MONTANA DEPARTMENT RSH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



PHYSICAL.DBF - Physical Stream Characteristics Database Structure 



Field Name 



Type Width Dec Description 



SHORT_RRN C 9 



SECTION C 1 



AVCHANWIDT C 4 



RATAVCHANW C 1 



AVGVWIDTH C 5 



RATAVGVWID CIO 



AVGRIPWID C 4 



RATAVGRIPW CIO 



AVCHANDEPT C 4 



RATAVCHAND C 1 



UPRBELEV C 7 



RATUPRBELE C 1 



LWRBELEV C 7 



RATLWRBELE C 1 



UPRBAVWETW C 6 



RATUPRBAVW C 1 



LWRBAVWETW C 6 



RATLWRBAVW C 1 



GRADIENT C 4 



RATGRADNT C 1 



SINUOSITY C 4 



RATSINUOS C 1 



SIDECHOCC C 1 



RATIOPOOL C 3 



RATIORUN C 3 



RATIORIFFL C 3 



RATIOPOCKT C 3 



RATRATIO C 1 



ROSGEN CL C 2 



SERIAL 



Short RRN 



Section No. 



Average channel width in feet. 



Average channel width data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 = 



high) 



Average valley width in feet. 



Average valley width data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 = 



high) 



Average riparian width in feet. 



Average riparian width data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 = 



high) 



Average channel depth in feet. 



Average channel depth data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 = 



high) 



Upper boundary elevation in feet. 



Upper boundary elevation data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 



=High) 



Lower boundary elevation in feet. 



Lower boundary elevation data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 



= high) 



Upper boundary average wetted width 



Upper boundary average wetted width data quality rating. (1 



= low to 9 = high) 



Lower boundary average wetted width in feet. 



Lower boundary average wetted width data quality rating. (1 = 



low to 9 = high) 



Percent gradient. 



Perc«it gradient data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 = high) 



Sinuosity. 



Sinuosity data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 =high) 



Side channel occurance code. (H = high; L =low; M = 



moderate; N = nil; blank = unknown or not determined) 



Percentage of reach that is pools. 



Perc^itage of reach that is runs. 



Percentage of reach that is riffles. 



Percentage of reach that is pocket water. 



Percoitage of reach data quality rating. (1 = low to 9 



=high) 



Visual classification of the channel type and subtype using 



Rosgen's (1985) channel type classification. Alpha and 



numeric combination using gradient, sinuosity, width/depth 



ratio, dominant particle size, channel entrenchment, and 



landform feature. 



FWP Serial Number 



D-7 



