Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey

Pool Habitat

Stream Name: COHO CREEK-MAPLE RID Survey Date: 2020-09-13
Organization Name: Alouette River Management Society Project Name: Streamkeepers traini
Stream Segment #: Stream Section #:
Data Entered by: Zo Ann Survey ID: 101

Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements

Length of Survey Site Minimum: 50.400 (m) Actual: 25.400 (m) Photos Taken? no
Upstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 25.200 (m) Actual:0.000 (m) Photos Taken? no
Downstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 25.200 (m) Actual: 25.400(m) Photos Taken? yes

* distance upstream (Up) of benchmark

Habitat Unit Typebottom of habitat unit*top of habitat unit*length of habitat unit (m)% slopePhoto frame #
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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 0.000 3.600 3.700 2.000 y
Pool 3.600 7.100 3.900 1.500 y
Riffle 7.100 25.400 19.800 1.000 y
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Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality

1. Streambed material (from 25 samples)
Fines: 20.00 %
Gravel: 44.00 %
Cobble: 36.00 %
Boulder: 0.00 %
Bedrock: 0.00 %
Cobble and Boulder Total: 0.00 %
2. % Embeddness 43.00 %
Instream cover
Large Woody debris: 1.00 pieces
Rooted cutbank: number of instances 4.00
4. Percent Pool Habitat
Average % Survey Slope 1.50 %
Total length of pools: 3.9
Length of Reference Site: 27.4
Pool Habitat: 14.23 %
5. Off Channel Habitat
Details:
Size:
Present: none
6. Bank Stability
Active Erosion Left Bank: 2
Active Erosion Left Bank Length: 90.00
Active Erosion Right Bank: 1
Active Erosion Right Bank Length: 35.00
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank:
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length:
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank:
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length:
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank: 1
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank Length: 2.00
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank:
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank Length:
7. Length of bank with no vegetation (m)
Left Bank:
Right Bank:
8. Overhead Canopy
Bankfull Channel covered by overhanging branches: 70.00 %
9. Riparian zone
# of channel widths: 2.00
Coniferous trees: few
Deciduous trees: many
Shrubs: many
Grass: few
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
This stream has can not escape her banks but appears stable. She would greatly benefit from LWD for cover and to create pool habitat. We saw a deer here yesterday and bear scat on the trail. What a gr