Surface Water - Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Appendix P-1. Physical characteristics and habitat quality of sites assessed in the Black Warrior and Cahaba River basins as part of ADEM's §303(d) Monitoring Program, 1998-2003.
CU 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109 0109
Sub-watershed 030 030 030 030 070 070 100 130 170 170 170 170 170
Station BINC-190 BINC-192 BINC-192 BINC-193 MUDC-1 MUDC-2 OTC-2 BCK-2 CANW-2 CANW-2 CANW-3 CANW-3 LOSW-1
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Date (YYMMDD)
Subecoregion
Width (ft)
030610 020411 030610 020411 020417 020417 000121 000121 020416 020813 020806 020416 020416
68d 68d 68d 68d 68d 68d 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG
30 30 30 15 4 16 11 15 12 40 12 15 50
Canopy cover b 50/50 50/50 MS 50/50 O O S S MS MS MS
Depth (ft)
Riffle
0.6 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.8 1.0 5.0 0.5 1.0
Run
1.5 1.5 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 1.5
Pool
2.5 2.5 2.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 3.0
Substrate (%)
Bedrock
1 0 5 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 10
Boulder
1 15 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 10
Cobble
20 20 20 0 4 0 40 8 25 15 25 10
Gravel
29 25 15 0 45 0 24 1 25 25 25 30
Sand
35 35 35 50 35 70 4 35 25 25 25 15
Silt
10 2 3 3 4 5 2 10 10 0 25 5
Detritus
3 3 1 20 3 8 8 45 15 0 0 8
Clay
1 0 1 0 7 15 0 0 0 5 0 7
Organic silt
0 0 0 25 2 3 2 1 0 5 0 5
Habitat assessment form c, d RR RR RR GP NGP RR GP NGP RR RR GP GP GP GP RR
Instream habitat quality
83 78 81 48 69 46 68 37 78 93 78 79 90
Sediment deposition
53 81 59 65 80 48 98 60 65 59 68 74 76
Sinuosity
75 100 73 53 88 28 35 35 60 65 73 73 43
Bank and vegetative stability
46 70 63 16 76 65 80 55 70 66 70 69 61
Riparian measurements
76 71 89 100 55 46 85 100 86 88 70 91 73
Habitat assessment score
168 191 180 126 171 112 192 153 162 171 160 171 177
% Maximum
70 79 75 57 71 51 80 64 73 78 73 78 74
Assessment e Good Excellent Excellent Good Good Fair Excellent Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
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. e. NG=assessment NGP=no glide/pool guidelines; assessment for 68b, guidelines; used guidelines habitat assessment from adjacent ratingsubecoregion based on riffle/run 68d; limited scoring reference criteria data available for 68f; 68f guidelines calculated from combintion of reference data from 68f, and adjacent subecoregions 65i, 67f,
and 68e.
f. nonwadeable; no habitat assessment conducted