Seeley Creek #3

Habitat Assessment

Description	Dense vegetation; stream crosses Cty. PF; cow pasture upstream, wooded downstream.
Width	2.6 meters
Water Appearance	Clear
Odor	None
Attachment Sites	19/20	Well-developed riffle and run; riffle is as wide as stream and length extends 2 times the width of the stream; cobble predominate; boulders and gravel common.
Embeddedness	18/20	Fine sediment surrounds and fills in 0-25% of the living spaces around and in between the gravel, cobble, and boulders.
Shelter For Fish	19/20	Snags, submerged logs, undercut banks, cobble and large rocks, or other stable habitat are found in over 50% of the site.
Channel Alteration	13/20	Some stream straightening, dredging, artificial embankments or dams present, usually in areas of bridge abutments; no evidence of recent channel alteration activity.
Sediment Deposition	19/20	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 base of both lower banks and minimal amount of channel substrate is exposed.
Bank Vegetative Protection	LEFT:8/10; RIGHT:8/10	70-90% of the streambank surfaces covered by natural vegetation, but one class of plants is not well-represented; some vegetative disruption evident; more than one-half of the potential plant stubble height remaining.
Condition of Banks	LEFT:9/10; RIGHT:7/10	LEFT:Banks stable; no evidence of erosion or bank failure; little potential for future problems. RIGHT:Moderately stable; infrequent, small areas of erosion mostly healed over.
Riparian Vegetative Zone Width	LEFT:7/10; RIGHT:7/10	Width of Riparian Zone 35-40 feet.

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