Misty Valley Creek

Habitat Assessment

Description	Fields planted with corn surround the stream. Small riparian zone consisting of grasses and a few trees.
Width	.9 meters
Water Appearance	Clear
Odor	none
Attachment Sites	14/20	Riffle is as wide as stream but length is less than 2 times width; cobble less abundant; boulders and gravel common.
Embeddedness	19/20	Fine sediment surrounds and fills in 0-25% of the living spaces around and in between the gravel, cobble, and boulders.
Shelter For Fish	8/20	Snags, submerged logs, undercut banks, cobble and large rocks, or other stable habitat are found in over 10-30% of the site.
Channel Alteration	20/20	Stream straightening, dredging, artificial embankments, dams or bridge abutments absent or minimal; stream with meandering pattern.
Sediment Deposition	18/20	Little or no enlargement of islands or point bars and less than 5% of the bottom affected by sediment deposition.
Channel Flow Status	19/20	Water reaches bases of both lower banks and minimal amount of channel substrate is exposed.
Bank Vegetative Protection	LEFT:10/10; RIGHT:10/10	More than 90% of the streambank surfaces covered by natural vegetation, including trees, shrubs, or other plants; vegetative disruption, through grazing or mowing, minimal or not evident; almost all plants allowed to grow naturally.
Condition of Banks	LEFT:5/10; RIGHT:5/10	Moderately unstable; up to 60% of banks in site have areas of erosion; high erosion potential during floods.
Riparian Vegetative Zone Width	LEFT:2/10; RIGHT:2/10	LEFT:Width of riparian zone less than 20 feet.

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