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ODFW AQUATIC INVENTORIES PROJECT
STREAM REPORT
STREAM: Little South Fork Smith River LLID: 1234665437747 BASIN: Smith River Basin HUC NUMBER: 17100303 SURVEY DATES: August 18-24, 2009 USGS MAPS: Beaver Creek ECOREGION: Mid-coast Sedimentary STREAM ORDER: 2 BASIN AREA: 10.9km2 FIRST ORDER TRIBUTARIES: 4 SURVEY CREW: Derrick Wheeler and Jim Nunnally REPORT PREPARED BY: Peggy Kavanagh GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The Little South Fork Smith River habitat survey began at its confluence with the South Fork
Smith River and ended upstream 3960 meters in the midst of impenetrable brush. Three reaches were designated based on tributary contributions. The landuses were second-growth timber (15-30cm dbh) and timber harvest. The substrate was primarily gravel and fine sediment. The habitat was dominated by scour pool; a quarter of the stream was dry. Hardwoods 3-15cm dbh were most frequently noted in the riparian zone.
REACH DESCRIPTIONS: Reach 1 – T21S-R07W-S01SE – 1212 meters – Reach 1 extended 1212 meters from the
confluence with South Fork Smith River to the confluence of Little South Fork Smith River Tributary A. The channel was constrained by high terraces in a broad valley. The average valley width index was 16.6 (range: 11.0-20.0). The average gradient was 0.6 percent. The landuse was second-growth timber. The dominant instream habitat was scour pool (75%); the primary substrates were gravel (59%) and fine sediment (25%). Riffle habitat contained eleven percent fines and sixty-eight percent gravel. Wood volume was 10.8m3/100m. The trees found most frequently in the riparian zone were hardwoods 3-15cm dbh (based on 2 riparian transects).
Reach 2 – T21S-R07W-S01SE - 2061 meters – Reach 2 spanned 2061 meters from the Little
South Fork Smith River Tributary A to Little South Fork Smith River Tributary B. The channel was constrained by high terraces in a broad valley. The average valley width index was 17.4 (range: 12.0-20.0). The landuse was second-growth timber. The average gradient was 0.8 percent. Thirty-six percent of the habitat was dry. The wetted habitat was mostly scour pool (46%) and beaver pond (9%). The substrate was primarily fine sediment (36%) and gravel (53%). Riffle habitat had twenty-four percent fines and seventy-four percent gravel. Wood volume was 6.2m3/100m. Hardwood trees 3-15cm dbh were the trees found most frequently in the riparian zone (based on 3 riparian transects).
Reach 3 – T21S-R07W-S12NE – 686 meters – Reach 3 extended 686 meters from Little South Fork Smith River Tributary B to the survey end. The channel was constrained by high terraces in a broad valley. The average valley width index was 9.5 (range: 1.5-20.0). The average gradient was 1.5 percent. The landuses were second-growth timber and timber harvest. Forty-two percent of the habitat was dry; wetted habitat was primarily scour pool (30%) and riffle (23%). The primary substrates were gravel (51%) and fine sediment (26%). Riffle habitat contained fifteen percent fines and forty-four percent gravel. Wood volume was 7.6m3/100m. The trees found most frequently in the riparian zone were hardwoods 3-15cm dbh (based on 2 riparian transects).
COMMENTS:
Fish were seen throughout the survey, from the first unit to the last (unit 205, 3875m). Juvenile fish (juv fish) was a catch-all for unidentified salmonids. Identified fish species were noted in the Comment Summary and included trout. No potential barriers to fish movement were noted. Wildlife sightings included deer track, beaver activity, rough-skinned newt, crayfish, bees, and garter snake.
The following has been transcribed from the crew’s field notebook: 08/17/09 – Unit 1-94 08/18/09 – Unit 95-146 – Unit 113 estimated. It was an LP but has been made a MX due to extreme bee densities. Unit 131 metric. Sorry about length from last metric, long beaver pools and nearly chocked units prohibited. Day 1 (08/17/09) was easy surveying. Long to short riffles to pools. A lot of bedrock. Wide active channel and little overhead growth made walking easy. Day 2 (08/18/09) was a totally different story. From the get go we hit heavy brush. A few units up we found the culprit. Beaver. Extremely slow going. Walking up through brush or crawling on our bellies. Slogging up heavily silted beaver pools. By days end, however, we had reached wide open dry and puddled units. Still wide active channel. Low gradients throughout. Many dry units encompassed dry LP. Had to call MX around an LP that contained a swarm of bees. 08/24/09 – Unit 147-190 – Late start after getting to office, driving to site, and setting camp. The day started off fine but became brushier with active channel narrowing. Low gradient. 08/25/09 – Unit 191-205 – Brushy throughout but we came to completely impassible areas. Swimming over brush was the only thing possible to make any progress. After a while of cursing at our progress, abt 10m in 10 min, we called a MX. We got out and fought our way upstream along the hillside in still heavy brush. We never came to an area that cleared. We called End Survey where we got out. I hated to but progress was impossible and we couldn’t even see our feet in the stream below us.
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TRIBUTARY
DEBRIS JAM
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100PERCENT SHADE
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100PERCENT SILT AND ORGANICS
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LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER (SMITH RIVER BASIN) 2009 SUMMER
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100PERCENT SILT, ORGANICS, AND SAND
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LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER (SMITH RIVER BASIN) 2009 SUMMER
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100PERCENT GRAVEL
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LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER (SMITH RIVER BASIN) 2009 SUMMER
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100PERCENT BEDROCK
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LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER (SMITH RIVER BASIN) 2009 SUMMER
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100NUMBER OF BOULDERS (running average per 100 m.)
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LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER (SMITH RIVER BASIN) 2009 SUMMER
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0POOLS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.75 METERS DEEP
DEPTH (meters)
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100PIECES OF LARGE WOOD
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100VOLUME OF LARGE WOOD (cubic meters)
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1KEYPIECES OF LARGE WOOD
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFEHABITAT INVENTORY Survey Date: 8/17/2009Report Date: 2/18/2010
Little SF Smith River
REACH 1 REACH 1T21S-R07W-S01SEValley and Channel Summary
Narrow Valley Floor Broad Valley Floor Valley Characteristics (Percent Reach Length)
Steep V-shapeModerate V-shapeOpen V-shape
Constraining TerracesMultiple TerracesWide Floodplain
Valley Width Index
Channel Morphology (Percent Reach Length)
Hillslope
Constrained Unconstrained
BedrockTerraceAlt. Terrace/HillLanduse
Single ChannelMultiple ChannelBraided Channel
Channel Characteristics
Type Length (m) Area (m2) Dry Units
PrimarySecondary
Channel Dimensions (m)Wetted Active Floodprone First Terrace
Width:Depth:
Width:Height:
W:D ratio: Entrenchment (ACW:FPW ratio):Stream Flow Type:Average Unit Gradient:
Habitat Units/100m (total channel length):
0%0%
0%0%
100%
0%0%0%
0%0%0%
100%0%0%
16.6 VWI Range: 11 - 20
79 19011
1,212 4,870
3.40.42
5.90.2
8.10.4
9.91.1
32.2 1.4LF0.6%
5.3
Riparian, Bank, and Wood SummaryPrimary Secondary
Land Use:Riparian Vegetation:
STD30 S
Bank Condition and Shade
Bank Status Percent Reach Length Shade (% of 180)
Reach avg:Undercut Banks:
Large Wood DebrisTotal Total / 100m primary channel
All pieces (>=3m x 0.15m):Volume (m ):Key pieces (>=12m x 0.60m):
110130
5
9.110.8
0.4
6%10%
91%Actively Eroding:
15.0 15.0Water temperature (°C): -
42Range: 100 -
3
5n = 5n =
( 6.7 - 9.2( 0.3 - 0.4
( 8.9 - 10.9( 0.9 - 1.3
))
))
5.7Habitat Units/100m (primary channel length):
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFEHABITAT INVENTORY Survey Date: 8/17/2009Report Date: 2/18/2010
Little SF Smith River
REACH 2 REACH 2T21S-R07W-S01SEValley and Channel Summary
Narrow Valley Floor Broad Valley Floor Valley Characteristics (Percent Reach Length)
Steep V-shapeModerate V-shapeOpen V-shape
Constraining TerracesMultiple TerracesWide Floodplain
Valley Width Index
Channel Morphology (Percent Reach Length)
Hillslope
Constrained Unconstrained
BedrockTerraceAlt. Terrace/HillLanduse
Single ChannelMultiple ChannelBraided Channel
Channel Characteristics
Type Length (m) Area (m2) Dry Units
PrimarySecondary
Channel Dimensions (m)Wetted Active Floodprone First Terrace
Width:Depth:
Width:Height:
W:D ratio: Entrenchment (ACW:FPW ratio):Stream Flow Type:Average Unit Gradient:
Habitat Units/100m (total channel length):
0%0%
0%0%
100%
0%0%0%
0%0%0%
100%0%0%
17.4 VWI Range: 12 - 20
33 4915
12,061 6,533
2.90.34
3.50.1
5.40.3
8.01.0
26.4 1.7LF0.8%
4.6
Riparian, Bank, and Wood SummaryPrimary Secondary
Land Use:Riparian Vegetation:
STD30 S
Bank Condition and Shade
Bank Status Percent Reach Length Shade (% of 180)
Reach avg:Undercut Banks:
Large Wood DebrisTotal Total / 100m primary channel
All pieces (>=3m x 0.15m):Volume (m ):Key pieces (>=12m x 0.60m):
191127
1
9.36.20.0
9%5%
94%Actively Eroding:
14.0 14.0Water temperature (°C): -
61Range: 100 -
3
8n = 8n =
( 3.1 - 6.8( 0.2 - 0.3
( 5.5 - 9.8( 0.6 - 1.6
))
))
4.7Habitat Units/100m (primary channel length):
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFEHABITAT INVENTORY Survey Date: 8/17/2009Report Date: 2/18/2010
Little SF Smith River
REACH 3 REACH 3T21S-R07W-S12NEValley and Channel Summary
Narrow Valley Floor Broad Valley Floor Valley Characteristics (Percent Reach Length)
Steep V-shapeModerate V-shapeOpen V-shape
Constraining TerracesMultiple TerracesWide Floodplain
Valley Width Index
Channel Morphology (Percent Reach Length)
Hillslope
Constrained Unconstrained
BedrockTerraceAlt. Terrace/HillLanduse
Single ChannelMultiple ChannelBraided Channel
Channel Characteristics
Type Length (m) Area (m2) Dry Units
PrimarySecondary
Channel Dimensions (m)Wetted Active Floodprone First Terrace
Width:Depth:
Width:Height:
W:D ratio: Entrenchment (ACW:FPW ratio):Stream Flow Type:Average Unit Gradient:
Habitat Units/100m (total channel length):
0%0%
0%0%
100%
0%0%0%
0%0%0%
100%0%0%
9.5 VWI Range: 1.5 - 20
0 090
686 1,485
2.60.26
3.60.1
4.80.2
7.91.1
36.4 1.3LF1.5%
5.7
Riparian, Bank, and Wood SummaryPrimary Secondary
Land Use:Riparian Vegetation:
STD30
THS
Bank Condition and Shade
Bank Status Percent Reach Length Shade (% of 180)
Reach avg:Undercut Banks:
Large Wood DebrisTotal Total / 100m primary channel
All pieces (>=3m x 0.15m):Volume (m ):Key pieces (>=12m x 0.60m):
8852
1
12.87.60.1
7%5%
96%Actively Eroding:
13.0 13.0Water temperature (°C): -
86Range: 100 -
3
5n = 4n =
( 3.1 - 8( 0.2 - 0.2
( 5.9 - 12( 0.8 - 1.4
))
))
5.7Habitat Units/100m (primary channel length):
REACH 1 REACH 1T21S-R07W-S01SEHABITAT DETAIL
Habitat Type Number Total Avg Total Large Substrate
Percent Wetted Area Units Length Width
Avg
Depth Area Boulders (m) (m) (m) (m )2 (#>0.5m) S/O Snd Grvl Cbl Bldr Bdrk
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT INVENTORY Survey Date: 8/17/2009Report Date: 2/18/2010
Little SF Smith River
1DRY UNIT 10 3.8 0.00 36 0 0 10 10 80 0 03POOL-ALCOVE 23 2.8 0.68 69 0 47 46 7 0 0 0
32POOL-LATERAL SCOUR 839 4.3 0.74 3,747 31 10 25 52 3 1 92POOL-PLUNGE 12 6.3 0.45 63 3 0 8 64 3 3 241PUDDLED UNIT 24 2.1 0.25 50 0 0 10 86 5 0 0
16RIFFLE 332 2.7 0.10 980 2 0 11 68 11 0 101STEP/BEDROCK 5 0.2 0.05 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100
11STEP/COBBLE 43 2.2 0.06 94 0 0 7 82 10 0 02STEP/LOG 4 3.9 0.01 19 0 0 10 90 0 0 0
HABITAT SUMMARY
POOL SUMMARY
69 1,291 3.4 0.42 5,059 36 7 18 59 7 1 9Total:
Habitat Group Number Total Avg
Wetted Area Large Boulders Units Length Width
Avg
DepthNumber (m) (m) (m) )
2(# / 100mPercent
Scour PoolsGlidesRifflesRapidsCascadesStep/FallsDry
Dammed & BW Pools 6923 2.8 0.683 1.37%3,810851 4.4 0.7234 75.31%
000 0.00%980332 2.7 0.1016 19.37%
000 0.00%000 0.00%
11452 2.3 0.0514 2.24%
Culverts8734 3.0 0.132 1.71%
000 0.00%
034
0200000
0.0
0.00.2
0.00.00.00.0
Total Total of all Channel Lengths
All Pools:
Pools >=1m deep:
Complex pools (LWD pieces>=3):
Pool frequency (channel widths/pool):
37
Residual pool depth (avg):
28.7
0.705.9
6
10
4.6
7.7
(m )2
0.0
0.9
Avg:
30.5
4.9
8.2
# / Km Primary Channel Length
# / Km
REACH 2 REACH 2T21S-R07W-S01SE
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT INVENTORY Survey Date: 8/17/2009Report Date: 3/10/2010
Little SF Smith River
HABITAT DETAIL
Habitat Type Number Total Avg Total Large Substrate Percent Wetted Area Units Length Width
AvgDepth Area Boulders
(m) (m) (m) (m )2
(#>0.5m) S/O Snd Grvl Cbl Bldr Bdrk
1DRY CHANNEL 13 1.7 0.00 22 0 0 10 80 10 0 09DRY UNIT 629 3.6 0.00 2,133 5 3 21 68 6 1 11MIX OF HABITATS 18 1.0 0.00 18 0 17 17 17 17 17 171POOL-ALCOVE 4 1.6 0.20 7 0 100 0 0 0 0 02POOL-BEAVER DAM 148 3.9 1.05 565 0 95 2 2 0 0 0
42POOL-LATERAL SCOUR 822 3.5 0.66 3,024 20 14 31 43 4 1 72POOL-PLUNGE 9 2.3 0.58 21 0 50 15 30 5 0 06PUDDLED UNIT 172 1.3 0.09 240 0 3 25 64 6 0 21RAPID/BOULDERS 15 1.6 0.05 23 0 0 10 85 5 0 0
10RIFFLE 182 1.7 0.05 332 0 8 14 74 5 0 02STEP/BEAVER DAM 3 3.8 0.02 12 0 100 0 0 0 0 02STEP/BEDROCK 15 2.6 0.06 37 0 0 5 0 0 0 95
14STEP/COBBLE 61 1.9 0.03 129 0 1 8 82 6 0 23STEP/LOG 3 5.2 0.02 15 0 0 17 78 5 0 01STEP/STRUCTURE 2 2.6 0.02 4 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
HABITAT SUMMARY
97 2,094 2.9 0.34 6,583 25 15 21 53 5 1 6Total:
Habitat Group Number Total Avg
Wetted Area Large Boulders Units Length Width
Avg
DepthNumber (m) (m) (m) )
2(# / 100mPercent
Scour PoolsGlidesRifflesRapidsCascadesStep/FallsDry
Dammed & BW Pools 572152 3.1 0.773 8.69%3,045831 3.4 0.6544 46.26%
000 0.00%332182 1.7 0.0510 5.05%
2315 1.6 0.051 0.35%000 0.00%
19783 2.6 0.0322 2.99%
Culverts2,395813 2.6 0.0316 36.39%
000 0.00%
020
0000050
0.0
0.00.0
0.00.00.20.0
(m )2
0.0
0.7
Avg:
REACH 2 REACH 2T21S-R07W-S01SE
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT INVENTORY Survey Date: 8/17/2009Report Date: 3/10/2010
Little SF Smith River
POOL SUMMARY
Total
All Pools:
Pools >=1m deep:
Complex pools (LWD pieces>=3):Pool frequency (channel widths/pool):
47
Residual pool depth (avg): 0.66
12.9
4
15
Total of all Channel Lengths
22.4
1.97.2
22.81.97.3
# / Km Primary Channel Length
# / Km
REACH 3 REACH 3T21S-R07W-S12NEHABITAT DETAIL
Habitat Type Number Total Avg Total Large Substrate
Percent Wetted Area Units Length Width
Avg
Depth Area Boulders (m) (m) (m) (m )2 (#>0.5m) S/O Snd Grvl Cbl Bldr Bdrk
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT INVENTORY Survey Date: 8/17/2009Report Date: 2/18/2010
Little SF Smith River
1CULVERT CROSSING 31 1.8 0.40 56 6 0 60 30 10 0 04DRY UNIT 112 3.5 0.00 384 14 0 14 73 14 0 0
14POOL-LATERAL SCOUR 145 2.8 0.54 396 22 1 35 50 11 2 12POOL-PLUNGE 11 4.4 0.48 47 0 0 28 48 15 10 05PUDDLED UNIT 190 1.2 0.11 239 0 2 25 58 15 0 08RIFFLE 190 1.8 0.08 333 79 0 15 44 30 10 01STEP/BOULDERS 2 2.6 0.02 4 4 0 5 35 20 40 01STEP/COBBLE 2 3.1 0.02 7 0 0 30 70 0 0 03STEP/LOG 4 4.5 0.02 19 4 0 15 47 20 18 0
HABITAT SUMMARY
POOL SUMMARY
39 686 2.6 0.26 1,485 129 1 25 51 17 6 0Total:
Habitat Group Number Total Avg
Wetted Area Large Boulders Units Length Width
Avg
DepthNumber (m) (m) (m) )
2(# / 100mPercent
Scour PoolsGlidesRifflesRapidsCascadesStep/FallsDry
Dammed & BW Pools 000 0.00%443156 3.0 0.5316 29.82%
000 0.00%333190 1.8 0.088 22.45%
000 0.00%000 0.00%
318 3.8 0.025 2.05%
Culverts622301 2.2 0.069 41.92%
5631 1.8 0.401 3.76%
022
079
008
146
0.0
0.023.7
0.026.2
2.210.8
Total Total of all Channel Lengths
All Pools:
Pools >=1m deep:
Complex pools (LWD pieces>=3):
Pool frequency (channel widths/pool):
16
Residual pool depth (avg):
23.3
0.5111.8
0
5
0.0
7.3
(m )2
0.0
5.0
Avg:
23.3
0.0
7.3
# / Km Primary Channel Length
# / Km
Number Total Avg Total Large Substrate Percent Wetted Area Units Length Width
AvgDepth Area Boulders
(m) (m) (m) (m )2
(#>0.5m)S/O Snd Grvl Cbl Bldr Bdrk
STREAM SUMMARY Little SF Smith River
Scour Pools
Glides
Riffles
Rapids
Cascades
Step/FallsDry
Dammed & BW Pools
Culverts
Wetted Area
Percent
76 0.58%7,863 59.90%
0 0.00%
1,645 12.54%
23 0.18%
0 0.00%
341 2.60%3,104 23.65%
56 0.43%
Habitat Group
(m )2
205 4,072 3.0 0.35 13,127 19010 21 55 8 2 6
Unsurveyed 18 0.14%
LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER 2009 HABITAT DISTRIBUTION
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DAM POOL SCOUR POOL GLIDE RIFFLE RAPID CASCADE STEP/FALL DRY
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^2)
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DAM POOL SCOUR POOL GLIDE RIFFLE RAPID CASCADE STEP/FALL DRY
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REACH 3
Summary of Riparian Zone (0-30m) transects
Total hardwoods/1000Total conifers/1000 ftTotal conifers >20" dbh/1000 ftTotal conifers >35" dbh/1000 ft
Average number of trees in a 5-meter wide band
Canopy closure and ground cover
Predominant landform in each zone
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zones 1-30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters 0-30 meters
Conifer Hardwood Conifer Hardwood Conifer Hardwood Conifer HardwoodDiameterclass (cm)
3-15cm15-30cm30-50cm50-90cm>90cm
Total/100m2
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters
Canopy closureShrub coverGrass/forb cover
HillslopeHigh terraceLow terraceFloodplainWetland/meadowStream channelRoadbed/RailroadRiprap
Surface slope (%)
2
2713122
00
0.00.00.00.0
0.0
0.0
7.51.01.00.5
10.0
0.0
0.00.50.00.00.0
12.02.50.00.00.0
0.01.00.50.00.0
12.54.52.50.00.5
0.01.50.50.0
0.7
0.0
32.08.03.50.5
14.8
0.5
446634
496126
437030
0100
000000
0100
000000
2575000000
0 0 16
0.5 14.5 1.5 20.0
(%) (%)(%)
(%) (%)(%)
RIPARIAN ZONE VEGETATION SUMMARYREACH 1 REACH 1
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT INVENTORY Report Date:
Little SF Smith River
2/18/2010 Survey Date: 8/17/2009
Summary of Riparian Zone (0-30m) transects
Total hardwoods/1000Total conifers/1000 ftTotal conifers >20" dbh/1000 ftTotal conifers >35" dbh/1000 ft
Average number of trees in a 5-meter wide band
Canopy closure and ground cover
Predominant landform in each zone
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zones 1-30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters 0-30 meters
Conifer Hardwood Conifer Hardwood Conifer Hardwood Conifer HardwoodDiameterclass (cm)
3-15cm15-30cm30-50cm50-90cm>90cm
Total/100m2
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters
Canopy closureShrub coverGrass/forb cover
HillslopeHigh terraceLow terraceFloodplainWetland/meadowStream channelRoadbed/RailroadRiprap
Surface slope (%)
3
317020200
0.00.00.00.0
0.0
0.0
13.02.73.70.0
19.3
0.0
0.00.00.00.00.0
12.02.02.00.30.0
0.00.00.00.30.0
10.04.32.00.00.0
0.00.00.00.3
0.1
0.0
35.09.07.70.3
17.3
0.0
686832
717820
705833
0100
000000
0100
000000
1783000000
0 0 6
0.0 16.3 0.3 16.3
(%) (%)(%)
(%) (%)(%)
RIPARIAN ZONE VEGETATION SUMMARYREACH 2 REACH 2
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT INVENTORY Report Date:
Little SF Smith River
2/18/2010 Survey Date: 8/17/2009
Summary of Riparian Zone (0-30m) transects
Total hardwoods/1000Total conifers/1000 ftTotal conifers >20" dbh/1000 ftTotal conifers >35" dbh/1000 ft
Average number of trees in a 5-meter wide band
Canopy closure and ground cover
Predominant landform in each zone
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zones 1-30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters 0-30 meters
Conifer Hardwood Conifer Hardwood Conifer Hardwood Conifer HardwoodDiameterclass (cm)
3-15cm15-30cm30-50cm50-90cm>90cm
Total/100m2
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters
Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 30-10 meters 10 - 20 meters 20 - 30 meters
Canopy closureShrub coverGrass/forb cover
HillslopeHigh terraceLow terraceFloodplainWetland/meadowStream channelRoadbed/RailroadRiprap
Surface slope (%)
2
201218312230
0.00.00.00.0
0.0
0.0
7.51.00.52.0
11.0
0.0
0.00.00.00.50.0
7.02.01.00.00.0
0.00.50.51.00.5
8.03.00.50.50.0
0.00.50.51.5
1.0
0.5
22.56.02.02.5
11.0
0.0
635843
744951
745040
2575000000
5050000000
5050000000
9 18 16
0.5 10.0 2.5 12.0
(%) (%)(%)
(%) (%)(%)
RIPARIAN ZONE VEGETATION SUMMARYREACH 3 REACH 3
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT INVENTORY Report Date:
Little SF Smith River
2/18/2010 Survey Date: 8/17/2009
Summary of Riparian Zone (0-30m) for all reaches transects
Total hardwoods/1000Total conifers/1000 ftTotal conifers >20" dbh/1000 ftTotal conifers >35" dbh/1000 ft
7
270896449
Zones 1-30-30 meters
Conifer Hardwood
0.00.60.30.60.1
30.67.94.91.00.1
Diameterclass (cm)
3-15cm15-30cm30-50cm50-90cm>90cm
Average number of trees in a 5-m wide band
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
HABITAT INVENTORY - RIPARIAN SURVEY
Little SF Smith River
8/17/2009
Summary of riparian zone (0-100 feet) extrapolated to 1,000 feet along stream
8/17/2009Survey Date:2/18/2010
Reach 1 1
HABITAT INVENTORY
Little SF Smith River
Report Date:
RIPARIAN ZONE VEGETATIONReach
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
Slope Canopy ShrubSurfaceZoneSideUnit
Cover (percent)
Grass 3-15 15-30 30-50 50-90 >90
Diameter class (cm)
Notes
13 LT 1 HT 0 30 60 40
1 2
UTM: 0462429, 4846944
Conifer
Hardwood13 LT 2 HT 0 20 70 30
3
Conifer
Hardwood13 LT 3 HT 0 70 90 10
4 5
Conifer
Hardwood13 RT 1 HT 0 35 100 0
1
Conifer
Hardwood13 RT 2 HT 0 20 85 15
3 1
Conifer
Hardwood13 RT 3 HS 45 20 100 0
4 2
Conifer
Hardwood45 LT 1 HT 0 90 15 85
14 2
UTM: 0462310, 4846564
Conifer
Hardwood45 LT 2 HT 0 95 10 40 1
18 1
REST OF FLOOR= LEAF LITTER
Conifer
Hardwood45 LT 3 HT 0 50 0 100 2
10 1
Conifer
Hardwood45 RT 1 HT 0 20 90 10 Conifer
Hardwood45 RT 2 HT 0 60 80 20
3
Conifer
Hardwood45 RT 3 HT 20 30 90 10 1
11 3
Conifer
Hardwood
8/17/2009Survey Date:2/18/2010
Reach 2 2
HABITAT INVENTORY
Little SF Smith River
Report Date:
RIPARIAN ZONE VEGETATIONReach
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
Slope Canopy ShrubSurfaceZoneSideUnit
Cover (percent)
Grass 3-15 15-30 30-50 50-90 >90
Diameter class (cm)
Notes
72 LT 1 HT 0 75 90 10
6 2 6
UTM: 0462172, 4846341
Conifer
Hardwood72 LT 2 HT 0 80 80 20
6 1 3
Conifer
Hardwood72 LT 3 HT 0 90 20 80
12 3 2
Conifer
Hardwood72 RT 1 HT 0 90 25 75
7 4 1
Conifer
Hardwood72 RT 2 HT 0 95 30 60
8 3 2
10% OF FLOOR IS LEAF LITTER
Conifer
Hardwood72 RT 3 HT 0 55 80 20
5 1 1
Conifer
Hardwood104 LT 1 HT 0 30 80 20
5 1 1
UTM: 0462176, 4846098
Conifer
Hardwood104 LT 2 HT 0 60 100 0
5 2
Conifer
Hardwood104 LT 3 HT 0 50 90 10
5 6
Conifer
Hardwood104 RT 1 HT 0 60 70 30
8 1
Conifer
Hardwood104 RT 2 HT 0 50 90 10
5
Conifer
Hardwood104 RT 3 HT 0 60 100 0
4 2 1
Conifer
Hardwood135 LT 1 HT 0 70 80 20
5 2
UTM: 0462128, 4845576
Conifer
Hardwood135 LT 2 HT 0 55 100 0
4
Conifer
Hardwood135 LT 3 HS 35 75 40 30 1
3
30 LEAF LITTER
Conifer
Hardwood135 RT 1 HT 0 80 65 35
8 1
Conifer
Hardwood135 RT 2 HT 0 85 70 30
8 1 1
Conifer
Hardwood135 RT 3 HT 0 90 20 60
1 1 2
20 LEAF LITTER
Conifer
Hardwood
8/17/2009Survey Date:2/18/2010
Reach 3 3
HABITAT INVENTORY
Little SF Smith River
Report Date:
RIPARIAN ZONE VEGETATIONReach
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
Slope Canopy ShrubSurfaceZoneSideUnit
Cover (percent)
Grass 3-15 15-30 30-50 50-90 >90
Diameter class (cm)
Notes
169 LT 1 HT 0 80 20 80
4 1 2
UTM: 0462087, 4845090
Conifer
Hardwood169 LT 2 HT 0 90 10 90
2 1 1
Conifer
Hardwood169 LT 3 HT 0 75 10 80 1 1
3 2
Conifer
Hardwood169 RT 1 HT 0 70 50 50
5 1
Conifer
Hardwood169 RT 2 HT 0 80 25 75 1
3 1
Conifer
Hardwood169 RT 3 HT 0 70 65 25
8 1
10% OF FLOOR IS LEAF LITTER
Conifer
Hardwood203 LT 1 HT 0 70 90 10
3 2 1
UTM: 0462306, 4844708
Conifer
Hardwood203 LT 2 HS 35 75 70 30
4 2 1
Conifer
Hardwood203 LT 3 HS 35 80 40 40 1 1
2 3 1
REST OF FLOOR SUB IS LEAF
Conifer
Hardwood203 RT 1 HS 35 30 70 30
3
Conifer
Hardwood203 RT 2 HS 35 50 90 10
5
Conifer
Hardwood203 RT 3 HS 30 70 85 15 1
3 1
Conifer
Hardwood
LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER 2009 COMMENT SUMMARY
REACH UNIT# TYPE CHAN DIST.(m) COMMENTS NOTE_ESTIMATOR
1 1 RI 00 56 JUV FISH, UTM: 0462500 / 48471131 2 LP 00 141 JUV FISH1 3 PP 00 145 JUV FISH1 5 LP 00 157 JUV FISH1 6 RI 00 222 AM JUV FISH, ROUGH SKIN NEWT1 7 RI 00 246 JUV FISH1 8 LP 01 273 JUV FISH1 10 LP 00 294 JUV FISH1 12 LP 00 306 JUV FISH1 13 RI 00 322 TEMP 15C, UTM: 0462429 / 48469441 14 LP 00 342 JUV FISH1 15 RI 00 353 JUV FISH1 16 LP 00 366 JUV FISH1 18 LP 00 380 AM JUV FISH, ROUGH SKIN NEWT1 20 LP 00 417 AM JUV FISH, BIG OL ROUGH SKIN NEWT1 23 LP 00 439 JUV FISH1 24 RI 00 457 JUV FISH, UTM: 0462411 / 48468511 25 LP 00 472 JUV FISH1 27 LP 00 508 JUV FISH1 29 LP 00 554 JUV FISH1 31 LP 00 595 JUV FISH1 33 LP 00 622 JUV FISH1 34 PP 00 630 JUV FISH, UTM: 0462406 / 48467081 35 SL 00 630 H .201 37 LP 00 691 JUV FISH1 39 LP 00 720 AM JUV FISH, ROUGH SKIN NEWT1 41 LP 00 776 AQI SIGN; LITTLE SF SITE 169 SIGN; 2008 WORP SRE LITTLE SF 169 END1 43 LP 00 838 JUV FISH AND LARGE TROUT1 44 SL 10 H .351 45 LP 00 850 UTM: 0462310 / 48465641 47 LP 00 867 JUV FISH1 49 LP 01 901 JUV FISH1 51 LP 01 941 AM COUPLE OF ROUGH SKIN NEWTS, JUV FISH1 52 PD 02 ACW 3.2, JUV FISH1 54 LP 01 994 JUV FISH1 55 AL 10 JUV FISH1 56 RI 00 1003 JUV FISH1 57 LP 00 1018 JUV FISH1 58 LP 00 1028 JUV FISH1 59 RI 00 1052 LOTS O JUVS1 60 LP 00 1064 JUV FISH, BEDROCK = HARDPAN1 61 RI 00 1075 UTM: 0462204 / 48464521 62 LP 00 1113 JUV FISH1 63 LP 00 1120 JUV FISH1 64 LP 00 1150 JUV FISH1 66 LP 00 1170 JUV FISH, TEENY TINY CRAYFISH <1 IN1 68 LP 01 1212 /TJ /TJ, END REACH, JUV FISH, SALMON SPAWNING SURVEY/1 69 RI 11 TRIB TEMP 17C, ACW 3.4, JUV FISH2 71 LP 00 1243 JUV FISH2 72 RI 00 1252 UTM: 0462172 / 48463412 73 LP 00 1276 JUV FISH2 75 LP 00 1297 JUV FISH2 77 LP 00 1340 JUV FISH2 79 LP 00 1376 JUV FISH2 81 LP 00 1416 JUV FISH
LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER 2009 COMMENT SUMMARY
REACH UNIT# TYPE CHAN DIST.(m) COMMENTS NOTE_ESTIMATOR
2 82 LP 00 1446 JUV FISH2 83 RI 00 1470 WL DEER/ELK TRACKS, JUV FISH2 84 LP 00 1478 COOL JUV FISH2 86 LP 00 1497 JUV FISH2 87 LP 00 1524 JUV FISH.....AGAIN2 88 SC 00 1530 UTM: 0462236 / 48462452 89 LP 00 1559 JUV FISH2 90 SL 00 1559 H .202 91 LP 00 1587 JUV FISH2 93 LP 00 1631 JUV FISH2 97 LP 00 1662 JUV FISH2 98 SC 00 1663 BEDROCK SUB= CLAY2 99 LP 00 1675 JUV FISH2 101 LP 00 1689 JUV FISH, IMPASSABLE CLUSTER OF SHRUB2 103 LP 00 1728 BV JUV FISH, REALLY REALLY BRUSHY-MOSTLY BLACKBERRY AND NETTLE.2 104 RI 00 1735 TEMP 14C, UTM: 0462176 / 48460982 105 LP 00 1763 JUV FISH2 107 LP 00 1797 JUV FISH2 108 LP 00 1810 JUV FISH2 110 LP 00 1858 JUV FISH2 111 LP 00 1883 JUV FISH, BORDERLINE UNSURVEYABLE! YEESH2 112 PD 00 1892 UTM: 0462087 / 48460402 113 MX 00 1910 MX SECTION MONSTER BEE FACTORY THAT WE WANT NO PART OF2 115 SL 00 1917 H .302 116 PD 00 1949 ACW 2.72 117 LP 00 1958 JUV FISH2 119 LP 00 1994 JUV FISH2 120 RI 01 2036 /TJ JUV FISH, /TJ2 121 DC 11 TRIB COORD, UTM: 0462087 / 48459652 122 LP 00 2058 JUV FISH, LOTS OF LIVE SPANNING TREES MESSING W DERRICKS HEAD2 123 LP 00 2069 JUV FISH2 124 RI 00 2099 BV MORE BEAVER ACTIVITY2 125 PP 00 2102 JUV FISH2 126 SD 00 2104 BD H 1.0, ORGANIC = WOOD2 127 BP 00 2160 BV, AM JUV FISH, NEWT SWIMMING2 128 SD 00 2161 BD H .802 129 BP 00 2253 BV JUV FISH, NOT EVEN FUNNY HOW MUCH WE HATE BEAVERS RIGHT NOW. 2 130 SS 00 2255 H .302 131 DU 00 2368 UTM: 0462116 / 48457672 134 SL 00 2612 H .702 135 DU 00 2771 /SS UTM: 0462128 / 48455762 136 LP 00 2779 JUV FISH2 138 LP 00 2797 JUV FISH AND GOOD SIZE TROUT2 139 PD 00 2832 ACW 3.72 140 LP 00 2848 JUV FISH2 142 LP 00 2905 JUV FISH2 143 RI 00 2934 JUV FISH2 144 LP 00 2952 AM (2) RSN2 145 SC 00 2957 WL GARTER SNAKE2 146 LP 00 2966 JUV FISH2 147 DU 00 2998 UTM: 0462141 / 48452482 148 LP 00 3015 JUV FISH2 149 PD 01 3041 JUV FISH2 152 PD 00 3093 JUV FISH2 153 LP 00 3103 JUV FISHIES
LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER 2009 COMMENT SUMMARY
REACH UNIT# TYPE CHAN DIST.(m) COMMENTS NOTE_ESTIMATOR
2 155 LP 00 3118 JUV FISH2 157 LP 00 3156 JUV FISH2 158 PD 00 3183 JUV FISH, TEMP 17C, UTM: 0462102 / 48451452 159 LP 00 3210 JUV FISH2 161 LP 00 3240 JUV FISHIES, BIG OL TROUT2 163 LP 00 3263 JUV FISH, SALMON SPAWNING SURVEY SIGN/2 165 LP 01 3274 /TJ JUV FISH, /TJ, END REACH2 166 RI 11 TRIB COORDINATES, ACW 2.5M, TRIB TEMP 17C, UTM: 0462083 / 48450933 168 LP 00 3283 JUV FISH3 169 PD 00 3308 JUV FISH, ACW 3.5M, UTM: 0462087 / 48450903 170 LP 00 3320 JUV FISH3 171 PD 00 3344 ACW 4M, JUV FISH3 172 LP 00 3354 BEDROCK SUB=HARDPAN, JUV FISH3 173 PD 00 3383 ACW 3.2M, JUV FISH AFOOT3 174 LP 00 3393 JUV FISH3 176 LP 00 3412 JUV FISH3 177 RI 00 3426 JUV FISH3 178 LP 00 3434 JUV FISH3 180 CC 00 3498 CC CORRUGATED METAL, JUV FISH, SNAKE!!! JUST A GARTER3 181 SL 00 3499 H .653 182 DU 00 3557 UTM: 0462154 / 48449203 183 LP 00 3567 LOTS O JUVS3 184 PD 00 3593 ACW 4.6M3 185 LP 00 3604 JUV FISH3 186 RI 00 3618 JUV FISH, STARTING TO TIGHTEN UP AGAIN3 187 LP 00 3627 EVERPRESENT JUVS3 189 LP 00 3656 JUV FISH3 190 RI 00 3702 JUV FISH3 191 PP 00 3708 JUV FISH3 192 SB 00 3709 H .303 193 RI 00 3737 TEMP 13C, UTM: 0462256 / 48447803 195 SL 00 3744 H .503 198 LP 00 3782 JUV FISH3 199 SL 00 3783 H .303 200 LP 00 3789 JUV FISH3 201 RI 00 3804 JUV FISH3 202 LP 00 3816 JUV FISH3 203 RI 00 3865 UTM: 0462306 / 48447083 204 LP 00 3875 JUV FISH3 205 PD 00 3960 ACW 3.3, END DUE TO UNSURVEYABLE. EVEN A MOUSE WAS STRUGGLING
Reach 1 - Unit 1 - Survey start Reach 1 - Unit 24 - A downstream view of the stream
Reach 1 - Unit 34 - Left riparian zone Reach 1 - Unit 34 - A plunge pool with a step-over-log at its head
Reach 2 - Unit188 - Start of Reach 2
Reach 1 - Unit 61 - Right riparian zone Reach 1 - Unit 61 - An upstream view of the habitat
Little South Fork Smith River (Smith River Basin) 2009 Summer Habitat Survey Photographs
Reach 2 - Unit 72 - An upstream view of the stream at low flow Reach 2 - Unit 104 - A downstream view looking at a lateral scour pool
Reach 2 - Unit 104 - Left riparian zone Reach 2 - Unit 104 - Right riparian zone
Reach 2 - Unit 147 - Left riparian zone with an exposed bank Reach 2 - Unit 147 - Right riparian zone
Little South Fork Smith River (Smith River Basin) 2009 Summer Habitat Survey Photographs
Reach 3 - Unit 180 - Culvert crossing Reach 3 - Unit 193 - A view of the reach
Reach 3 - Unit 193 - Left riparian zone Reach 3 - Unit 193 - Right riparian zone
Reach 32 - Unit 203 - The creek upstream from the survey end
Little South Fork Smith River (Smith River Basin) 2009 Summer Habitat Survey Photographs
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Name: BEAVER CREEK (OR)Date: 3/3/2010Scale: 1 inch equals 2000 feet
Location: 10 0462058 E 4845314 NCaption: LITTLE SOUTH FORK SMITH RIVER HABITAT SURVEY
SMITH RIVER BASIN2009 SUMMER
5 UMP-7260
START SURVEY
REACH 1
REACH 2
REACH 3
END SURVEY