Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey

Pool Habitat

Stream Name: ALEXANDER CREEK Survey Date: 2014-10-03
Organization Name: Elk River Alliance Project Name: CBWM-AC site 3
Stream Segment #: Stream Section #:
Data Entered by: Ayla Bennett Survey ID: 44

Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements

Length of Survey Site Minimum: 144.000 (m) Actual: 156.600 (m) Photos Taken? yes
Upstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 72.000 (m) Actual:78.000 (m) Photos Taken? yes
Downstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 72.000 (m) Actual: 78.600(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 #
Riffle 0.000 62.000 62.000 0 284
Pool 62.000 78.000 16.000 0 281
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
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Not Recorded 0
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Not Recorded 0
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Not Recorded 0

* 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 20.800 20.800 0 291
Pool 20.800 25.600 4.800 0 290
Riffle 25.600 37.700 12.100 0 289
Pool 37.700 40.500 2.800 0 288
Riffle 40.500 56.500 16.000 0
Pool 56.500 63.700 7.200 0
Riffle 63.700 78.600 14.900 0
Not Recorded 0
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Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality

1. Streambed material (from 25 samples)
Fines: 12.00 %
Gravel: 36.00 %
Cobble: 40.00 %
Boulder: 12.00 %
Bedrock: 0.00 %
Cobble and Boulder Total: 0.00 %
2. % Embeddness 40.00 %
Instream cover
Large Woody debris: 9.00 pieces
Rooted cutbank: number of instances 11.00
4. Percent Pool Habitat
Average % Survey Slope nan %
Total length of pools: 30.8
Length of Reference Site: 156.6
Pool Habitat: 19.67 %
5. Off Channel Habitat
Details: 10 m long, 1m wide, 0.2 m deep, muddy
Size: 10 m
Present: side
6. Bank Stability
Active Erosion Left Bank: 0
Active Erosion Left Bank Length: 0.00
Active Erosion Right Bank: 2
Active Erosion Right Bank Length: 50.00
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank: 0
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length: 0.00
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank: 1
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length: 20.00
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank: 0
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank Length: 0.00
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank: 0
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank Length: 0.00
7. Length of bank with no vegetation (m)
Left Bank: 0.00
Right Bank: 50.00
8. Overhead Canopy
Bankfull Channel covered by overhanging branches: 40.00 %
9. Riparian zone
# of channel widths: 1.00
Coniferous trees: 0.5
Deciduous trees: 0.25
Shrubs: 0.25
Grass: 0.5
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
right bank: rifle range, gravel logging road, forestry left bank: highway 3 (200 m from site 3), gravel parking lot