contacts ..................................................................... ................................................6 Table IV Project Background ............................................................... ................................................7 Table V Vegetation Plot Summary ..................................................... ................................................ 8 Table VI Hydrological (Bankfull) Verification .................................... ................................................8 Table VII Categorical Stream Feature Visual Stability Assessment ......................................................8 Table VIII Baseline Morphology and Hydraulic Summary ....................................................................9 Table IX Morphology and Hydrologic Monitoring Summary ............. ............................................. 10 Table X Wetland Criteria Attainment .............................................................................................. 12 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Site Location ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2A, 2B: Integrated Problem Area Plan View ..................................................................... Appendix D Figure 3: 2008 Precipitation Graph ................................................................................................. Appendix C Figure 4: N.C. Drought Monitor Data ............................................................................................. Appendix C EEP Contract No. D06066-A i 2008 Monitoring Report APPENDIX A: VEGETATION RAW DATA Vegetation Survey Data Tables Site Vegetation Photo Stations Vegetation Monitoring Plot Photos APPENDIX B: GEOMORPHOLOGIC RAW DATA Table B2. Visual Morphological Stability Assessment Cross-Section Plots: B-1 to B-6 and Stream Photos Longitudinal Profile Plot APPENDIX C: WETLAND RAW DATA Monitoring Gauge Hydrographs APPENDIX D: INTEGRATED PROBLEM AREA PLAN VIEW EEP Contract No. D06066-A ii 2008 Monitoring Report 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site (hereafter referred to as the "Site") was constructed for the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) to provide compensatory stream and wetland mitigation in the Chowan River Basin. This restoration project is located on an unnamed tributary to Cutawhiskie Creek on a 23.9 acre Site located in Hertford County (Figure 1). The project includes stream restoration (Priority 1) and preservation, as well as riparian wetland restoration and enhancement. The following report summarizes the monitoring activities that have occurred in the past year (the first year of project monitoring) at the Site. Site construction began and was completed in November 2007. As-built surveys for the Site were performed in February 2008. First year monitoring was conducted throughout the growing season of 2008. The Site must demonstrate vegetative and hydrologic success criteria and a stable restored stream channel for a minimum of five years or until the Site is deemed successful. The following paragraphs summarize the results of the 2008 year monitoring. Vegetation Monitoring Vegetation monitoring for Year 1 was performed based on the Carolina Vegetation Survey (CVS) Levels 1 and 2 (Lee et al. 2006). CVS methodology determines density and survival of planted species, and individuals resulting from natural regeneration. Plot locations are shown in Figures 2A and 2b (Appendix D) and are 10m x 10m each. The taxonomic standard for vegetation follows Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and surrounding areas (Weakley, 2007). Vegetative monitoring success will be achieved by plot data indicating an average number of planted stems per acre exceeding 320 stems/acre after the third year of monitoring and 260 stems/acre after the fifth and final year of project monitoring. Based on Year-1 surveys, the average count of the surviving planted species is 672 stems per acre. If volunteer species are included, the total number of stems increases to 1246 stems per acre. The Site meets and exceeds the established success criteria for vegetation based on the survival of the planted species. Stream Monitoring Success criteria for the restored stream reach has been established to confirm that no significant changes have occurred to the dimension, pattern, profile, and bed material over the 5-year monitoring period. Location surveys of the constructed features were conducted to verify the performance of the stream. A total station survey was performed to describe the stream longitudinal profile and six permanent stream cross-sections (3 riffles and 3 pools). Overall, the stream channel bed form and banks are stable. Based on the cross-sections, longitudinal profile and visual observations, the channel dimensions have not changed compared to as-built conditions. Wetland Hydrology Monitoring The 2008 hydrologic monitoring results indicate moderate hydrologic success within the Site. Two of the on-Site gauges (Gauges 3 and 4) exhibited saturation within 12 inches of the ground surface for at least 12.5 percent (consecutive days) of the growing season (March 28 - November 7 or 225 days). Gauges 1, 2, and 5 exhibited saturation within 12 inches of the ground surface for 5 to 12.5 percent of the growing EEP Contract No. D06066-A 1 2008 Monitoring Report CHOWAN RIVER B/ (0003010204) ticoScience A division of _ CUTAWHISKIE CREEK RESTORATION SITE MONITORING REPORT YEAR-1 Hertford County, North Carolina Date: NOV 2008 Scale: AS SHOWN ESC Project No.: 06-306 pared by: Project: SITE LOCATION Dwn. By: Ckd By: FIGURE season. Drought conditions throughout the monitoring period likely contributed to the lower than expected hydrologic saturation periods. Data obtained from the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council indicates that drought conditions have persisted within Hertford County almost continuously since on-Site construction in November 2007. Figure 3 (Appendix C) shows the monthly precipitation in Hertford County during 2008 compared to the historic monthly rainfall. Figure 4 (Appendix C) displays drought conditions in North Carolina during Year-1 monitoring and shows the progression of drought intensity in the Cutawhiskie Creek watershed. 2.0 PROJECT BACKGROUND 2.1 Project Objectives Site restoration activities included the excavation of a new stream channel, limited floodplain excavation, removal of stumps and debris, existing channel backfilling, on-Site drainage ditch removal, and final grading and soil preparation within the adjacent floodplain. These activities were proposed to reintroduce surface water flood hydrodynamics from a 0.9-square mile watershed along the newly restored length of stream and floodplain. The new channel was constructed to reflect regional stream characteristics and accommodate bankfull flows. Characteristic wetland soil features, groundwater wetland hydrology, and hydrophytic vegetation communities are expected develop in areas adjacent to the constructed channel. Wetland and adjacent slope soil surfaces were restored and the Site reforested to riparian and upland slope hardwood communities. Plant community associations were designed to mimic various communities described by Schafale and Weakley (1990), including Coastal Plain Levee Forest, Cypress-Gum Swamp, Mesic-Mixed Hardwood Forest, and Coastal Plain Small Stream Swamp. Specific ecological benefits anticipated as a result of on-Site restoration activities are as follows: o Stream channel restoration will reintroduce stable bankfull dimension, pattern, and profile along restored stream reaches, which is expected to greatly enhance lotic habitat quality and stream function. o Floodplain excavation adjacent to restored streams will restore the characteristic flood regime as well as provide a lateral hydrologic input to restored wetland areas adjacent to the UT and within the greater Cutawhiskie Creek floodplain. o Restored and enhanced wetland areas will help to improve water quality via nutrient removal, increase local vegetative biodiversity, provide wildlife habitat, and serve as a forested corridor, linking the Site with adjacent forested areas. 2.2 Project Structure, Restoration Type, and Approach The primary restoration features within the Site include the UT to Cutawhiskie Creek and approximately 12.9 acres of drained, hydric soils. The UT has been dredged and straightened, such that it no longer retained stable dimension, pattern, and profile. Side-cast material (spoil piles) from dredging was deposited along the west bank of the channel. A moderate headcut (approximately 2 foot drop in elevation over 20 linear feet of stream channel) was observed near the upstream (north) extent of the Site boundary, indicating vertical instability. Due to its high level of entrenchment because of dredging/incision, large flooding events were confined within the channel at its current dimension. EEP Contract No. D06066-A 3 2008 Monitoring Report On-Site restoration activities provide the following project mitigation units: Table I: Project Restoration Components Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A Mitigation Units Linear Footage Project Segment Mitigation (LF) or Reach ID e Approach or Acreage (AC) Stationing Comment UT to Cutawhiskie Creek (active restoration) R P1 2,540 LF 0+00-25+40 Passive restoration through floodplain UT to Cutawhiskie Creek R NA 359 LF NA not stationed. (passive restoration) Braided reach measured as straight line distance 2593 LF actual Stream Preservation P NA 519 LF NA design units, however (Cutawhiskie Creek) only 20 percent is available for SMU Riparian Wetland Restoration R NA 11.9 AC NA 1.1 AC actual design Riparian Wetland WE NA 0 6 AC NA units, however only Enhancement . 0.6 LF available as WMU R = Restoration PI = Priority 1 P = Preservation NA = Not applicable WE = Wetland Enhancement 2.3 Location and Setting Land uses in the vicinity of the Site consist primarily of agriculture, forest, pastureland, roadside shoulders, and residential lots. Row crops including soybeans, cotton, and corn were actively cultivated on the Site and surrounding areas. The Site is immediately adjacent to a farm and timberland. There is no livestock or poultry production in the vicinity. Timber is actively harvested from adjacent forested areas. A large, contiguous bottomland hardwood stand was harvested just west of the Site along the Cutawhiskie floodplain in the spring of 2006. The Site encompasses approximately 23.9 acres of primary and secondary floodplain associated with Cutawhiskie Creek. The Site includes a UT that flows into Cutawhiskie Creek from the north (Figure 1). Portions of the Site had been logged prior to restoration activities, while other areas within the Site were actively managed for timber or agricultural production. Prior to restoration, the Site vegetation was generally characterized by bottomland hardwood forests along un-logged areas on the Cutawhiskie Creek floodplain and low terraces, row crops including soybeans and corn, and successional communities associated with cut-over timberland. EEP Contract No. D06066-A 4 2008 Monitoring Report 2.4 History and Background Table II. Project Activity and Reporting History Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A Activity Report Scheduled Completion Data Collection Complete Actual Completion or Delivery Restoration Plan N/A* December 2007 January 2007 Final Design (90%) N/A* December 2007 January 2007 Construction N/A* N/A* November 2007 Temporary S&E mix applied to entire project area November 2007 N/A* November 2007 Permanent seed mix applied to reach/segments November 2007 N/A* November 2007 Bare Root Seedling Installation February 2008 N/A* February 2008 Mitigation Plan Aril 2008 February 2008 Aril 2008 Minor repairs made filling small washed out areas N/A* N/A* N/A* Final Report N/A* N/A* N/A* Year 1 Vegetation Monitoring November 2008 August 2008 November 2008 Year 1 Stream Monitoring November 2008 September 2008 November 2008 *N/A- Activities and reporting history for these items are not applicable to this restoration project EEP Contract No. D06066-A 5 2008 Monitoring Report Table III. Project Contacts Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A Designer EcoScience Corporation 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 101 Raleigh, NC 27604 (919) 828-3433 Construction Contractor Anderson Farms 179 NC 97 East Tarboro, NC 27886 (252) 823-4730 Planting Contractor Carolina Sylvics 908 Indian Trail Road Edenton, NC 27932 (919) 523-4375 Seeding Contactor Anderson Farms 179 NC 97 East Tarboro, NC 27886 (252) 823-4730 Erosion Supply Company Seed Mix Sources 8817 Midway West Rd Raleigh, NC 27617 (919) 787-0334 South Carolina Super Tree Nursery Company 5594 Highway 38 South Nursery Stock Suppliers Blenheim, SC 29516 (800) 222-1290 Monitoring Performers EcoScience: A Division of PBS&J 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 101 Raleigh, NC 27604 919 828-3433 Stream Monitoring POC Jens Geratz Vegetation Monitoring POC Elizabeth Scherrer EEP Contract No. D06066-A 6 2008 Monitoring Report Table IV. Project Background Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A Project County Hertford Drainage Area 0.9 square miles Impervious cover estimate (%) <1 percent Stream Order 1 st order Physiographic Region Coastal Plain Ecoregion (Griffith and Omemik) Mid-Atlantic Flatwood Ros en Classification of As-built E5 Cowardin Classification Stream (R3UB2) Dominant soil types Craven fine sandy loam (Aquic Hapludults) Leaf loam (Typic Albaquults) Wilbanks silty clay loam (Cumulic Humaquepts) Reference Site ID Black Branch, Bullard Branch, UT to Town Creek USGS HUC for Project 03010204 NCDWQ Sub-basin for Project 03-01-02 NCDWQ classification for Project C-NSW Any portion of any project segment 303d listed? No Any portion of any project segment upstream of a 303d listed segment? No Reasons for 303d listing or stressor N/A Percent of project easement fenced N/A 3.0 PROJECT MONITORING AND RESULTS 3.1 Vegetation Assessment Vegetation monitoring (10 X l0m) plots have been established to monitor planted vegetation within Site restoration and enhancement areas. Site vegetation was monitored in accordance with the guidelines and procedures developed by the Carolina Vegetation Survey (CVS) (CVS-EEP Protocol for Recording Vegetation, Level 1-2 Plot Sampling Only, Version 4.0, 2006). Established vegetation monitoring plot locations are displayed on the Integrated Problem Area Plan View (Appendix D). Vegetative monitoring success will be achieved by plot data indicating an average number of planted stems per acre exceeding 320 stems/acre after the third year of monitoring and 260 stems/acre after the fifth and final year of project monitoring. During Year-1 monitoring, the Site met vegetation success criteria with an average of 672 planted stems per acre. The following Table V summarizes vegetation plot density for Year-1 monitoring. Refer to Appendix A for vegetation data collected during Year-1 Monitoring. No vegetation problem areas were identified during Year-1 monitoring. EEP Contract No. D06066-A 7 2008 Monitoring Report Table V. Vegetation Plot Summary Planted Stems per Acre Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A Plot MY-01 MY-02 MY-03 MY-04 MY-05 1 728 2 688 3 688 4 688 5 567 MEAN 672 3.2 Stream Assessment Table VI Hydrological (Bankfull) Verifications Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A Date of Photo Date of Data Collection Occurrence Method Number No bankfull events recorded during Year-1 monitoring NA NA NA Table VII. Categorical Stream Feature Visual Stability Assessment Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A Segment/Reach: 2,540 feet Feature Initial MY-01 MY-02 MY-03 MY-04 MY-05 A. Riffles 100% 100% B. Pools 100% 100% C. Thalwe 100% 100% D. Meanders 100% 100% E. Bed General 100% 100% F. Bank Condition 100% 100% G. Rock Vanes N/A N/A H. Root Wads N/A N/A To ensure stable bankfull dimension, pattern, and profile along the restored channel, annual stream assessment surveys were undertaken. A longitudinal profile along the entirety of the UT and six stream channel cross-sections were established and surveyed to monitor any potential instability and adverse changes in channel geometry (Integrated Problem Area Plan View [Appendix D] for cross-section locations). Profile and cross-section plots are located in Appendix C. Channel geomorphic data is summarized on Tables VIII and IX. Success criteria for stream restoration and Level 1 enhancement will include 1) successful classification of the reach as a functioning system (Rosgen 1996) and 2) channel stability indicative of a stable stream system. No stream problem areas were identified during Year-1 monitoring. 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N O O VI M - ? F-. p ? N Q. ti 'r O y O U .Ni O O O O 00 O c, 0 O M r S W ?r O ?' ?O N N N ? O O r- O? ?O OO a\ q O r, O O O ?D a b ?" c A A ?' o kn a 00 o so o o i 3 3 E oq O ? C 7 Co U M N w °' p C a N p a '? ? o w b ? a o .5 i? c u Ca U G ?' 3 ` a d > Q ? p° w 3 x a b PG U o w C o y o y ? U ° a ? e? ? 04 3 a d E w ? ? ? ? c ? a a a a a` EEP Contract No. D06066-A 10 2008 Monitoring Report M r C z ? « .O y U W ? ?, y C O d b ? y O D ? N D c 0 O '?" ? N U N o a + o C 3 ca 0 vi F U •n U N W y O U N ?., O p l? O oo a 0 A CU A .rJ' K b O "' d 0' w c c '•' a, O ?. a O w 'd C y b y C ce ? N w as a a w ? x a h ? A EEP Contract No. D06066-A I 1 2008 Monitoring Report 3.3 Wetland Assessment Success criteria for wetland hydrology require that restored areas be inundated or saturated by groundwater within 12-inches of the ground surface for a period of 12.5% of the growing season. The growing season in Hertford County begins on March 28 and ends on November 17 (225 days). In order to achieve hydrologic success, saturation within 12 inches of the ground surface is required for 29 consecutive days. The results of the Year-1 hydrologic monitoring indicate moderate success within the Site. Two of the on-Site gauges (Gauges 3 and 4) exhibited saturation within 12 inches of the ground surface for at least 12.5 percent (consecutive days) of the growing season while gauges 1, 2, and 5 exhibited saturation within 12 inches of the ground surface for 5 to 12.5 percent of the growing season. Drought conditions throughout the monitoring period likely contributed to the lower than expected hydrologic saturation periods. Figure 3 shows the monthly precipitation for Hertford County in 2008 with the 30`s and 70`x' percentile rainfall amounts. Monthly rainfall amounts were below the 30`x' percentile in five out of the nine months in the growing season. Figure 4 displays the nearly continuous drought conditions in Hertford County in 2008 as recorded by the NC Drought Management Advisory Council. Table X summarizes wetland hydrology criteria for Year-1 monitoring. Table X. Wetland Criteria Attainment Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A ract auge ID Gauge Hydrology Threshold Met? Tract Mean Vegetation Plot ID Vegetation Density Met (320 stems/acre) Tract Mean 1 1 No 1 Yes 1 2 No 2 Yes 1 3 Yes 40% 3 Yes 100% 1 4 Yes 4 Yes 1 5 No 5 Yes 4.0 METHODOLOGY No unavoidable deviations from initially prescribed methodologies were implemented as part of Year-1 monitoring activities. 5.0 REFERENCES Lee, Michael T., R. K. Peet, S. D. Roberts, and T. R. Wentworth. 2006 CVS-EEP Protocol for Recording Vegetation, Version 4.0 (http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/methods.htm) Rosgen, D. 1996. Applied River Morphology. Wildland Hydrology (Publisher). Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Weakley, A.S. 2007. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and surrounding areas. Working draft of January 2007. University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina. 1015pp. EEP Contract No. D-06066-A 12 2008 Monitoring Report APPENDIX A: VEGETATIVE DATA DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix A 2008 Monitoring Report Table 1. Vegetation Metadata Report Prepared B Jeffrey Siceloff Date Prepared 11/19/2008 8:58 database name cvs-ee -ent ool-v2.2.6.mdb database location C:\Documents and Settin s\23508\M Documents computer name RAL5ZODXFI file size 40464384 DESCRIPTION OF WORKSHEETS IN THIS DOCUMENT Metadata Description of database file, the report worksheets, and a summary of project(s) and project data. Pro', planted Each project is listed with its PLANTED stems per acre, for each year. This excludes live stakes. Pro' total stems Each project is listed with its TOTAL stems per acre, for each year. This includes live stakes, all lanted stems, and all natural/volunteer stems. Plots List of plots surveyed with location and summary data (live stems, dead stems, missing, etc.). Vigor Frequency distribution of vigor classes for stems for all lots: Vigor bS Frequency distribution of vigor classes listed by species. Damage List of most frequent damage classes with number of occurrences and percent of total stems impacted b each. Damage b S Damage values tallied b type for each species. Damage b Plot Damage values tallied b type for each lot. ALL Stems b Plot ands A matrix of the count of total living stems of each species (planted and natural volunteers combined) for each lot; dead and missing stems are excluded. PROJECT SUMMARY Project Code D04020 project Name Cutawhiskie Stream Restoration Description restoration monitoring River Basin Chowan length(ft) 2,540 stream-to-edge width (ft) area (s m Required Plots (calculated) Sampled Plots 5 DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix A 2008 Monitoring Report Table 2 Vegetation Vigor by Species Species 4 3 2 1 0 Missing Unknown Liquidambar st raciflua 1 N ssa biflora 1 15 11 2 10 Quercus 1 rata 18 1 Quercus michauxii 3 Quercus pagoda 4 Quercus hellos 7 Taxodium distichum 1 15 4 1 1 TOT: 7 3 62 15 3 12 Table 3.Vegetation Damage by Species Species All Damage Categories (no damage) Liquidambar st raciflua 1 1 N ssa biflora 39 39 Quercus 1 rata 19 19 Quercus michauxii 3 3 Quercus pagoda 4 4 Quercus hellos 7 7 Taxodium distichum 22 22 TOT: 7 95 95 Table 4. Vegetation Damage by Plot lot All Damage Categories (no damage) D06066a-12345-0001-year: 1 19 19 D06066a-12345-0002- ear:1 22 22 D06066a-12345-0003- ear:1 22 22 06066a-12345-0004-year: 1 17 17 D06066a-12345-0005- earl 15 15 TOT: 5 95 95 DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix A 2008 Monitoring Report Table 5. Stem Count by Plot and Species pecies Total Planted Stems # lots vg# stems plot D06066a- 12345- 0001- earl plot D06066a- 12345- 0002- earl plot D06066a- 12345- 0003- earl plot D06066a- 12345- 0004- earl plot D06066a- 12345- 0005- earl Liquidambar st raciflua 1 1 1 1 N ssa biflora 29 4 7.25 4 10 10 5 Quercus I rata 18 4 4.5 1 3 7 7 Quercus michauxii 3 1 3 3 Quercus a oda 4 2 2 2 2 Quercus hellos 7 1 7 7 Taxodium distichum 21 5 4.2 4 4 4 4 5 Total 83 7 18 17 17 17 14 DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix A 2008 Monitoring Report Photo Stations ,r f , r Photo Station 1 Photo Station 2 ul1f aSCPiM'6?: r` l r. 1.. 1' i%,1' a DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix A 2008 Monitoring Report Photo Station 3 Vegetation Plots Vegetation Plot 1 T?k? r ,v,n , At 5 ? 4 b 9 y Y? ?t.LL ..r. ? ?. ?. ,dam ?. .. Vegetation Plot 3 Vegetation Plot 2 1 ? ?h1 X11 ?a3 a,a 5 '_ DWI 51 y Vegetation Plot 4 DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix A 2008 Monitoring Report Vegetation Plot 5 APPENDIX B: GEOMORPHOLOGIC DATA DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix B 2008 Monitoring Report Table B2. Visual Morphological Stability Assessment Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site - EEPContract No. D06066-A 2,540 linear feet Feature Category Metric (per As-built and reference baselines) (# Stable) Number Performin g as Intended Total number per As-built Total Number / feet in unstable state % Perform in Stable Condition Feature Perform Mean or Total A. Riffles 1. Present? 77 77 N/A 100 2. Armor stable (e.g. no displacement)? 77 77 N/A 100 3. Facet grade appears stable? 77 77 N/A 100 4. Minimal evidence of embedding/fining? 77 77 N/A 100 5. Length appropriate? 77 77 N/A 100 100% B. Pools 1. Present? (e.g not subject to severe aggrad. or migrat.?) 76 76 N/A 100 2. Sufficiently deep (Max Pool D:Mean Bkf >1.6?) 76 76 N/A 100 3. Length appropriate? 76 76 N/A 100 100% C. Thalweg 1. Upstream of meander bend (run/inflection) centering? N/A N/A N/A 100 2. Downstream of meander (glide/inflection) centering? N/A N/A N/A 100 100% D. Meanders 1. Outer bend in state of limited/controlled erosion? N/A N/A N/A 100 2. Of those eroding, # w/concomitant point bar formation? N/A N/A N/A 100 3. Apparent Re within spec? N/A N/A N/A 100 4. Sufficient floodplain access and relief? N/A N/A N/A 100 100% E. Bed 1. General channel bed aggradation areas (bar formation) N/A N/A 0/2540 100 General 2. Channel bed degradation - areas of increasing down-cutting or head cutting? N/A N/A 0/2540 100 100% F. Bank 1. Actively eroding, wasting, or slumping N/A N/A 0/2540 100 100% G. Vanes 1. Free of back or arm scour? N/A N/A N/A N/A 2. Height appropriate? N/A N/A N/A N/A 3. Angle and geometry appear appropriate? N/A N/A N/A N/A 4. Free of piping or other structural failures? N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A H. Wads/ 1. Free of scour? N/A N/A N/A N/A Boulders 2. Footing stable? N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix B 2008 Monitoring Report . ? s y R`r ,Y e kL" r t L r? ? a N V) \ A c D ._A R r O tr1. R, Fwk ELEVATION (FEET) O Z S '"' 1X'• K? t? - y 1 ? A A A A A A A U? (P N W A Ili Ol V W t0 O r ? .? ?- \ Yx .._ S e S 1 dYI Z y k h Y t.. o A 3 ? rJ 0 v -Lj 0 ? o O z ? O • .. t ` r~ ? o X aP O O o z // y r A A A A A A (s W a (P O? V Co ?° O N 0 1 (A - r F, 5?1? ti4 N j?? ? oo Z o a < ? `° ° F FE o -? o N F Z m 0 ? 3 m °? 3O ? z > > m A ° O x N ? O J O O J I i t i 1 m - F o - 0 X0 0m 00 rn K p o 001 Z Z 1. c N -4 msm= X FA 0 - WA . a m U ?. 0 g r0 Z O Z m m ? N N ? D ? m A 1i A k ao y ji, -J: N ELEVATION (FEET) ? - '?` ? ?.? }' a a P A a A a cn cn cn w A (P T J OD tp o N W ° o 0 ° ?. X N - -- --- s N 0 o p + Z No Z1 J a w 1 X ?:f I + ABM ?« ? o ° O 7C f c Z ? ?, f- W A A m J W tD O U. N S= _ ac. ? . o ? o 0 ? 0. c ? c ? 5? m ? ? ? a ? ° ? 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U o? ?Z • i2 !D U N U :3 a iv O L O C C r C OO 0 2 CO C U U CO O o O CD O N N 1l- CO 101I- EEP Contract No. D-06066-A Appendix C Cutawhiskie Creek Restoration Site Hertford County Drouaht Data DM Drought Level Broug ht Conditions Percent Area Date Level Descri ion None DO 01 D2 ,M 11 M 112008 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 0.00 85.92 14.08 0.00 0.00 111412008 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 0.00 85.92 14.08 0.00 0.00 1012812008 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 0.00 85.92 14.08 0.00 0.00 1012112008 D1 Moderate Drought 0.00 0.00 84.97 15.03 0.00 0.00 10)1412008 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 0.00 84.97 15.03 0.00 0.00 10)712008 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 0.00 86.35 13.65 0.00 0.00 913012008 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 0.00 86.35 13.65 0.00 0.00 912312008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 9M 6/2008 D2 Severe Drought 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 919f2008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 902008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 8f26f2008 D2 Severe Drought 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 8f1 9f2008 D1 Moderate Drought 0.00 0.00 76.26 23.74 0.00 0.00 8)12/2008 D1 Moderate Drought 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 81512008 DO Abnormal! Dr 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 712912008 DO Abnormal! Dr 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7f2212008 DO Abnormal! Dr 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 7/1 5!2008 DO Abnormal! Dr 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 702008 DO Abnormal! Dr 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 71l 12008 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 5.44 94.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 612412008 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 15.40 84.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 6P 7)2008 D1 Moderate Drought 0.00 15.40 84.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 611 012008 DO Abnormal! Dr 2.87 97.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 613)2008 Normal 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5127)2008 Normal 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5/2012008 Normal 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5113)2008 Normal 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 51612008 DO Abnormal! Dr 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4129/2008 DO Abnormal! Dr 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4122/2008 D1 Moderate Drought 0.00 28.94 71.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 4M 5)2008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 2.20 41.66 56.15 0.00 0.00 418/2008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 2.20 41.66 56.15 0.00 0.00 4M 12008 D2 Severe Drought 0.00 0.00 1.96 98.04 0.00 0.00 3125)2008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 1.96 98.04 0.00 0.00 3)18/2008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 1.96 98.04 0.00 0.00 311112008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 1.96 98.04 0.00 0.00 31412008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 212612008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 211912008 Extreme Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.60 0.00 2112)2008 Extreme Drou M 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.78 2/512008 Extreme Drou M 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.78 1 J29f2008 Extreme Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.78 1 f22f2008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.44 0 00 111512008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 1IM008 D2 Severe Drou N 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 1 M f2008 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 12125/2007 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 12/1812007 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 12M 112007 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 12/412007 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 11127f2OO7 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 11 f2Of2007 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 11 tl 3)2007 D2 Severe Drou ht 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 11 i16f2007 D2 Severe Drought 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 I W30f2007 D1 Moderate Drou ht 0.00 0.00 91.59 8.41 0.00 0.00 M EcoScience Client: i ual Reaxirces A dim on of PW'J uon kCoaarvetia North Carolina Drought Monitor Data Cutawhiskie Creek Stream and Wetland Restoration Site Hertford County, North Carolina III: __ICkdlt,: _I FIGURE DEC 2008 N/A Project No. APPENDIX D: INTEGRATED PROBLEM AREA PLAN VIEW DENR Contract No. D06066-A Appendix D 2008 Monitoring Report LJJ Z p 3 0 0 Y C7 z LL ? 3: m T n _ cf) Z F- ? 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