Nonpoint Source Stream Reach Assessment Form 



W0W>01WT SOURCE STREAM REACH ASSESSMENT 



HOWTANA WATER QUALITY BUREAU 



FIELD REPORT FORM 



CENERAL INFORHATION 



STREAM NAME RIVER BASIN' COUNTY(S) 



ASSESSED BY (NAME) DEPT. /AGENCY/OTHER DATE ASSESSED_ 



REACH LEGAL DESCRIPTION T./R./S. 1/4SEC. BEGINNING END, 



REACH NUMBER OR LETTER (ASSIGNED BY SURVEYOR) 



PLEASE DESCRIBE ANY PROMINENT LANDMARKS THAT MAY DELINEATE REACH BREAKS. 



DELINIATE ALL REACH BOUWARIES AND OeSERVATIOW POINTS ON WAP/S AND ATTACH TO ASSESSMENT FORMS. 



LAST RAINFALL DATE AND AMOUNT OR INTENSITY IF KNOUN KATEH TBe>ERATURE AT AM/PM 



FLOg STAGE (RELATIVE TO BANK FULL 1CX3X) FLOOD, 100+X HIGH,75X MODERATE. SOX LOW.<25X NO WATER 



STREAM DESCRIPTION: CHECK THE ITEM IN EACH COLUMN THAT BEST FITS 



CHANNEL PATTERN CHANNEL EROSION STREAM TYPE 



SINGLE, STRAIGHT VERTICAL EROSION DOMINATES MOUNTAIN 



SINGLE, SINUOUS VERTICAL ( HORIZONTAL COMMON TRANSITIONAL 



BRAIDED, STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL EROSION DOMINATES PRAIRIE 



BRAIDED, SINUOUS 



FISHERIES: CHECK THE ITEM THAT BEST FITS 



COLD WATER (TROUT SPECIES ONLY) UARM/COOL WATER DOMINATED BY SPECIES SUCH AS BASS, CATFISH, SUNFISH, PIKE, WALLEYE. 



COMBINATION OF COLD/COOL/WARM WATER FISHERIES ALL WELL REPRESENTED 



STREAM ORDER: FIRST SECOND THIRD FORTH , 



YOU SHOULD USE A TOPO. MAP TO DETERMINE THIS. 



TUO OR MORE FIRST ORDER STREAMS BECOME A SECOND ORDER. 



TWO OR MORE SECOND ORDER STREAMS BECOME A THIRD ORDER. 



TUO OR MORE THIRD ORDER STREAMS BECOME A FOURTH ORDER. 



ETC... 



FLOU REGIME: 



EPHEMERAL, FLOWS ONLY DURING RAINSTORMS OR PEAK SPRING RUNOFF. 



INTERMITTENT, SEASONAL FLOWS DURING WET WEATHER, SPRING RUNOFF OR FLOWS YEAR ROUND EXCEPT FOR POINTS OF SUBSURFACE FLOW. 



^PERENNIAL, FLOWS YEAR ROUND, LIHLE OR NO SUBSURFACE FLOU. 



MOITIONAL INFORMATION - COMPLETED BY FIELD PERSONNEL IF KNOWN, OTHERWISE COMPLETED BY UQ8. 



MT WATER BODY ID »: COUNTY FLAG: STREAM CLASSIFICATION: A, B OR C EPA REACH #_ 



BENEFICIAL USES: DRINKING WATER , STOCK WATER , FISHERIES , OTHER 



IMPAIRMENT SEVERITY: MINOR OR NO INTERFERENCE ^THREATENED, NO INTERFERENCE BUT VOMIUD T9BO MOCEWATC. SOME IKIERFERBCE BUT 



USE NOT PRECLUDED SEVERE, USE PRECLUDED 



WERE WATER SAMPLES OBTAINED? YES, NO. IF YES, WHAT ANALYSES WILL BE PERFORMED? WHAT PRESERVATIVES WERE USED? 



GIVE RESULTS, IF ANY 



RIVER THAT THE STREAM BEING ASSESSED IS A TRIBUTARY TO. 



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