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DISTANCE FROM GAGE: 250 m

LENGTH OF REACH: 279 m

STREAM TYPE: Meandering

SIDE SLOPE GRADIENT: 1.7%

CHANNEL SINUOSITY: 1.3

STREAM ORDER: 5

BANKFULL WIDTH: 36 m

BANKFULL DEPTH: 3 m

WIDTH/DEPTH RATIO: 11

MEAN MEASURED DEPTH: 0.8 m

MAXIMUM MEASURED DEPTH: 1.8 m

MEAN VELOCITY: 0.1 m/s

MAXIMUM VELOCITY: 0.3 m/s

MINIMUM VELOCITY: 0.0 m/s

MEAN CANOPY ANGLE: 54 degrees

MEAN BANK HEIGHT: 2 m

MEAN BANK WIDTH: 7 m

MEAN BANK ANGLE: 24 degrees

STREAM FEATURES: Undercut banks, woody snags, and sloughs

BANK SHAPE: Concave to convex to linear

BANK EROSION: Rotational failure and cut-bank scalloping

BANK VEGETATION STABILITY RATING: 1- 75%, 2- 17%, 3- 9%