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Record: 2    Segment ID: M01-    Stream Name: Cold River

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Channel Bed and Planform Changes  
5.1 Bar Types  
  Mid Bar 4
  Point Bar 0
  Side Bar 5
  Diagonal Bar 1
  Delta Bar 0
  Island Bar 1
5.2 Migration Features  
  Flood Chutes 2
  Neck Cutoffs 0
  Channel Avulsions 0
  Braiding 0
5.3 Steep Riffles and Head Cuts  
  Steep Riffles 1
  Head Cuts 0
  Tributary Rejuvenation No
5.4 Stream Ford or Animal Crossing No
5.5 Channel Alterations  
  Straightening With Windrowing
  Straightening Length 5,098 ft.
  Dredging Commercial Mining,Dredging

Comments:
Segment has seen extensive channel straightening, dredging and windrowing. Several channel constricting structures will likley need ongoing maintenance, or see high degrees of instability upstream and downstream. Located at a major break in slope and near the end of the river the loss of floodplain attenuation in this segment is likely exacerbating the instability in segment A. Although limitations exist due to structures and residences in the corridor, a berm removal or relocation project may be feasible in some areas of this reach in order to allow for some floodplain attenuation. An industrial water diversion exists at the top of this segment.