Stream Redesignation Evaluation Report
Water Quality Standards Review

Little Juniata River
Blair and Huntingdon Counties

Segment: Main stem,
From Logan Spring Run to Spruce Creek
Drainage list: N
Stream code: 15664

 TABLE 2
HABITAT ASSESSMENT SUMMARY
LITTLE JUNIATA RIVER
BLAIR AND HUNTINGDON COUNTIES
AUGUST 29, 2000
  Habitat Parameters

STATIONS 1

1LJR 2LJR 3LJR 4LJR
1 instream cover 18 17 12 17
2 epifaunal substrate 17 13 10 15
3 embeddedness 16 14 12 12
4 velocity/depth 16 16 16 17
5 channel alterations 15 17 17 14
6 sediment deposition 16 17 16 17
7 riffle frequency 16 12 14 15
8 channel flow status 18 18 18 18
9 bank condition 14 16 14 12
10 bank vegetation  protection 15 17 15 13
11 grazing/disruptive pressures 17 18 16 16
12 riparian vegetation  zone width 11 17 17 11
  Total Score 189 192 177 177
  Rating 2 OPT OPT SUB SUB
  1 Refer to Figure 1. and Table 1. for station locations. 
2 OPT = Optimal; SUB = Suboptimal

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