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�4 5 NCDWQ Stream Classification Form Project Name : River Basin: County: Evaluator. DWQ Project Number. Nearest Named Stream: Latitude : Signature: Date : USGS QUAD : Longitude: Location/Directions: * PLEASE NOTE: If evaluator and landowner agree that the feature is a man-made ditch, then use of this form is not necessary. Also, if in the best professional judgement of the evaluator, the feature is a man -made ditch and not a modified natural stream—this rating system should not be used* Primary Field Indicators : (Circle One Number Per Line) I Geomorphology Absent Weak Moderate Stron 1 ) Is There A Rifflc Pool Seouence? 0 1 2 3 2) Is The USDA Texture In Stmambed Different from u oundin Terrain? 0 1 2 3 Are Natural Levees Present? 0 1 2 3 4) Is The Channel Sinuous? 0 I 2 3 5) Is There An Active (Or Relic) Flood lain Present? 0 1 2 3 2 3 6) Is The Channel Braided? 0 1 e Recent Alluvial Deposits Present? 0 I 2 3 8 Is There A Bankfull Bench Present? 0 I 9) Is A Continuous Bed & Bank Present? 0 l 2 3 NOTF: IfBrzd & p(ink Cyu&dByDiichinr ,4nd WITHOUT Sinuorify Then Score=0 ' MEN . 10) Is A 2 Order Or Greater Channel (As Indicated On Tow Map AndlVr In Field) Present? Ye,s=3 N0=0 PRIMARY GEOMORPHOLOGY INDICATOR POINTS: II Hydroloazy Absent Weak Moderate Strone 1 ) Is There A Groundwater Fiow/Disch e Present? 0 1 2 3 PRIMARYHYDROLOGYINDICATOR POINTS: III Biology Absent Weak Moderate - Strong e Fibrous Roots Present In Streambed ? 3 2 1 0 2 Rooted Plants Present In Streambetl? 3 2 1 0 3 Is Peripbyton P e nt 0 1 2 3 4 ) Am Bivalycs Present? 0 1 2 3 _ PRIMARY BIOLOGY INDICATOR POINTS: Secondary Field Indicators : (Circle One Number Per Line) I. Geomorphology Absent Weak Moderate Strong ) Is Ibrre A Head Cut Present In Channel ? 0 . 5 1 1 . 5 2 Is There A Grade Control Point In Channel ? 0 .5 ! 1 . 5 3) Does Topography Indicate A Natural raina a Way? 0 . 5 1 1 . 5 SECONDARY GEOMORPHOLOGYINDICA TOR POINTS: II HydrologY Absent Weak Moderate Strong 1 ) Is This Year' s (Or Last ' s) Leafliner Present In Streambed ? 0 2 Sediment On Plants rDebris) Present? 0 .5 Wrack Lines Present? 0 95 1 1 . 5 4) Is Water In Channel And >48 Hrs. Since 0 . 5 1 L5 Leg Known ? Indicated n #9 idiz Thbore nd # low• 5) Is There Water In Channel During Dry 0 . 5 Conditions Or In Growing Sum)? 6 Hydric $oils Present In Sides Of Channel (Or In Headcut)? Yes= 1 S No = O SECONDARY HYDROLOGY INDICATOR POINTS: III Biology Absent Weak Moderate Strong 11 ) Are Fish Present? 0 . 5 L 1 .5 2) Are Amphibians Present? 0 05 1 L5 3 ) Are AauaticTurtles Present? 0 55 1 1 5 4) Are Crayfish Present? 0 15 1 1 . 5 5) Are Macrobenthos Present? 0 65 1 ! .5 6) Are Iron Oxidizing Bacteria/FunM Present? 0 . 5 ! 1 . 5 7) Is Filamentous Algae Present? 0 05 1 115 8) Are Wetland Plants In SVeambed ? SAV Mostly OBL Mostly FACW Mostly FAC Mostly FACU Mostly UPL (• NOTE: If Total Absence Of All Plants In Streambed 2 1 . 75 .5 0 0 As yoleo Above Sky nix SteyY SECONDARY BIOLOGY INDICATOR POINTS: TOTAL POINTS (Primary + Secondary)`(If Greater Than Or Equal To ,l9 Points The Stream Is At Least Intermittent)