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Above Confluence
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Stream:
Right Fork North Creek
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Watershed:
Virgin
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State: UT
Survey Date:
Fri, 05/21/2010 - 11:30am
Background information available.
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| Observers:
Cheryl Decker (and RSRA trainees)
E-mail: Cheryl_Decker@nps.gov
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Phone: (435) 259-6205
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| (UTM) Zone: 12
Upstream (UTM): 0314984E
Upstream (UTM): 4127268N
Elevation: 1298 meters
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| NAD: 83
Downstream (UTM): 0314669E
Downstream (UTM): 4127121N
Elevation: 1290 meters
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(UTM) Start: 0314669E
(UTM) Start: 4127121N
Upstream or down? Downstream
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Scores:
WQ 2
HG 3.2
F/AH 2.5
RV 3
TWH 1.3
Overall 2.4
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| Water Quality |
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3 |
1 |
Algal Growth |
%=25 |
| 1 |
2 |
Channel Shading |
%=1 |
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| 2 |
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Mean Score |
| Notes: Single cell algal growth = 38%. Often colonies of single cell algae on dead plant material |
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| Hydrogeomorphology |
| 1 |
3 |
Floodplain Connection |
| 4 |
4 |
Vertical Bank Stability |
%=30 |
| 5 |
5 |
Hydraulic Habitat Diversity |
| 5 |
6 |
Riparian Area Soil Integrity |
| 1 |
7 |
Beaver Activity |
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| 3.2 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: Channel deeply incised. #5: high and low velocity riffle, scour pool, sand floor run, and step pool. There was a REALLY BIG flood here in 2007. And right before that there was a very big fire in teh uplands in 2006 9and also with a bog flood that year too).
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| Fish/Aquatic Habitat |
| 2 |
8 |
Riffle-Pool Distribution |
| 1 |
9 |
Underbank Cover |
%=1 |
| 4 |
10 |
Cobble Embeddedness |
%=25 |
| 4 |
11 |
Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Diversity |
| 1 |
12 |
Large Woody Debris |
| 3 |
13 |
Overbank Cover |
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| 2.5 |
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Mean Score |
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| Riparian Vegetation |
| 2 |
14 |
Riparian Zone Plant Community Structure |
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G=91%
S=4%
MC=0%
UC=0%
avg=23.8%
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| 3 |
15 |
Shrub Demography and Recruitment |
| 3 |
16 |
Tree Demography and Recruitment |
| 2 |
17 |
Non-native Herbaceous Plant Species |
| 5 |
18 |
Non-native Woody Plant Species |
| 5 |
19 |
Grazing Impacts on Ground Cover |
| 1 |
20 |
Browsing Impacts on Shrubs and Small Trees |
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| 3 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: sapling and seedling willows. Lots of yellow sweet clover
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| Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat |
| 1 |
21 |
Shrub Patch Density |
| 1 |
22 |
Mid-canopy Patch Density |
| 1 |
23 |
Upper Canopy Patch Density |
| 2 |
24 |
Fluvial Habitat Density |
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| 1.3 |
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Mean Score |
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Notes: floodplain pond
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| Scores |
| WQ |
HG |
F/AH |
RV |
TWH |
OVERALL |
| 2 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
3 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
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