Middlebury River

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Record: 36 Segment ID: T4.03- Stream Name: South Branch Middlebury River

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Channel Bed and Planform Changes
5.1	Bar Types
	Mid Bar	1
	Point Bar	5
	Side Bar	0
	Diagonal Bar	0
	Delta Bar	0
	Island Bar	0
5.2	Migration Features
	Flood Chutes	4
	Neck Cutoffs	1
	Channel Avulsions	0
	Braiding	0
5.3	Steep Riffles and Head Cuts
	Steep Riffles	2
	Head Cuts	0
	Tributary Rejuvenation	No
5.4	Stream Ford or Animal Crossing	No
5.5	Channel Alterations
	Straightening	None
	Straightening Length	0 ft.
	Dredging	None

Comments:
Reach segmented and data updated in 2008, relying on 2003 SMRC Phase 2 field observations and 2001 USFS cross section, pebble counts. Slight reduction in valley width (locally) by VT Rt 125, but not sufficient to cause change in overall valley confinement (Very Broad). Some sections with Broad valley confinement. Spirit in Nature footpath along LB corridor not indexed as Improved Path. Revetment indexed along LB is cabled hemlock and LWD installed along base of eroding LB terrace downstream of the Robert Frost Interpretive Trail bridge at the upstream end of the segment (possibly USFS involved in bank stabilization?).