Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey

Pool Habitat

Stream Name: BOWKER CREEK Survey Date: 2020-09-03
Organization Name: Friends of Bowker Creek Project Name: Bowker Creek Salmon
Stream Segment #: Stream Section #: 1.3
Data Entered by: Stormy Kirkland Survey ID: 100

Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements

Length of Survey Site Minimum: 60.000 (m) Actual: 62.000 (m) Photos Taken? yes
Upstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 60.000 (m) Actual:15.000 (m) Photos Taken? yes
Downstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 60.000 (m) Actual: 47.000(m) Photos Taken? no

* distance upstream (Up) of benchmark

Habitat Unit Typebottom of habitat unit*top of habitat unit*length of habitat unit (m)% slopePhoto frame #
Pool 4.900 15.300 29.200 15.000 YES
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* distance downstream (Dn) of benchmark

Habitat Unit Typebottom of habitat unit*top of habitat unit*length of habitat unit (m)% slopePhoto frame #
Riffle 4.900 15.800 9.900 2.500 YES
Pool 15.800 23.100 8.000 0.000 YES
Riffle 23.800 47.200 23.400 2.750 YES
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Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality

1. Streambed material (from 25 samples)
Fines: 8.00 %
Gravel: 12.00 %
Cobble: 70.00 %
Boulder: 10.00 %
Bedrock: 0.00 %
Cobble and Boulder Total: 0.00 %
2. % Embeddness 0.00 %
Instream cover
Large Woody debris: 9.00 pieces
Rooted cutbank: number of instances 11.00
4. Percent Pool Habitat
Average % Survey Slope 5.06 %
Total length of pools: 37.2
Length of Reference Site: 70.5
Pool Habitat: 52.77 %
5. Off Channel Habitat
Details: none
Size: 19.4m
Present: side
6. Bank Stability
Active Erosion Left Bank: 27.
Active Erosion Left Bank Length: 12.00
Active Erosion Right Bank: 1.4
Active Erosion Right Bank Length: 14.00
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank: 8.4
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length: 0.00
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank: 14.
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length: 0.00
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank: n/a
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank Length: 0.00
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank: n/a
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank Length: 0.00
7. Length of bank with no vegetation (m)
Left Bank: 0.00
Right Bank: 0.00
8. Overhead Canopy
Bankfull Channel covered by overhanging branches: 96.00 %
9. Riparian zone
# of channel widths: 3.00
Coniferous trees: few
Deciduous trees: many
Shrubs: many
Grass: few
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
Monteith road, a lot of gardens on both sides, private yards at d/s end. Erosion, stormwater flooding, stormdrain culvert very long u/s - big pool formed. Stream bank hardening - concrete sand bags -