stream ecosystem assessment group 1 camp caesar august 2003
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Stream Ecosystem AssessmentGroup 1
Camp Caesar
August 2003
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Group 1 Study Sites
• Birch River
• Craig’s Run
• Big Rough Run
• South Fork Cranberry River
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Birch River – General Description
• Watershed– Elk River– 48.41 km^2– Mixed (Ag., Forest, Residential)– Moderate NPS; low local erosion
• 3rd Order• Perennial• Coldwater stream• LB: Forest (Sycamore, Alder);RB: Narrow Riparian Zone
(due to road)• Low LWD• Aquatic Veg. (Sedge: 2%, Biofilm: 85%)• Sediment Type – Boulder/Cobble Bed
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Birch River – General Description
• Geology– Stream origin: Non-Glacial Montane– Rock types:
• Pottsville sandstone – low buffering cap.• Conemaugh shale – moderate buffering cap.
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Birch River – General Description
• Sampling Conditions– Cloud Cover: 90%– Air Temp: 75 F– Hvy rainfall in last several days
• Visual Condition– High canopy cover– Low erosion stream banks adj. road
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Birch River - Stream Flow
• Channel Data– Wetted width = 9 m– Avg depth = 0.28 m– Cross sectional area = 2.45 m^2– Avg velocity = 0.36 m^2
• Discharge Q = 1.05 m^3/sec
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Birch River – Water Quality
Stream/ Time pH Temp. Cond. DO TDS Acidity Total Hard Ca Hard Mg Hard AlkalinitySite # (oC) (μS/cm) (mg/L) (g/L) Mg/L Grains/gal Grains/gal Grains/gal Mg/L
Birch River down stream 1.1 12:35 7.23 18.84 314 9.83 0.204 0 10 6 4 60Birch River down stream 1.2 12:00 7.58 18.93 315 9.76 0.205 0 80Birch River down stream 1.3 13:54 7.68 19.11 315 9.75 0.205 0 80Birch River down stream 1.4 13:15 7.58 18.93 315 9.76 0.205 0 60
AVERAGE 7.52 18.95 314.75 9.78 0.20 0 10 6 4 70
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Birch RiverEPA Rapid Visual Habitat Assessment
• Epifaunal Substrate/Vegetative Cover• Embeddedness• Velocity/Depth Regime• Sediment Deposition• Channel Flow Status• Channel Alteration• Frequency of Riffles• Bank Stability• Vegetative Protection• Riparian Vegetative Zone Width
151420151713209/96/67/5Total = 156 (78%)
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Birch River – Benthic Invertebrates
Indices Score% EPT Abundance 71.3
EPT Richness 10% Generally Tolerant 12.5
% Ephemeroptera 9.7Modified Hilsenhoff Index 4.7
% Dominance 50.0Taxa Richness 18
78.860.6
Site Name Stream Rating Scale - SCIExcellent Good Marginal Poor
Birch river > 85.0 85.0 - 70.0 69.9 - 55.0 < 55.0Site Code Stream Rating Scale - S0S
Excellent Good Marginal Poor0 > 22.0 17.0-22.0 11.0-16.0 < 11.0
% Correlation95.183.379.710.0
Acid SCI
84.940.090.0
WVSCI
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Birch River – Fish
Stream NameBIRCH RIVER
# NATIVE CYPRINID SPECIES 7# BENTHIC SPECIES 10
PROPORTION COTTIDS 2SENSITIVE SPECIES RICHNESS 10
PROPORTION TOLERANT INDIVIDUALS 9PROPORTION NON-INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS 10
PROPORTION I-P INDIVIDUALS 10PROPORTION MACRO-OMNIVORES 10
PROPORTION CG SPECIES 10
FINAL IBI SCORE 87
COLDWATER IBI SCORE 0
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Birch River – Overall Condition Score
Observed ComponentReference Data Score
Ca:H > 100 3377 100Conductivity (microsiemens /cm2/s) < 150 315 53Manganese Conc. (mg/L) < 0.15 0.03 100Fecal Coliform < 100 2 100
EPA RVHA > 170 178 100
WV SCI (STANDARD) > 85 79 93WV SCI (ACID) > 85 61 72
MAH IBI > 85 87 100Overal Site Condition GENERAL IMPACT 89Overal Site Condition ACID (PRECIP) 93Overal Site Condition ACID (AMD) 85
Overall Stream Condition Score
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Group 1.4Sue Byrd & Renee Fleshman
Big Rough Run
Stream Assessment
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Big Rough RunGeneral Description
• Cranberry River
• 6.99 km2 basin area (1.05 m3/s)
• Pottsville Sandstone
• Cranberry Wilderness
• Impacted by road
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Big Rough RunWater Quality
• pH= 4.96
• Conductivity = 27 µs/cm3
• Total Hardness = 34 mg/l CaCO3
• Alkalinity = 0 mg/l CaCO3
• Indicates sterile acidic conditions
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Big Rough RunEPA Rapid Visual Habitat Assessment
• Epifaunal Substrate/Vegetative Cover• Embeddedness• Velocity/Depth Regime• Sediment Deposition• Channel Flow Status• Channel Alteration• Frequency of Riffles• Bank Stability• Vegetative Protection• Riparian Vegetative Zone Width
1912169712207/79/99/6Total = 142 (71%)
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Big Rough Run – Benthic Invertebrates
Indices Score % Correlation
% EPT Abundance 72.1 96.1
EPT Richness 10 83.3
% Generally Tolerant 1.1 100.0
% Ephemeroptera 31.5 63.1
Modified Hilsenhoff Index 3.5 100.0
% Dominance 33.0 60.5
Taxa Richness 13 65.0
WVSCI 84.2
Acid SCI 74.4
Site Name Stream Rating Scale - SCI
Excellent Good Marginal Poor
Big Rough Run > 85.0 85.0 - 70.0 69.9 - 55.0 < 55.0
Site Code Stream Rating Scale - S0S
Excellent Good Marginal Poor
0 > 22.0 17.0-22.0 11.0-16.0 < 11.0
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Big Rough Run(Absence of Fish)
Site Code .
Stream NameBIG ROUGH
RUN# NATIVE CYPRINID SPECIES 1
# BENTHIC SPECIES 1PROPORTION COTTIDS 1
SENSITIVE SPECIES RICHNESS 1PROPORTION TOLERANT INDIVIDUALS 10
PROPORTION NON-INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS 10PROPORTION I-P INDIVIDUALS 1
PROPORTION MACRO-OMNIVORES 10PROPORTION CG SPECIES 1
FINAL IBI SCORE 40
Coldwater IBI Score 0
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Big Rough Run
Observed ComponentReference Data Score
Ca:H > 100 0 10Conductivity (microsiemens /cm2/s) < 150 27 100Manganese Conc. (mg/L) < 0.15 . .Fecal Coliform < 100 10 100
EPA RVHA > 170 142 53
WV SCI > 85 84 99WV SCI (ACID) > 85 74 88
MAH IBI > 85 40 47Overal Site Condition GENERAL IMPACT 80Overal Site Condition ACID (PRECIP) 49Overal Site Condition ACID (AMD) 72
Overall Stream Condition Score
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Stream Ecosystem AssessmentGroup 1.2
CRAIGS RUN
Camp Caesar
August 2003
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Craigs Run – General Description
• Williams/Gauley Watershed
• 8.71 km2 Basin Area (Discharge = 0.04m3/s)
• Forest Land Use (Monongahela National Forest)
• Aggrading Stream: Cobble/Gravel
• Mauch Chunk & Pottsville Geology
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Craigs Run – Water Quality
•pH – 7.47
•Conductivity – 32 microsiemens/cm^3
•Total Hardness – 17 mg/L CaCO3
•Alkalinity – 20 mg/L CaCO3
•Data Indicates Relatively Sterile Basin
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Craigs RunEPA Rapid Visual Habitat Assessment
• Epifaunal Substrate/Vegetative Cover• Embeddedness• Velocity/Depth Regime• Sediment Deposition• Channel Flow Status• Channel Alteration• Frequency of Riffles• Bank Stability• Vegetative Protection• Riparian Vegetative Zone Width
1819105714196/48/810/10Total = 138 (69%)
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Craigs Run– Benthic Invertebrates
Indices Score% EPT Abundance 90.1
EPT Richness 10% Generally Tolerant 3.3
% Ephemeroptera 9.4Modified Hilsenhoff Index 3.4
% Dominance 42.7Taxa Richness 17
85.965.0
Site Name Stream Rating Scale - SCIExcellent Good Marginal Poor
craigs run > 85.0 85.0 - 70.0 69.9 - 55.0 < 55.0Site Code Stream Rating Scale - S0S
Excellent Good Marginal Poor
0 > 22.0 17.0-22.0 11.0-16.0 < 11.0
% Correlation100.083.3100.010.0
Acid SCI
100.046.885.0
WVSCI
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Craigs Run - Fish
Stream NameCRAIG'S
RUN
# NATIVE CYPRINID SPECIES 1# BENTHIC SPECIES 3
PROPORTION COTTIDS 4SENSITIVE SPECIES RICHNESS 1
PROPORTION TOLERANT INDIVIDUALS 2PROPORTION NON-INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS 10
PROPORTION I-P INDIVIDUALS 10PROPORTION MACRO-OMNIVORES 10
PROPORTION CG SPECIES 1
FINAL IBI SCORE 47
COLDWATER IBI SCORE 0
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CRAIGS RUN
Observed ComponentReference Data Score
Ca:H > 100 502 100Conductivity (microsiemens /cm2/s) < 150 32 100Manganese Conc. (mg/L) < 0.15 0 100Fecal Coliform < 100 0 100
EPA RVHA > 170 138 48
WV SCI (STANDARD) > 85 86 100WV SCI (ACID) > 85 65 76
MAH IBI > 85 47 55Overal Site Condition GENERAL IMPACT 81Overal Site Condition ACID (PRECIP) 70Overal Site Condition ACID (AMD) 76
Overall Stream Condition Score
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Stream Ecosystem AssessmentGroup 1.3
(G. Boyd, A. Dobson, D. Redgate)
South Fork Cranberry River
August 2003
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South Fork Cranberry River – General Description
• Cranberry River
• 45.81 km2 basin area (1.07 m3/s)
• Mauch Chunk Shale & Sandstone
• Cranberry Wilderness
• Dominated by headwater bog – humic acids
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South Fork Cranberry River – Water Quality
• pH= 7.53
• Conductivity = 34.75 µs/cm3 (Average)
• Total Hardness = 1 mg/l CaCO3
• Alkalinity = 0.4 mg/l CaCO3
• Circum-neutral, softwater stream
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South Fork Cranberry River -EPA Rapid Visual Habitat Assessment
• Epifaunal Substrate/Vegetative Cover• Embeddedness• Velocity/Depth Regime• Sediment Deposition• Channel Flow Status• Channel Alteration• Frequency of Riffles• Bank Stability• Vegetative Protection• Riparian Vegetative Zone Width
161615151617199/89/99/9Total = 166 (83%)
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South Fork Cranberry River – Benthic Invertebrates
Indices Score% EPT Abundance 83.5
EPT Richness 11% Generally Tolerant 1.2
% Ephemeroptera 20.5Modified Hilsenhoff Index 3.4
% Dominance 22.2Taxa Richness 18
95.382.6
Site Name Stream Rating Scale - SCIExcellent Good Marginal Poor
South Fork Cranberry River > 85.0 85.0 - 70.0 69.9 - 55.0 < 55.0Site Code Stream Rating Scale - S0S
Excellent Good Marginal Poor
0 > 22.0 17.0-22.0 11.0-16.0 < 11.0
% Correlation100.091.7100.040.9
Acid SCI
100.090.390.0
WVSCI
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South Fork Cranberry River – Fish
Stream NameSOUTH FK
CRANBERRY
# NATIVE CYPRINID SPECIES 5# BENTHIC SPECIES 4
PROPORTION COTTIDS 1SENSITIVE SPECIES RICHNESS 10
PROPORTION TOLERANT INDIVIDUALS 3PROPORTION NON-INDIGENOUS INDIVIDUALS 1
PROPORTION I-P INDIVIDUALS 10PROPORTION MACRO-OMNIVORES 7
PROPORTION CG SPECIES 10
FINAL IBI SCORE 57
COLDWATER IBI SCORE 40
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South Fork Cranberry River
Observed ComponentReference Data Score
Ca:H > 100 3456 100Conductivity (microsiemens /cm2/s) < 150 34.75 100Manganese Conc. (mg/L) < 0.15 0.02 100Fecal Coliform < 100 250 66
EPA RVHA > 170 166 93
WV SCI (STANDARD) > 85 93.5 100WV SCI (ACID) > 85 83.6 98
MAH IBI > 85 56 66Overal Site Condition GENERAL IMPACT 85Overal Site Condition ACID (PRECIP) 89Overal Site Condition ACID (AMD) 92
Overall Stream Condition Score
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Summary
• Birch River
• Craig’s Run
• Big Rough Run
• South Fork Cranberry River