Module 2 - Longitudinal Survey

Pool Habitat

Stream Name: KILLARNEY CREEK Survey Date: 2018-09-14
Organization Name: PSkF New Admin Project Name: Habitat review above
Stream Segment #: Stream Section #:
Data Entered by: ZoAnn Survey ID: 94

Step 4.1 Longitudinal Survey, Measurements

Length of Survey Site Minimum: 63.600 (m) Actual: 75.600 (m) Photos Taken? no
Upstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 31.800 (m) Actual:43.200 (m) Photos Taken? no
Downstream Survey Boundary Minimum: 31.800 (m) Actual: 32.400(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 #
Riffle 0.000 2.500 3.000 2.000
Pool 2.500 4.900 1.500 0.000
Riffle 4.900 8.700 3.700 0.500
Pool 8.700 11.900 3.300 1.000
Riffle 11.900 13.400 1.500 1.000
Pool 13.400 19.800 6.300 0.500
Riffle 19.800 23.000 3.000 2.500
Pool 23.000 29.100 6.100 1.000
Riffle 29.100 43.200 14.900 1.500
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
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 2.100 2.200 2.000
Pool 2.100 7.600 5.500 0.500
Riffle 7.600 11.900 4.400 1.500
Pool 11.900 17.100 5.600 1.000
Riffle 17.100 19.400 2.800 1.000
Pool 19.400 32.400 13.400 1.500
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0
Not Recorded 0

Step 4.2 Longitudinal Survey, Habitat Quality

1. Streambed material (from 25 samples)
Fines: 100.00 %
Gravel: %
Cobble: %
Boulder: %
Bedrock: %
Cobble and Boulder Total: 0.00 %
2. % Embeddness 100.00 %
Instream cover
Large Woody debris: 80.00 pieces
Rooted cutbank: number of instances 1.00
4. Percent Pool Habitat
Average % Survey Slope 1.17 %
Total length of pools: 41.7
Length of Reference Site: 77.2
Pool Habitat: 54.02 %
5. Off Channel Habitat
Details:
Size:
Present: none
6. Bank Stability
Active Erosion Left Bank:
Active Erosion Left Bank Length:
Active Erosion Right Bank: 2
Active Erosion Right Bank Length: 5.00
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank:
Bank Stabilzation Left Bank Length:
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank:
Bank Stabilzation Right Bank Length:
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank:
Slides Reaching Channel Left Bank Length:
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank:
Slides Reaching Channel Right Bank Length:
7. Length of bank with no vegetation (m)
Left Bank:
Right Bank:
8. Overhead Canopy
Bankfull Channel covered by overhanging branches: 80.00 %
9. Riparian zone
# of channel widths: 2.00
Coniferous trees: 0.5
Deciduous trees: 0.5
Shrubs: 0.5
Grass: 0.5
Adjacent Land Use and Impacts:
This is a wonderful stream with good habitat IF only it had water flows. Water flows would clean out the mucky bottom, where ever the flows were narrowed the gravels were showing. Wild undisturbed are