Date:

Stream Name:

Location:

County:

Observers:

Group Name:

Supervisor:

1. Particle sizes on stream bottom: estimate percent area for each

4. Stream size: in cm

Percent:

Fines

<0.25 mm

Sand

0.25-2 mm

Gravel

2-65 mm

Cobble

65-250 mm

Boulder

>250 mm

Order: (use map)

<5%

Width of water:

5-25%

min

max

25-50%

Width of channel:

>50%

min

max

2. Bottom cover on stream: estimate percent area for each

Mid-stream depth range:

min               |  max

Percent:

Algae

(slick film or strands)

Twigs and leaf debris

(<10 cm)

Woody debris

(>10 cm)

Aquatic plants

(rooted)

Other:

5. Embeddedness %:

burial of gravel and cobble by fine and sand sediment

<5%

<5%

5-25%

5-25%

25-50%

25-50%

>50%

>50%

3. Streambank cover, slopes and erosion: estimate percent area on both banks for each

Percent:

Grasses

Brush

Trees

Rocks

Soil

undercut

steep

shallow

Eroding

<5%

5-25%

25-50%

>50%