Comments:
Although valley is broader, primary difference between this segment and the upstream segment is banks and buffers. Horse shed and pasture close to stream though crossing to paddock is in next segment downstream due to change in slope. Sand D50 substrate may be due in part to sedimentation related to recent flood impacts and lack of buffers; surrounding soils are loamy sands over sand or glaciofluvial outwash terraces. Limited steps occur in localized areas of higher slope. Bridge in segment is a VAST snowmobile xing. Quite possible the stream was ditched through these fields historically, contributing to current reduced sinuosity (atypical of E-type stream in this setting).