Morton Creek AIP Report-2008 & 2012

Identification Information

Citation

Originator: Curry Soil & Water Conservation District

Publish Date: 2/29/2016

Online Link: None

BPA Project #:

Contact Information

Agency: Soil and Water Conservation District

Name: Matt Swanson

Job Position: Project Effectiveness Monitoring Coordinator

Telephone: 541-247-2755 2#

E-Mail Address: matt.swanson@currywatersheds.org

Description

Abstract: In 2009 the Curry Soil and Water Conservation District (District), the South Coast Watershed Council (Council), and their partners, undertook a channel relocation project on lower Morton Creek that replaced 0.5 miles of ditched stream channel with 0.6 miles of newly constructed, designed stream channel. To evaluate the effectiveness of the project the District and Council conducted pre and post stream habitat surveys using the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (ODFW) Aquatic Inventory Project (AIP) protocol. This report is a comparison of the results of those surveys.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of a channel relocation project.

Time Period of Content: 2008, 2012

Geographic Extent: Morton Creek, New River watershed, Curry County

Status: Final

Use Constraints: Please contact the Councils' Effectiveness Monitoring Coordinator regarding the use of these data and reports.

Format: Excel spreadsheets and Access database from AIP protocol and pdf report

Data Quality Information

Lineage-Source: Data was collected by Curry SWCD staff using ODFW's AIP protocol. Data was entered and analyzed using the AIP access and excel templates. Report was prepared by Curry SWCD using outputs of templates.

Data Information

No data information was supplied.

Entity and Attribute Information

Attributes Description:

Field Names	Descriptions
	Access Database-Reach
BASIN	Basin of stream surveyed
STREAM	Name of stream surveyed
QUAD	USGS 7.5' quadrangle map name at beginning of survey
CREW	Names of survey crew members
DATE	Date of survey
REACH	Reach number
UNIT	Unit number
CHANNEL FORM	2 letter code of stream channel form
VALLEY FORM	2 letter code of valley form
VWI	Valley width index number
VEG CLASS DOM	2 letter code for dominant riparian zone vegetation
VEG CLASS SUB	2 letter code for sub-dominant riparian zone vegetation
LAND USE DOM	2 letter code for dominant land use type
LAND USE SUB	2 letter code for sub-dominant land use type
TEMP	Water temperature, degrees centigrade
FLOW	2 letter code for stream flow
LOCATION	Township-Range-Section-Quarter Section
PHOTO_TIME	Photo number and time photo is taken
NOTE	Additional information
UTM_ZONE	Universal Transverse Mercator (location) zone number
UTMST_E	Universal Transverse Mercator easting number at start of survey
UTMST_N	Universal Transverse Mercator northing number at start of survey
UTMEND_E	Universal Transverse Mercator easting number at end of survey
UTMEND_N	Universal Transverse Mercator northing number at end of survey
	Access-Unit 1
BASIN	Basin of stream surveyed
STREAM	Name of stream surveyed
QUAD	USGS 7.5' quadrangle map name at beginning of survey
ESTIMATOR	Name of surveyor focusing on ID of channel unit character
NUMERATOR	Name of surveyor focusing on counts, distribution of unit attributes, verifying subsets of estimates
DATE	Date of survey
REACH	Reach number
UNIT_NUMB	Unit number
UNIT_TYPE	2 letter code for unit type
CHANL_TYPE	2 digit number code for stream channel type
PER_FLOW	Visual estimate of relative flow in the channel
UNIT_LENGT	Unit length in meters
UNIT_WIDTH	Unit width in meters
SLOPE	Percent change in elevation across length of unit
SHADE_LEFT	Degrees above horizontal to top of vegetation or landform on left side of stream
SHADE_RT	Degrees above horizontal to top of vegetation or landform on right side of stream
AC_HEIGHT	Active channel height in meters
AC_WIDTH	Active channel width in meters
FP_HEIGHT	Flood prone height in meters
FP_WIDTH	Flood prone width in meters
VWI	Valley width index
NOTE 1	Additional information
	Access-Unit 2
BASIN	Basin of stream surveyed
STREAM	Name of stream surveyed
QUAD	USGS 7.5' quadrangle map name at beginning of survey
NUMERATOR	Name of surveyor focusing on counts, distribution of unit attributes, verifying subsets of estimates
DATE	Date of survey
UNIT_NUMB	Unit number
UNIT_TYPE	2 letter code for unit type
DEPTH	Maximum or typical water depth in meters
DEPTH_PTC	Maximum depth at pool tail crest in meters
VER_LENGTH	Actual length of every 10th unit measured, in meters
VER_WIDTH	Actual width of every 10th unit measured, in meters
ORGANIC	Percent of silt/organic material in substrate
SAND	Percent of unit substrate between .062 and 2 mm
GRAVEL	Percent of unit substrate composed of artices between 2 and 64 mm
COBBLE	Percent of unit substrate composed of particles from 64 - 256 mm
BOULDER	Percent of substrate composed of particles over 256 mm
BEDROCK	Percent of unit substrate composed of igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rock
BLDR_COUNT	Count of boulders 0.5+ meters in avg diameter protruding from water surface and those at the margin of the wetted channel
AC_EROSION	An estimate of the percent of the lineal distance of both sides of the habitat unit that is actively eroding at the active channel height.
UNDERCUT	An estimate of the percent of the undercut of the bank.
COMM_CODE	Comment code
NOTE 2	Additional information
	Access-Wood
BASIN	Basin of stream surveyed
STREAM	Name of stream surveyed
QUAD	USGS 7.5' quadrangle map name at beginning of survey
UNIT_NUMB	Unit number
UNIT_TYPE	2 letter code for unit type
DEBRIS_CONFIG	Configuration or amount of debris
DEBRIS_TYPE	Type of woody debris
DEBRIS_LOC	Location of debris relative to stream
DIAM	Diameter of stems in debris, in meters
RW3	Root wad less than 3m in length
L_3	Debris between 3 and 6m in length
L_6	Debris between 6 and 9m in length
L_9	Debris between 9 and 12m in length
L-12	Debris between 12 and 15m in length
L_15	Debris between 15 and 18m in length
L_18	Debris between 18 and 21m in length
L_21	Debris between 21 and 24m in length
L_24	Debris between 24 and 28m in length
L_28	Debris between 28 and 32m in length
L_32	Debris between 32 and 36m in length
L_36+	Debris 36m and longer
Wood Note	Additional information

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