Battenkill River

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Record: 67 Segment ID: T6.02- Stream Name: West Branch

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Channel Bed and Planform Changes
5.1	Bar Types
	Mid Bar	0
	Point Bar	0
	Side Bar	0
	Diagonal Bar	0
	Delta Bar	0
	Island Bar	1
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	2,704 ft.
	Dredging	Dredging

Comments:
Short stretch dredged out where debris jam is forcing flooding of right bank. Dredging is to create new channel on floodplain to encourage better drainage. Segmented due to marshy wetland area, which has been made segment B.