Module 1 Action Items for WINDEBANK CREEK Survey # 84
Stream Name Survey Date Organization Project Name Survey ID Data Entered By
WINDEBANK CREEK 2015-11-19 Mission of Streams Windebank Monitoring 84 DU
ID
1097		 Feature #
1		 From Last
0		 Type
Modification-Culvert		 Size
32.8 m length, 4.2 m diameter, 1.7 m height to sub		 Bank
Both		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
large diameter and length culvert running under Cedar Valley Connector.
Action Items:
None. Large enough to avoid upstream pooling.
ID
1098		 Feature #
2		 From Last
 Type
Modification-Rip-rap		 Size
40 m length, 0.8 m height		 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Boulders along RB, but not recently installed. Crumbling into channel.
Action Items:
No longer functioning to prevent erosion on bank.
ID
1099		 Feature #
3		 From Last
 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
5 m length, 1.5 m height		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Undisturbed
Description:
Cobble and boulders falling from bank into stream, soil banks eroding into stream.
Action Items:
Invasives growing along bank, potential for bank restabilization/revegetation
ID
1100		 Feature #
4		 From Last
 Type
WATERBODY-Tributary, wetland, ditch, other		 Size
1.7 m bankfull width, 1.3 m wetted width, average 		Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
8 degrees about 10 m upstream of confluence, vs 7 degree in mainstem. Flows from west through low gradient bench. Measures: 1.7 m bankful width, 1.3 m
Action Items:
Potential for off-channel habitat. Possible source of silt into mainstem.
ID
1101		 Feature #
5		 From Last
 Type
LACK OF RIPARIAN VEGETATION		 Size
30 m length x 5 m width on both banks		 Bank
Both		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Both banks are level and may have been cleared historically. There is minimal vegetation and surprisingly not covered in blackberry or other invasives
Action Items:
Banks are unstable and subject to erosion. Lack of riparian and easy creek access encourages human usage.
ID
1102		 Feature #
6		 From Last
 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
30 m length 		Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Undisturbed
Description:
Clay bank along the right bank/outside of stream bend. This is where a pair of chum were observed spawning Nov 1. Notice the sand/gravel deposition on
Action Items:
Stream bank stabilization/revegetation. Contributes to siltation downstream
ID
1103		 Feature #
7		 From Last
 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
25 m length x 2 m height		 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Erosion on RB, clay patches present.
Action Items:
Active bank erosion and sediment loading into stream.
ID
1104		 Feature #
8		 From Last
 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Undisturbed
Description:
3 large logs suspended over, but above stream. Potential for debris accumulation.
Action Items:
Nothing, watch for LWD build-up from branches and twigs caught during high water.
ID
1105		 Feature #
9		 From Last
 Type
GARBAGE		 Size
 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Site of homeless camp on LB. Flat bench. Also possibly people dumping garbage over fence from Cedar Valley Connector sidewalk.
Action Items:
Contact District of Mission for clean-up. Potential for hazardous materials. Garbage caught up in the stream.
ID
1106		 Feature #
10		 From Last
 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Undisturbed
Description:
RB erosion and sloughing. Located opposite of Feature 9 (garbage at homeless campout). Disturbance indicators: widened channel, sand/gravel deposition
Action Items:
Erosion and sediment loading.
ID
1107		 Feature #
11		 From Last
0		 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
30 m long x 3 m wide		 Bank
Mid-stream		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
sand/gravel deposition mid-channel in low gradient section adjacent to homeless camp (feat. 9) Large blue tarp partially buried.
Action Items:
Clean out garbage instream from homeless camp.
ID
1108		 Feature #
12		 From Last
 Type
GARBAGE		 Size
 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Large dumping of mainly clothing on right bank. Follow trail from creek up the bank to clearing.
Action Items:
Contact city to clean up.
ID
1109		 Feature #
13		 From Last
 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
8.6 m length, 1.2 m height, 1.9 m width		 Bank
Left		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Partially obstructing the channel on left bank, where SWD has become trapped around LWD.
Action Items:
Clear debris as needed (if channel is blocked)
ID
1110		 Feature #
14		 From Last
 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
7.5 m length; 0.9 m height; 1.6 m width		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Undisturbed
Description:
Partially blocking channel on left side with trapped SWD. We removed the LWD piece from the stream (visible on the bottom left of photo.)
Action Items:
Remove LWD, SWD that builds up as needed to keep channel clear
ID
1111		 Feature #
15		 From Last
 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
3.2 m height		 Bank
Right		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Erosion on right bank, visible in upper left corner of photo. Vertical bank approx 3.2 m high,
Action Items:
Source of sediments instream
ID
1112		 Feature #
16		 From Last
0		 Type
SIDE CHANNEL		 Size
 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Secondary channel around mid-channel bar. But bar isn't depositional, it's original left bank that was split by the secondary channel. Small flow thro
Action Items:
Possible off-channel habitat
ID
1113		 Feature #
17		 From Last
 Type
Obstruction-Log Jam		 Size
 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
3 logs, 2 partially submerged. Potential for blockage.
Action Items:
Remove any blockages that occur.
ID
1114		 Feature #
18		 From Last
 Type
Bank Erosion		 Size
 Bank
Both		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Erosion and mid-channel cobble/gravel deposition zone
Action Items:
Source of erosion, blackberry.
ID
1115		 Feature #
19		 From Last
 Type
Obstruction-Falls, Cascade, Canyon		 Size
3.8 m length; 2.4 m width; 0.4 m vertical (10.5% s		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
boulder cascade, good scour pool below (25 cm depth at base)
Action Items:
fish can pass at high flows. Observed a chum swim up the cascade.
ID
1116		 Feature #
20		 From Last
 Type
Obstruction-Falls, Cascade, Canyon		 Size
7.9 m length, 0.5 m width, 1 m vertical (6.3% slop		 Bank
Across		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Narrow passage through clay cascade. Probably impassable for chum, possibly coho.
Action Items:
possible barrier for migrating salmon
ID
1117		 Feature #
21		 From Last
 Type
WATERBODY-Tributary, wetland, ditch, other		 Size
 Bank
Both		 Adjacent Land Use
Residential
Description:
Stream forks into 2 before reaching 7th Ave. End of survey on Nov 19, 2015
Action Items:
High steep exposed banks with large areas of slumping visible on both forks.
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