Lower Passumpsic

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Record: 37 Segment ID: T5.02- Stream Name: Wheelock Brook

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Channel Bed and Planform Changes
5.1	Bar Types
	Mid Bar	2
	Point Bar	4
	Side Bar	1
	Diagonal Bar	0
	Delta Bar	0
	Island Bar	0
5.2	Migration Features
	Flood Chutes	0
	Neck Cutoffs	0
	Channel Avulsions	0
	Braiding	0
5.3	Steep Riffles and Head Cuts
	Steep Riffles	0
	Head Cuts	0
	Tributary Rejuvenation	No
5.4	Stream Ford or Animal Crossing	No
5.5	Channel Alterations
	Straightening	Straightening
	Straightening Length	487 ft.
	Dredging	Dredging

Comments:
This reach is highly incised and entrenched due to historic armoring to protect agricultural fields and roads. Some slumping and erosion was observed in the lower reach, but banks were relatively stable throughout. Bar formation was minimal within the narrow channel, indicating sediment transport through the reach. Revetments are primarily rip-rap. stacked stone hard bank armoring was observed on the right and left banks along a house foundations, old mill abutment, and the abutments for the Chamberlain covered bridge. Total hard bank armoring length is approximately 180 feet.