Surface Water - Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Appendix J, cont. Physical characteristics and habitat quality of sites assessed in the Black Warrior and Cahaba River basins during ADEM's 2002 NPS Basinwide Screening Assessment.
CU
Sipsey Fork
Locust Fork
Sub-watershed 050 050 050 050 080 090 090 110 110 110 130 010 020
Appendix J--Pge 4 of 6
Station CLCW-53b CLCW-53c LCLW-19 WIDW-18 ROCW-52b CROC-54a GSAMF-22 ROCC-15 RYNC-1 h RYNC-1 h MILW-18a e GSA-27 a GSA-26
Date (YYMMDD) 020612 020612 020612 020612 020613 020618 020618 020618 020619 020521 020618 020619 020619
Subecoregion 68e 68e 68e 68e 68d 68d 68e 68e 68e 68e 68e 68d 67f
Drainage area (mi 2 )
Width (ft) 25 35 15 25 30 40 60 30 35 40 40
Canopy cover b S MS MS 50/50 50/50 50/50 O MS 50/50 50/50 MO
Depth (ft) Riffle 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.7
Run 1.0 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.0 2.0 1.5
Pool 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.5 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.0 3.5 2.5
Substrate (%) Bedrock 0 0 5 5 5 2 20 5 15 85 0
Boulder 3 2 5 10 24 6 25 37 30 0 5
Cobble 2 2 10 10 24 7 20 25 25 0 30
Gravel 5 5 5 5 24 14 10 5 5 0 30
Sand 55 60 55 48 14 49 20 20 15 0 25
Silt 10 6 15 15 4 9 0 3 5 0 5
Detritus 19 20 5 5 5 10 2 3 3 0 5
Clay 5 5 0 2 0 3 3 2 2 0 0
Organic silt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Habitat assessment form c GP GP GP RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR
Habitat survey (% maximum)
Instream habitat quality 57 53 50 63 67 63 80 75 67 39 71
Sediment deposition 73 75 79 58 71 44 73 73 73 95 68
Sinuosity 48 38 55 60 90 45 65 85 55 100 60
Bank and vegetative stability 28 40 50 86 63 75 58 65 58 84 68
Riparian measurements 70 64 86 90 75 86 75 90 89 60 64
Habitat assessment score 121 127 142 179 169 161 173 188 172 173 158
% Maximum 55 58 65 75 70 67 72 78 72 72 66
Assessment d Good Excellent Good Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Good
a. No flow; Assessment not conducted
b. Canopy cover: S=shaded; MS=mostly shaded; 50/50=50% shaded; MO=mostly open; O=open
c. Habitat assessment form: RR=riffle/run (Barbour et al. 1999); GP=glide/pool (Barbour et al. 1999)
d. Assessment guidelines based on data collected at reference sites, 1991-2003; NG=no assessment guidelines
e. Bridge construction; No assessment conducted
f. Algal mats/Decaying algae
g. Beaverdam; Not flowing; Assessment not conducted
h. chemical/physical data collected during ADEM's §303(d) Monitoring Program