White River - First Branch

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Record: 64 Segment ID: T7.01- Stream Name: Jones Pond Brook

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Rapid Habitat Assessment
RHA Reference Stream Type	Step-Pool		Stream Gradient Type
Dominant Bedform	Step-Pool	(Phase 1, Step 2.11)

	Overal Physical Habitat Condition
Habitat Assessment Scores
6.1	Woody Debris Cover	13
6.2	Bed Substrate Cover	9
6.3	Scour and Deposition Features	9
6.4	Channel Morphology	11
6.5	Hydrologic Characteristics	11
6.6	Connectivity	6
		Left	Right
6.7	River Banks	5	5
6.8	Riparian Area	3	4
6.9	Total Score	76
	Percentage	48
	Fair (Major Departure)
	SHTD Existing Habitat Type	Riffle-Pool

Legacy Habitat Assessment Scores
6.1	Epifaunal Substrate - Available Cover
6.2	Pool Substrate
6.3	Pool Variability
6.4	Sediment Deposition
6.5	Channel Flow Status
6.6	Channel Alteration
6.7	Channel Sinuosity
		Left	Right
6.8	Bank Stability
6.9	Bank Vegetation Protection
6.10	Riparian Vegetation Zone Width
	Total Score	0
	Condition Rating	0.00
6.11	Habitat Stream Condition

Comments

Likely that without the two culverts in short succession this is a step-pool system and the riffle-pool system is a departure from reference, particularly given subslope a. Riffle-pool features likely due in part to aggradation downstream of long run of ledge (next reach US).