Seeley Creek #2

Habitat Assessment

Description	Narrow creek in valley on Maple Hill Road; dense vegetation; wooded upstream and downstream.
Width	1.3 meters
Water Appearance	Clear
Odor	None
Attachment Sites	9/20	Run area may be lacking; riffle not as wide as stream and its length is less than 2 times the stream width; gravel or large boulders are bedrock prevalent; some cobble present.
Embeddedness	10/20	Fine sediment surrounds and fills in 50-75% of the living spaces around and in between the gravel, cobble, and boulders.
Shelter For Fish	13/20	Snags, submerged logs, undercut banks, cobble and large rocks, or other stable habitat are found in over 30-50% of the site.
Channel Alteration	14/20	Some stream straightening, dredging, artificial embankments or dams present, usually in areas of bridge abutments; no evidence of recent channel alteration activity.
Sediment Deposition	14/20	Some new increase in bar formation, mostly from coarse gravel; 5-30% of the bottom affected; slight deposition in pools.
Channel Flow Status	14/20	Water fills greater than 75% of the available channel; less than 25% is exposed.
Bank Vegetative Protection	LEFT:10/10; RIGHT:10/10	More than 90% of the streambank surfaces covered by 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:9/10; RIGHT:9/10	Banks stable; no evidence of erosion or bank failure; little potential for future problems.
Riparian Vegetative Zone Width	LEFT:10/10; RIGHT:10/10	Width of Riparian Zone is greater than 50 feet; no evidence of human activities within the riparian zone.

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