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Record: 1    Segment ID: M01-    Stream Name: Cold River

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Channel Bed and Planform Changes  
5.1 Bar Types  
  Mid Bar 2
  Point Bar 3
  Side Bar 2
  Diagonal Bar 1
  Delta Bar 0
  Island Bar 1
5.2 Migration Features  
  Flood Chutes 2
  Neck Cutoffs 0
  Channel Avulsions 0
  Braiding 3
5.3 Steep Riffles and Head Cuts  
  Steep Riffles 0
  Head Cuts 0
  Tributary Rejuvenation No
5.4 Stream Ford or Animal Crossing Yes
5.5 Channel Alterations  
  Straightening With Windrowing
  Straightening Length 39 ft.
  Dredging Dredging

Comments:
Segment runs through agricultural land currently farmed by Jesse Billings. Banks turn into silt/clay near confluence with Otter Creek and bank height as well is may be influenced by bankfull height of Otter Creek at downstream end. High degree of bank erosion and channel adjustment. Lots of LWD recruitment. Although some areas are in need of better shade, habitat in this reach is good (despite embedded substrates) - good depth cover and LWD in channel. Continued investment in channel management will be necessary in order to keep channel in relative location, however this area is highly dynamic and should be expected to always be undergoing extreme adjustment, especially during flood events as the river reacts to changes in sediment transport and hydrology in the watershed upstream.