Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey
Pool Habitat
| Stream Name: WINDEBANK CREEK |
Survey Date: 2014-06-24 |
| Organization Name: Mission of Streams |
Project Name: Windebank Monitoring |
| Stream Segment #: |
Stream Section #: |
| Data Entered by: DU |
Survey ID: 53 |
Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements
| Length of Survey Site |
Minimum: 18.000 (m) |
Actual: 48.000 (m) |
Photos Taken? yes |
| Upstream Survey Boundary |
Minimum: 18.000 (m) |
Actual:30.000 (m) |
Photos Taken? yes |
| Downstream Survey Boundary |
Minimum: 18.000 (m) |
Actual: 18.000(m) |
Photos Taken? yes |
* distance upstream (Up) of benchmark
| Habitat Unit Type | bottom of habitat unit* | top of habitat unit* | length of habitat unit (m) | % slope | Photo frame # |
| Riffle |
0.000 |
6.400 |
6.400 |
2.000 |
9 |
| Pool |
6.400 |
10.300 |
3.900 |
2.500 |
10 |
| Riffle |
10.300 |
30.000 |
20.000 |
2.000 |
11 |
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* distance downstream (Dn) of benchmark
| Habitat Unit Type | bottom of habitat unit* | top of habitat unit* | length of habitat unit (m) | % slope | Photo frame # |
| Pool |
14.500 |
17.000 |
2.500 |
1.000 |
3, 4 |
| Riffle |
11.100 |
14.500 |
3.400 |
1.500 |
5, 6 |
| Pool |
8.000 |
11.100 |
3.100 |
1.500 |
7, 8 |
| Riffle |
0.000 |
8.000 |
8.000 |
2.000 |
9 |
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Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality
| 1. Streambed material (from 25 samples) |
| Fines: |
16.00 % |
| Gravel: |
74.00 % |
| Cobble: |
10.00 % |
| Boulder: |
0.00 % |
| Bedrock: |
0.00 % |
| Cobble and Boulder Total: |
0.00 % |
| 2. % Embeddness |
50.00 % |
| Instream cover |
| Large Woody debris: |
15.00 pieces |
| Rooted cutbank: |
number of instances 4.00 |
| 4. Percent Pool Habitat |
Average % Survey Slope |
1.79 % |
| Total length of pools: |
9.5 |
| Length of Reference Site: |
47.3 |
| Pool Habitat: |
20.08 % |
| 5. Off Channel Habitat |
| Details: |
none |
| Size: |
7.5 m length x 0.8 m widt |
Present: |
seco |
| 6. Bank Stability |
| Active Erosion Left Bank: |
0 |
| Active Erosion Left Bank Length: |
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| Active Erosion Right Bank: |
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| Active Erosion Right Bank Length: |
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| Bank Stabilzation Left Bank: |
0 |
| Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length: |
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| Bank Stabilzation Right Bank: |
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| Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length: |
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| Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank: |
0 |
| Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank Length: |
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| Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank: |
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| Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank Length: |
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| 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: |
60.00 % |
| 9. Riparian zone |
| # of channel widths: |
4.00 |
| Coniferous trees: |
0 |
| Deciduous trees: |
0.25 |
| Shrubs: |
0.5 |
| Grass: |
0.25 |
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
The section is surrounded by road, highway, strip mall, on all sides. On west side of stream, there is a shopping mall and parking lot. On east side, there is a strip mall and road. The Lougheed Highw |