Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey

Pool Habitat

Stream Name: BOWKER CREEK Survey Date: 2020-09-06
Organization Name: Friends of Bowker Creek Project Name: Bowker Creek Salmon
Stream Segment #: Stream Section #: 3.4
Data Entered by: Stormy Kirkland Survey ID: 102

Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements

Length of Survey Site Minimum: 39.000 (m) Actual: 63.700 (m) Photos Taken? yes
Upstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 39.000 (m) Actual:39.000 (m) Photos Taken? yes
Downstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 39.000 (m) Actual: 24.700(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 #
Pool 4.500 34.800 39.300 0.500 YES
Riffle 34.800 39.000 4.200 1.000 YES
Not Recorded 0
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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 4.500 11.200 5.700 1.000 YES
Pool 11.200 24.700 13.500 0.000
Not Recorded 0
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Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality

1. Streambed material (from 25 samples)
Fines: 10.00 %
Gravel: 6.00 %
Cobble: 84.00 %
Boulder: 0.00 %
Bedrock: 0.00 %
Cobble and Boulder Total: 0.00 %
2. % Embeddness 0.00 %
Instream cover
Large Woody debris: 0.00 pieces
Rooted cutbank: number of instances 0.00
4. Percent Pool Habitat
Average % Survey Slope 0.63 %
Total length of pools: 52.8
Length of Reference Site: 62.7
Pool Habitat: 84.21 %
5. Off Channel Habitat
Details: none
Size: Width: 10.8m/Length: 21.7
Present: pond
6. Bank Stability
Active Erosion Left Bank: 0
Active Erosion Left Bank Length:
Active Erosion Right Bank:
Active Erosion Right Bank Length:
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank: 100
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length: 63.70
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank: 100
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length: 63.70
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank: 0
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank Length: 63.70
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank:
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank Length:
7. Length of bank with no vegetation (m)
Left Bank: 63.70
Right Bank:
8. Overhead Canopy
Bankfull Channel covered by overhanging branches: 5.00 %
9. Riparian zone
# of channel widths: 0.00
Coniferous trees: few
Deciduous trees: few
Shrubs: none
Grass: many
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
Residential Park/garbage. Entire left bank paved pathway. Right bank - mainly grass and non-native species.