Module 1 Action Items for WINDEBANK CREEK Survey # 76
Stream Name Survey Date Organization Project Name Survey ID Data Entered By
WINDEBANK CREEK 2015-02-22 Mission of Streams 76 D Urban
ID
1015		 Feature #
1		 From Last
 Type
Modification-Culvert		 Size
1.8 m diameter		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
culvert under Lougheed Hwy, about 50 m in length
Action Items:
Monitor for debris accumulation
ID
1016		 Feature #
2		 From Last
1		 Type
Discharge Pipe-Storm Drain		 Size
30 cm diameter		 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
pipe is about 2 m above stream and drains out over 45% riprap slope
Action Items:
storm water run-off may contain contaminants from major roadways (Lougheed and Cedar Valley)
ID
1017		 Feature #
3		 From Last
0		 Type
Modification-Rip-rap		 Size
1.5 m wide, 3.9 m long, 45% slope		 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
storm run-off from shopping mall and Cedar Valley Connector drains from discharge pipe onto riprap.
Action Items:
dark residue present on rocks
ID
1018		 Feature #
4		 From Last
3		 Type
Obstruction-Falls, Cascade, Canyon		 Size
4 m length, 50 cm width, 35 cm vertical slope 		Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
57 cm depth of water in pool at base of cascade
Action Items:
may be impassable to spawning chum at low flows
ID
1019		 Feature #
5		 From Last
3		 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
1.5 m wide x 0.5 m length 		Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
4 pieces of bucked up log laying across stream. Apparently were rolled into stream from left bank.
Action Items:
Fish can get around obstacle, but we removed one of the pieces of log out of the channel to allow more passage around the obstacle.
ID
1020		 Feature #
6		 From Last
29		 Type
Modification-Other		 Size
6.5 m length x 65 cm height (from surface of water		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
timber bank cribbing lying above stream at bend where stream turns west to run alongside Lougheed Hwy. Good cover for fish.
Action Items:
the stream under the cribbing structure fills with twigs and is a depositional area, but may be good cover at higher waters
ID
1021		 Feature #
5		 From Last
4		 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
25 cm diameter x 3 m		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
four pieces of bucked up log pushed from bank into stream.
Action Items:
we moved one piece so that the channel would not be obstructed.
ID
1022		 Feature #
7		 From Last
2		 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
7.8 m length		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
Slumping and undercut. Not visible in the photo, but the left bank has eroded where native plants were revegetated. The erosion is covered by blackber
Action Items:
soil erosion is undermining the newly replanted native vegetation planted by FVC, and is adding sediment to the stream.
ID
1023		 Feature #
8		 From Last
 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
6 m length		 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
erosion and slumping bank is eroding FVC's replanted vegetation
Action Items:
sediment added to the stream degrading water quality, and smothering spawning gravel; causing failure of planted trees to root.
ID
1024		 Feature #
9		 From Last
 Type
Enhancement-Riparian Planting, Woody debris Placement, Spawning Gravel Placement		 Size
1 m x 4 m		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
wood debris placement over the stream to provide cover, and rock weir about 1 m d/s of cover
Action Items:
FVC installed rock weir and overstream debris cover in Sept 2014. Cobbles in weir have eroded.
ID
1025		 Feature #
10		 From Last
 Type
Enhancement-Riparian Planting, Woody debris Placement, Spawning Gravel Placement		 Size
2 x 4 m		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
overstream woody debris cover
Action Items:
installed in Sept 2014 by FVC. In good condition
ID
1026		 Feature #
11		 From Last
 Type
Modification-Bridge		 Size
5.2 m length x 16 m width		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
downstream end of bridge; deck to substrate height = 1.3 m; depth of water= 13 cm.
Action Items:
causes u/s pooling or flooding at very high water levels. Consider removing bridge in future.
ID
1027		 Feature #
12		 From Last
21		 Type
Enhancement-Riparian Planting, Woody debris Placement, Spawning Gravel Placement		 Size
2 x 4 m		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
woody debris cover installed over stream by FVC in Sept 2014. Flood debris (twigs, leaves) on structure evident.
Action Items:
ID
1028		 Feature #
13		 From Last
1		 Type
Enhancement-Log/Rock weir, Fishway		 Size
4 m x 0.5 m		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
cobble installed Sept 2014 by FVC; some cobble still in place, but mid-channel cobble has been washed away.
Action Items:
although somewhat eroded, still provides cascade effect
ID
1029		 Feature #
14		 From Last
7.5		 Type
Enhancement-Riparian Planting, Woody debris Placement, Spawning Gravel Placement		 Size
4 x 2 m		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
overstream woody debris cover installed Sept 2014
Action Items:
ID
1030		 Feature #
15		 From Last
2.5		 Type
Enhancement-Riparian Planting, Woody debris Placement, Spawning Gravel Placement		 Size
4 x 2 m		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Undisturbed
Description:
overstream woody debris placement and rock weir installed Sept 2014
Action Items:
floodplain location. Could be vulnerable to high water
ID
1031		 Feature #
16		 From Last
3		 Type
Enhancement-Riparian Planting, Woody debris Placement, Spawning Gravel Placement		 Size
4 x 2 m		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Undisturbed
Description:
overstream woody debris placement and rock weir (about 2 m u/s of cover)
Action Items:
ID
1032		 Feature #
17		 From Last
6		 Type
SIDE CHANNEL		 Size
7.5 m length, 1.1 m width, 0.11 m depth		 Bank
Both		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
this was a side channel that has blown out over the winter, resulting in a mid-channel gravel bar and 2 evenly split channels on either side of the ba
Action Items:
ID
1033		 Feature #
18		 From Last
9.1		 Type
Enhancement-Riparian Planting, Woody debris Placement, Spawning Gravel Placement		 Size
4 x 2 m		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
overstream woody debris placement, and rock weir about 2 m u/s of woody debris structure
Action Items:
ID
1034		 Feature #
19		 From Last
10.5		 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
3.7 m length, 1.4 m width, 1 m height from water s		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Undisturbed
Description:
nice deep pool under the log jam, good fish cover
Action Items:
at this location is a 10 m length of left bank that is eroded; located on an inside curve
ID
1036		 Feature #
20		 From Last
6		 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
9 m length; 29 cm diameter; 91 cm circumf.		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
utility pole positioned longitudinally in the channel. Potentially accumulating debris.
Action Items:
Contact District of Mission engineering for removal.
ID
1037		 Feature #
21		 From Last
8		 Type
Modification-Other		 Size
>1.5 m wide 		Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
5 timber beams shoring up the LB. Stream flows under the timber, creating excellent cover for fish. Some sediment deposition under the cribbing struct
Action Items:
With erosion on LB, the log beam structure could collapse into stream.
ID
1038		 Feature #
22		 From Last
16.2		 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
log jam made up of 2 logs and 1 boulder
Action Items:
ID
1039		 Feature #
23		 From Last
15.5		 Type
Modification-Rip-rap		 Size
> 20 m length; 1 to 2 boulders in height (or width		 Bank
Both		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Narrow width of boulders (up to 2 boulders in height) placed along both banks for about 20 m length, probably many years ago. Boulders have moved over
Action Items:
Residential property on the left bank. Yard has been grassed up to the creekside. Narrow band of bamboo alongside creek on LB for a short section.
ID
1040		 Feature #
24		 From Last
6		 Type
WATERBODY-Tributary, wetland, ditch, other		 Size
1 m wetted width, depth 4 cm		 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Commercial
Description:
tributary from west that flows under Cedar Valley Connector. Can't access trib further upstream to measure length because completely blocked by blackb
Action Items:
9 degrees C in tributary. 8 degrees both upstream and downstream of mainstem.
ID
1041		 Feature #
25		 From Last
9		 Type
LACK OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION		 Size
30 m length; >30 m width		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
back yard continues up to stream bank on left bank, with no continuous riparian vegetation except for a short section of bamboo. A few young western r
Action Items:
Homeowner awareness. SCCP homeowner program.
ID
1042		 Feature #
26		 From Last
9		 Type
Obstruction-Falls, Cascade, Canyon		 Size
1.4 m length; 2.5 m width across channel; 10 and 2		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
series of 2 low cascades. Both cascades were 1.4 m in length, 2.4 and 2.5 m width across channel; vertical height 10 cm and 20 cm, and depth of water
Action Items:
Not likely an obstruction for fish.
ID
1043		 Feature #
27		 From Last
5		 Type
Discharge Pipe-Storm Drain		 Size
75 cm diameter		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
enters from a 40% slope about 5 m above the creekbed on LB. Storm water runs over riprap slope before reaching stream.
Action Items:
Possible water quality issues from roadways during rain events
ID
1044		 Feature #
28		 From Last
0		 Type
Obstruction-Culvert		 Size
32.8 m length; 4.2 m diameter		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
crosses under Cedar Valley Connector. substrate through culvert is cobbled lined with boulder on both sides. Temperature downstream, upstream and insi
Action Items:
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