MONTANA DEPARTMENT FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



HABUAT.DBF - Habitat Database Structures 



Field Name 



SHORT_RRN 

 SECTION 

 FILAM ALGAE 



fflGHRPLANT 



GRAZLENGTH 

 GRAZCOMPAT 



STRMCOVER 



BNKCONDITN 



BNKSTABILT 



CHANSTABIL 



STRMBSEDMT 



COMBRATING 



BNKVEGETAT 



Type Width Dec 

 C 9 



C 

 C 



C 



c 

 c 

 c 



c 

 c 

 c 





 

 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 



Description 



Short RRN 



Section No. 



Filamenteous algae. (C=conunon; N=none observed; 



R=rare; X=present, abundance not specified) 



Higher plants code. (C=common; N=none observed; 



R=rare; X=present, abundance unknown. 



Length grazed by livestock in feet. 



Livestock grazing length compatability code. 



(l=low; 2=poor, 3=stable but spotty; 4 = stable or 



improving; 5= high; blank = unknown or unrated) 



Stream cover habitat rating.(l=poor; 2= fair; 3=good; 



4=excellait; blank = unknown or imrated) 



Bank condition habitat rating. (l=poor; 2= fair; 3= good; 



4= excellent; blank =imknown or unrated) 



Bank stability habitat rating. (l=poor; 2 = fair; 3=good; 



4= excellent; blank = unknown or unrated) 



Channel stability habitat rating. (l=poor; 2= fair; 3=good; 



4= excellent; blank = unknown or unrated) 



Streambed sediment habitat rating. (l=poor;2 = fair; 3 = good; 



4= excellent; blank = unknown or unrated) 



Combined habitat rating. (l=poor; 2 = fair; 3 = good; 



4=excellait; blank— unknown or unrated) 



Dominant bank vegetation. (l=Deciduous trees; 2= Conifer; 



3= Mixed; 4= Deciduous shrubs; 5= upland shrubs; 



6 = grass/herbaceous forms; 7= no vegetation, soil, road 



material; 8 = shrubs/trees with soil/rock material (alpine). 



Dominant riparian vegetation, (see bank vegetation codes.) 



Subsurface cover rating. (O=none; l=poor; 2=fair; 3=good; 



blank = unknown or unrated) 



Habitat trend code. (D=deteriorating;I=improving; S = static; 



blank= unknown or unrated) 



Risk assessment index. 



Habitat data quality rating. (l = low to 9= high) 



Feet of instream woody Debris 0-6 inches 



Feet of instream woody Debris 6-12 inches 



Feet of instream woody debris 12-18 inches 



Feet of instream woody debris 18+ inches 



Feet of out-of-stream woody debris 0-6 inches 



Feet of out-of-stream woody debris 6-12 inches 



Feet of out-of-stream woody debris 12-18 inches 



Feet of out-of-stream woody debris 18+ inches 



FWP Fisheries Serial No. 



D-5 



