Stream Redesignation Evaluation Report
Water Quality Standards Review

NEWTOWN CREEK BUCKS COUNTY
Segment: Basin
Stream Code: 02561
Drainage List: E

 

TABLE 1
HABITAT ASSESSMENT SUMMARY
NEWTOWN CREEK, BUCKS COUNTY
JANUARY 24, 2002

 

HABITAT PARAMETER

Scoring Range

STATION

1NC

1. instream cover

0 - 20

14

2. epifaunal substrate

0 - 20

15

3. embeddedness

0 - 20

11

4. velocity/depth

0 - 20

11

5. channel alterations

0 - 20

16

6. sediment deposition

0 - 20

13

7. riffle frequency

0 - 20

13

8. channel flow status

0 - 20

16

9. bank condition

0 - 20

16

10. bank vegetation protection

0 - 20

16

11. grazing/disruptive pressures

0 - 20

13

12. riparian vegetation zone width

0 - 20

11

Total Score

0 - 240

165

 

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