20120182 Ver 1_Hogan Creek Meeting Notes 2019_20190610

Mitigation Site Meeting Notes
Date: April 15, 2019
Project Name: Hogan Creek
Prepared By: Kim Browning, USACE
Type of Site: NCDMS Stream Site
Meeting Type: Year 4 Monitoring Review
Sponsor/Provider: Wildlands Engineering
USACE AID: SAW -2011-02268
County:Surry* *Denotes County w/ 30 -foot Buffer
NCDWR ID:
HUC and Basin: Yadkin - 03040101
Weather:
Coordinates: 36.3216 °N -80.6024 °W
Attendees:
USACE: Todd Tugwell, Kim Browning
NCDWR: Mac Haupt, Erin Davis
NCDMS: Melonie Allen,
Project Review Checklist - (provide additional detail in notes section on next page)
General Site Issues/Concerns:
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Vegetation Composition or Density
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Inappropriate Credit Ratio Proposed
0
Planted Stem Vigor (due to soil, browsing)
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JD Needed to Confirm Approach
0
Invasive/Exotic Species
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Continuity/Fragmentation
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Beaver/Feral Hogs (management plan)
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Easement Issues (existing farm, CE, NRCS funding)
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Soil (manipulation, compaction, fertility)
17
Easement Encroachments (livestock, clearing)
❑
Livestock Present/Evidence of Livestock Access
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Easement Marking/Signage
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Crossings or Utility Lines
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Insufficient Project Size
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BMPs or Alternate Approaches
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Adjacent Property Owner
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Fencing Issues or Fencing Needed
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T&E Species
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Ponds Within Project Area
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Section 106 (historic listing/tribal issues)
Stream Issues/Concerns:
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Incised/Entrenched
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Insufficient Stream Drainage Area
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Headcuts Present/Forming
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Insufficient Hydrology (if raising channel bed)
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Stream Structures Failing/Piping
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Vegetation in Channel (stream vs wetland)
17
Excess Sediment/Aggradation
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Flow Obstructions (undersized pipes, fords)
17
Cross -Sections Missing/Indicate Problems
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Substrate Concerns (embeddedness, particle size)
0
Bank Instability/Failure
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Live Stakes Absent/Failing
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Bench Rills/Erosion (constructed bench or P2 valley)
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Evidence of Water Quality Issues
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Excess Sinuosity (lack of flow)
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In -stream Habitat Weak/Missing
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Braided/Anabranch Channel
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Stream Buffer Width Inadequate
Wetland Issues/Concerns:
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Evidence of Excessive Hydrology
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Missing Gauge Data (preconstruction or monitoring)
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Evidence of Insufficient Hydrology
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Gauge Location/Placement
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Hydric Soil Indicators/Soil Series
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Gauge Maintenance
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Surface Roughness or Bedding
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Drainage Ditches/Swales Present
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Channel Relocation/Riparian Connectivity
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Field Tiles/Subsurface Drainage
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Hydroperiod Length or Start/Stop Date
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Continued Ag Use Adjacent to Wetland
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Date: April 15, 2019 Project Name: Hogan Creek
Notes, Sketch, Action Items, etc.:
OFFICE REVIEW: **Recommend looking at this one again**
Credits: MY3 credits were not released (499.392 held in 2018)
Stream: Hogan Creek Reach 1 and 2 repairs in 2019. Scour and erosion along these reaches as well.
-Aggradation on Hogan Creek Reach 1
-Scour behind rootwad structure in bank on Hogan Creek Reach 2
-Trees in channel on UT2
-Riffles not maintaining coarser substrate on 4 cross sections.
-XS-4 pool aggradation
-XS-5 riffle downcutting
Encroachment: Mowing in easement on UT2, and road construction on left buffer —50 LF
Invasives: Two treatments in 2018 (honeysuckle, privet, MF Rose, kudzu) 5.1% of easement
Veg: All plots meet but some low vigor due to invasive vines.
My field notes from May 2018 Site Visit:
Office Notes: Invasives treatment Spring 2018. XS -5 increase cross sectional area and right bank erosion. 9 areas of
erosion on R1 and 3. Repairs scheduled for Nov. 2018. R1 and R2 repaired last year. Credits held until site review.5
year project, 900 LF repair planned for this year. Kudzu is an issue.
Field Notes: repair area 1 at top of project is in two sharp meanders. Lots of bank erosion. EI area. Lots of kudzu in
buffer. Veg is thin on right side near last section of repair before bridge. Several mid channel bars. About 30% needs
repair of EI and R. Some encroachment mowing and moving CE signs. Veg below the bridge is much smaller.P area
looks good. Some kudzu there. I recommend 3 more years monitoring after repairs for veg. Kudzu control. HOLD
Credit this year.
10 June, 2019 Field Notes:
Repair areas look very good. The project has already had multiple over bank events since the repair was completed.
Only two locations were concerning, both near the very upper end of the project where there are two tight bends in the
repair area that have flow directed on repaired banks. We asked for photo points on these locations.
The site also needs an invasive treatment soon, with the main concern being kudzu, especially on the lower portion of
the project.
We agreed to catch up on credit releases (currently year 4), but will hold back the entire last release until Closeout. The
project will have monitoring extended by one year for the stream only, and possibly a second year if there are any
concerns regarding stability of the repaired areas.
Credit Release/Site Closeout Information (for monitoring or closeout reviews only)
Stream Credits
Wetland Credits
Warm Cool Cold
Riparian Riverine Riparian Non-Riverine Non -Riparian Coastal
Requested
998.784
Approved*
998.784
Result of Monitoring Report or Closeout Review I Full Credit Release Approved
Project Manager Signature
Date
June 11, 2019
*The updated credit ledger for the project, which includes this release, must be approved by the Project Manager.
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