Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey

Pool Habitat

Stream Name: CROSS CREEK Survey Date: 2012-09-20
Organization Name: Lake Babine Nation Project Name:
Stream Segment #: Stream Section #:
Data Entered by: Leanne Miranda Survey ID: 30

Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements

Length of Survey Site Minimum: 90.000 (m) Actual: 120.000 (m) Photos Taken? no
Upstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 45.000 (m) Actual:49.000 (m) Photos Taken? no
Downstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 45.000 (m) Actual: 71.000(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 4.400 1.000
Riffle 6.530 4.000
Pool 5.300 2.000
Riffle 6.800 3.000
Pool 4.000 1.000
Riffle 7.000 4.000
Pool 13.200 1.000
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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 6.350 1.000
Pool 5.600 0.000
Riffle 4.450 2.000
Pool 10.050 0.000
Pool 14.600 0.000
Riffle 18.930 2.000
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Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality

1. Streambed material (from 25 samples)
Fines: 16.00 %
Gravel: 68.00 %
Cobble: 16.00 %
Boulder: %
Bedrock: %
Cobble and Boulder Total: 0.00 %
2. % Embeddness 58.00 %
Instream cover
Large Woody debris: 30.00 pieces
Rooted cutbank: number of instances 82.00
4. Percent Pool Habitat
Average % Survey Slope 1.62 %
Total length of pools: 57.15
Length of Reference Site: 107.21
Pool Habitat: 53.31 %
5. Off Channel Habitat
Details:
Size:
Present: none
6. Bank Stability
Active Erosion Left Bank: 0
Active Erosion Left Bank Length:
Active Erosion Right Bank: 0
Active Erosion Right Bank Length:
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank: 0
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length:
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank: 0
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length:
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank: 0
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank Length:
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank: 0
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank Length:
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: 70.00 %
9. Riparian zone
# of channel widths: 10.00
Coniferous trees: 0.25
Deciduous trees: 0.5
Shrubs: 0.5
Grass: 0.5
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
road crossing with culvert about 550 m from mouth