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 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111 0111
Sub-watershed 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 150 150
Station CMBJ-2 CMBJ-3 CMBJ-3 CMBJ-3 CMBJ-4 CMBJ-4 CMBJ-4 VLGJ-1 VLGJ-1 VLGJ-2 VLGJ-2 VLGJ-4 VLGJ-4 LFKB-2 SHTJ-1
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Date (YYMMDD)
Subecoregion
Width (ft)
020528 a 020612 020313 020528 020612 020313 020528 020522 020715 020522 020715 f 020522 020715 020702 020515
68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 68f NG 67f 67f 67f 67f 67f 68f NG 68e 68f NG
6 10 6 12 12 5 25 20 35 30 60 50 110 20
Canopy cover b O 50/50 50/50 S O MO O O MO O 50/50 O O O MS
Depth (ft)
Substrate (%)
Riffle
Run
Pool
Bedrock
Boulder
Cobble
Gravel
Sand
Silt
Detritus
Clay
Organic silt
0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 1.0 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.2
0.4 1.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0.8 1.5 3.0 1.5 0.6 4.0 0.5
0.7 1.5 2.0 1.5 6.0 2.0 5.0 1.5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 50 5 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 15 25 5 20 0 0 5 40
0 0 5 0 0 35 20 30 45 20 10 5 30 30
2 0 5 45 45 25 35 30 35 5 68 50 30 15
45 80 60 50 45 22 25 15 5 5 10 40 24 10
45 0 20 5 0 5 4 0 3 0 5 5 5 3
8 20 5 0 10 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0
0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Habitat assessment form c, d GP GP RR GP GP RR RR RR RR RR RR RR RR
Habitat assessment score
% Maximum
Instream habitat quality
Sediment deposition
Sinuosity
Bank and vegetative stability
Riparian measurements
34 71 38 61 72 73 71 77 73 71 25 81 67
73 78 43 70 63 56 76 45 71 69 49 66 78
50 68 55 60 60 65 83 98 55 55 70 48 100
65 85 53 90 80 66 76 93 61 83 73 78 81
100 90 88 63 61 69 51 53 25 56 89 93 100
133 175 138 148 152 163 173 178 134 160 142 189 199
60 80 58 67 69 68 72 74 56 67 59 79 83
Assessment e Good Excellent Good Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Good Good 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. NGP=no glide/pool assessment guidelines; habitat assessment rating based on riffle/run scoring criteria
e. NG=assessment guidelines; for 68b, used guidelines from adjacent subecoregion 68d; limited reference 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