ODFW AQUATIC INVENTORY PROJECT STREAM REPORT STREAM: Spring Creek BASIN: Powder River DATES: July 20 - 21, 2009 SURVEY CREW: Emily Zimmermann / Nichole Bushey REPORT PREPARED BY: Staci Stein USGS MAPS: Glasgow Butte ECOREGION: Blue Mountain Basin and Upland BASIN AREA: 11.41 km 2 STREAM ORDER: 2 FIRST ORDER TRIBUTARIES: 4 HUC NUMBER: 17050203 LLID: 1174359448313 REACH DESCRIPTION: Reach 1: (T08S-R43E-S34NW) Length 1,540 meters. The Spring Creek habitat survey began at the confluence with the Powder River and ended upstream from the trail that crosses BLM land. The stream channel was predominately constrained by hillslopes in a moderate V-shaped narrow valley floor. The average valley width index was 5.3 (range: 1.5-9.0). Land use was light grazing. The average unit gradient was 5.2 percent. Eighty-four percent of the stream channel was dry. There were short puddled sections intermittent throughout the stream survey. The substrate was primarily composed of gravel (26%), fine sediment (24%), and cobble (23%). Wood volume was 0.2m 3 /100m. Grasses and shrubs were the dominant riparian vegetation. The stream channel was very brushy and difficult to see. COMMENTS: Several small unidentifiable fish were observed in the wetted channel areas. Deer were noted in the valley basin and old beaver chewings were noted. Because the stream was extremely brushy, the crew did estimate some units.
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ODFW AQUATIC INVENTORY PROJECT
STREAM REPORT
STREAM: Spring Creek BASIN: Powder River DATES: July 20 - 21, 2009 SURVEY CREW: Emily Zimmermann / Nichole Bushey REPORT PREPARED BY: Staci Stein USGS MAPS: Glasgow Butte ECOREGION: Blue Mountain Basin and Upland BASIN AREA: 11.41 km2 STREAM ORDER: 2 FIRST ORDER TRIBUTARIES: 4 HUC NUMBER: 17050203 LLID: 1174359448313 REACH DESCRIPTION: Reach 1: (T08S-R43E-S34NW) Length 1,540 meters. The Spring Creek habitat survey
began at the confluence with the Powder River and ended upstream from the trail that crosses BLM land. The stream channel was predominately constrained by hillslopes in a moderate V-shaped narrow valley floor. The average valley width index was 5.3 (range: 1.5-9.0). Land use was light grazing. The average unit gradient was 5.2 percent. Eighty-four percent of the stream channel was dry. There were short puddled sections intermittent throughout the stream survey. The substrate was primarily composed of gravel (26%), fine sediment (24%), and cobble (23%). Wood volume was 0.2m3/100m. Grasses and shrubs were the dominant riparian vegetation. The stream channel was very brushy and difficult to see.
COMMENTS: Several small unidentifiable fish were observed in the wetted channel areas. Deer were noted in the valley basin and old beaver chewings were noted. Because the stream was extremely brushy, the crew did estimate some units.
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SPRING CREEK (POWDER RIVER BASIN) SUMMER-2009
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PERCENT SILT AND ORGANICS
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PERCENT SILT, ORGANICS, AND SAND
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SPRING CREEK (POWDER RIVER BASIN) SUMMER-2009
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PERCENT GRAVEL
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SPRING CREEK (POWDER RIVER BASIN) SUMMER-2009
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PERCENT BEDROCK
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NUMBER OF BOULDERS (running average per 100 m.)
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DEPTH (meters)
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PIECES OF LARGE WOOD
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VOLUME OF LARGE WOOD (cubic meters)
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KEYPIECES OF LARGE WOOD
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFEHABITAT INVENTORY Survey Date: 7/20/2009Report Date: 11/19/2009
SPRING CREEK
REACH 1 REACH 1T08S-R43E-S34NWValley and Channel Summary