Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey
Pool Habitat
| Stream Name: SHILLESTEAD BROOK |
Survey Date: 2016-09-21 |
| Organization Name: UNBC |
Project Name: Sk's training |
| Stream Segment #: |
Stream Section #: |
| Data Entered by: Zo Ann Morten |
Survey ID: 65 |
Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements
| Length of Survey Site |
Minimum: 36.000 (m) |
Actual: 38.700 (m) |
Photos Taken? no |
| Upstream Survey Boundary |
Minimum: 18.000 (m) |
Actual:20.300 (m) |
Photos Taken? no |
| Downstream Survey Boundary |
Minimum: 18.000 (m) |
Actual: 18.400(m) |
Photos Taken? no |
* 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 |
4.100 |
4.500 |
2.000 |
y |
| Pool |
4.100 |
4.900 |
0.600 |
0.000 |
y |
| Riffle |
4.900 |
9.400 |
4.750 |
0.500 |
y |
| Pool |
9.400 |
10.400 |
1.400 |
1.000 |
y |
| Riffle |
104.000 |
20.300 |
9.200 |
2.000 |
y |
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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 # |
| Riffle |
0.000 |
9.700 |
9.800 |
2.000 |
y |
| Pool |
9.700 |
12.400 |
3.100 |
2.000 |
y |
| Riffle |
12.400 |
18.400 |
6.200 |
1.000 |
y |
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Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality
| 1. Streambed material (from 25 samples) |
| Fines: |
12.00 % |
| Gravel: |
56.00 % |
| Cobble: |
32.00 % |
| Boulder: |
0.00 % |
| Bedrock: |
0.00 % |
| Cobble and Boulder Total: |
0.00 % |
| 2. % Embeddness |
54.00 % |
| Instream cover |
| Large Woody debris: |
8.00 pieces |
| Rooted cutbank: |
number of instances 1.00 |
| 4. Percent Pool Habitat |
Average % Survey Slope |
1.31 % |
| Total length of pools: |
5.1 |
| Length of Reference Site: |
39.55 |
| Pool Habitat: |
12.90 % |
| 5. Off Channel Habitat |
| Details: |
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| Size: |
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Present: |
none |
| 6. Bank Stability |
| Active Erosion Left Bank: |
1 |
| Active Erosion Left Bank Length: |
0.90 |
| Active Erosion Right Bank: |
0 |
| Active Erosion Right Bank Length: |
0.00 |
| Bank Stabilzation Left Bank: |
0 |
| Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length: |
0.00 |
| Bank Stabilzation Right Bank: |
0 |
| Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length: |
0.00 |
| 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: |
0.00 |
| 8. Overhead Canopy |
| Bankfull Channel covered by overhanging branches: |
80.00 % |
| 9. Riparian zone |
| # of channel widths: |
2.00 |
| Coniferous trees: |
0.25 |
| Deciduous trees: |
0.5 |
| Shrubs: |
0.5 |
| Grass: |
0.25 |
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
Active logging road, active hunting for grouse and moose, gravel pit area
Wonderful little area to enjoy nature close to the city. We saw Chickadee, woodpeckers, eagle and grouse, a douglas squirrel |