Stream Redesignation Evaluation Report
Water Quality Standards Review

 BRINTON RUN AND TWO UNNAMED TRIBUTARIES
TO BRANDYWINE CREEK
CHESTER AND DELAWARE COUNTIES

Segment: basins
Drainage list: G
Stream code: 00040, 00044, 00052

 TABLE 3
HABITAT ASSESSMENT SUMMARY
BRINTON RUN, 00044, AND 00052
CHESTER COUNTY
APRIL 21,1999

  

HABITAT
PARAMETER

  STATIONS1

1BR

44UT

52UT

R1

1.

instream cover

15

12

12

16

2.

epifaunal substrate

16

10

9

17

3.

embeddedness

14

13

12

15

4.

velocity/depth

12

12

14

14

5.

channel alterations

17

16

17

17

6.

sediment deposition

16

9

13

17

7.

riffle frequency

17

13

15

18

8.

channel flow status

18

17

18

18

9.

bank condition

11

14

16

12

10.

bank vegetation protection

13

15

17

14

11.

grazing/disruptive pressures

18

14

15

11

12.

riparian vegetation zone width

16

11

12

9

 

Total Score

183

156

170

178

 

Rating

SUB

SUB

SUB

SUB

 

1 Refer to Figure 1. and Table 1. for station locations.

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