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ESG Admin. Head Search Form

09/28/2023 05:01:55

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
Record ID Number:
 
Unique Location ID:

A1. Field data collected by:

A2. Funding Agency/Organization:

A3a. BLM State Office:

A3b. BLM Field Office:

A3c. BLM Office Code:

A3d. Is the polygon in an active BLM grazing allotment? (Yes; No; NA):

If Yes, A3e (Allotment Information #1): A3f (Allotment Information #2):
Allotment Number:
Allotment Number:
Allotment ID:
Allotment ID:
Allotment Name:
Allotment Name:
Management Status:
Management Status:

A9. Year: A10. Date field data collected:

A11. Observers:

A12a. At least some part of this polygon has been inventoried more than once (resampled)? (Yes; No):

If No, go to item A13a. If Yes, A12b. This polygon coincides exactly with another inventoried polygon? (Yes; No):

A12c. Is this the latest inventory for this polygon? (Yes; No):

A12d. ID number(s) of other inventories of this polygon: , , , ,

A12e. Other years: 12f. This polygon shares common area with other inventoried polygon(s)? (Yes; No):

A12g. Other years:

A12h. ID number(s) of other records sharing area with this polygon: , , ,

A13a. Has a change in management occurred? (Yes; No):

If Yes, A13b. Year that changed occurred:

A13c. Type of management change applied:

 

LOCATION DATA

B1. State: B2. County:

B3. Allotment/Range unit:

B4a. Area name:

B4b. Tributary to:

B4c. Group name: B4d. Group number:

B5. Polygon Number:

B6a. The following Hydrologic unit code(s) is (are) from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset (NHD):

B6b. Sub-basin name (4th level HUC):

B7a. Upper end elevation (ft): (m): B7b. Lower end elevation (ft): (m):

B8. Stream Gradient (percent): %

B9a. Polygon latitude/longitude coordinates:            GPS Projection:

 
Deg
Min
Sec
N/S		 Accuracy
+/- ft		 Decimal    
Deg
Min
Sec
E/W		 Accuracy
+/- ft		 Decimal

Observer
Initial
& Waypoint
Upper End:
Lat:
   Lon:
Lower End:
Lat:
   Lon:
Other Point:
 Lat:   Lon:













B9b. Other Point Comments:

B9c: UTM coordinates of polygon UPPER END: Easting: Northing: Zone: Map Datum:

B9d. UTM coordinates of polygon LOWER END: Easting: Northing: Zone:

B9e. UTM coordinates of any other point of interest in the polygon: East: North: Zone:

C7. Habitat Types (HT) and Community Types (CT) (use 6-letter code) HT/CT Database

Classification Type Name
Phase
Percent of Polygon
Successional State or Comments

 

OPTIONAL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

D1. Polygon Has Tall Woody Type(s) (Yes, No):

D2. Average Unvegetated Channel Width (ft): ; (m):

D3. Average Maximum Depth (ft) of the Unvegetated Channel: ; (m):

D4. Channel Sinuosity:

D5. Average riparian-wetland zone width (ft): ; (m):

 

Water Quality Data (TMDL Data)

D7. Waterbody number:

D8a. Is the waterbody a 303(d) listed impaired stream? (Yes; No): If Yes, D8b. Year of listing?

D9. Waterbody TMDL priority:

D10. TMDL development status:

D11. Probable cause(s):

D12. Probable impaired uses:

D13. Probable source(s):

 

PHOTOGRAPH DATA

E1a. Identification of photos (taken at the upstream end of polygon): Roll number: Photographer:

Photo numbers: (upstream): (downstream): (others):

E1b. Location of "other" photos:

E1c. Description of views (upstream):

(downstream):

(others):

E2a.Is there an adjacent polygon upstream of this polygon? (Yes; No):

E2b.Is there an adjacent polygon downstream of this polygon? (Yes; No):

E3a. Identification of photos (taken at downstream end of polygon): Roll number: Photographer:

Photo numbers: (upstream): (downstream): (others):

E3b. Location of "other" photos:

E3c. Description of views (upstream):

(downstream):

(others):

E4. Film and Camera Specifications

Film brand: Film speed (ASA): Lens diameter (mm): Lens focal length (mm):

 

LOTIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT SCORE SHEET

 
Actual Score
Possible Score
Comment
1. Vegetative Cover of Floodplain and Streambanks
2. Invasive Plant Species
3. Disturbance-Caused Undesirable Herbaceous Species
4. Tree and Shrub Establishment and Regeneration
5. Utilization of Trees and Shrubs

6. Standing Decadent and Dead Woody Material

Vegetation Subtotal:
 

7. Streambank Root Mass Protection

8. Human-Caused Bare Ground

9. Streambank Structurally Altered
10. Pugging and/or Hummocking
11. Stream Channel Incisement
Soil/Hydrology Subtotal:
 
Overall Polygon Total:
 

 

RATING CALCULATION

 
Actual Score
 /
Possible Score
X 100 =
Rating Percent
Descriptive Category
Vegetation Rating:
/
x 100 =
Soil/Hydrology:
/
x 100 =
Total Rating:
/
x 100 =

 

Rating Percent Range
Descriptive Category
80 - 100
Proper Functioning Condition (Healthy)
60 - 79
Functional At Risk (Healthy, but with Problems)
<60
Nonfunctional (Unhealthy)

ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT CONCERNS (OPTIONAL)

The following items do not contribute to a site's score. Rather they help to quantify inherent physical site characteristics or assess the direction of change on a site. These data can be useful for planning future site management.

12a. Streambank Rock Volume:

12b. Streambank Rock Size:

13. Vegetation Use by Animals:

14. Susceptibility of Parent Material to Erosion:

15. Percent of Streambank Accessible to Livestock:

16. Polygon trend (Is the polygon: Improving, Degrading, Static, or Status Unknown?):

17. Comments and Observations:

 

AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATE DATA
(Abundance is the number per sample. Area sampled in 1.0m^2 or more)

Macroinvertebrate number:

Whirling Disease sampling station number: BLM MT Riparian Rating %:

Latitude: Longitude:

Olmernik Ecoregion:

Sample Methods

Rosgen Classification: BLM Insect Lab sample ID number:

Date: Samples:

Area sample (m^2): Qualitative:

Habitat: Method:

Field split: Lab split (percent of sample identified):

Number of organisms identified:

Diversity Indices:

Total Richness: Total Abundance:

Hill Evenness: Shannon Diversity:

Simpson Diversity: Margalef Diversity:

Menhinick Diversity: USFS CTQD:

Number of Families: Dominant Family Abundance:

Modified Hilsenhoff Biotic Index:

Organism Taxa and Abundance:

EPT Taxa:
EPT Abundance:
Shredder Taxa:
Shredder Abundance:
Scraper Taxa:
Scraper Abundance:
Collector Taxa:
Collector Abundance:
Predator Taxa:
Predator Abundance:
Unknown Taxa:
Unknown Abundance:
Ephemeroptera Taxa:
Ephemeroptera Abundance:
Plecoptera Taxa:
Plecoptera Abundance:
Trichoptera Taxa:
Trichoptera Abundance:
Coleoptera Taxa:
Coleoptera Abundance:
Megaloptera Taxa:
Megaloptera Abundance:
Diptera Taxa:
Diptera Abundance:
Chironomid Taxa:
Chironomid Abundance:
Crustacea Taxa:
Crustacea Abundance:
Oligochaeta Taxa:
Oligochaeta Abundance:
Mollusca Taxa:
Mollusca Abundance:
Other Taxa:
Other Abundance: