Stream Redesignation Evaluation Report
Water Quality Standards Review

Lizard Creek, Schuylkill And Berks Counties
Habitat Assessment Summary

Table 6
HABITAT
PARAMETER		 CANDIDATE STATIONS * REFERENCE STATIONS *
LC1 LC2 LC3 LC4 LC5 PC WBPC
1. instream cover 15 15 10 12 12 17 15
2. epifaunal substrate 15 16 12 16 13 18 17
3. embeddedness 14 16 17 17 12 17 14
4. velocity/depth 14 15 14 15 16 17 16
5. channel alterations 18 17 18 17 17 17 18
6. sediment deposition 15 16 15 17 16 14 15
7. riffle frequency 16 17 11 18 13 18 18
8. channel flow status 18 18 17 16 18 16 18
9. bank condition 14 11 11 10 15 13 13
10. bank vegetation
protection		 16 12 10 9 17 14 15
11. grazing/disruptive
pressures		 17 13 11 10 15 16 18
12. riparian vegetation
zone width		 14 10 5 9 9 15 18
  Total Score 172 176 151 166 173 192 195
  Rating SUB SUB SUB SUB SUB OPT OPT
* Refer to Figure 2 and Table 1 for station locations

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