Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring 2003 Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Program Appendix II: FORMS Revised 12/2002 Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Table of Contents: Appendix II (Field Forms) Cover Page Road Log Photo Mass Failure Stream Grade Channels (SGC) Cross Section Pebble Count Longitudinal Channel Profile Vegetation Survey Cross Drain Channels (CDC) Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Clearwater National Forest Road Obliteration Monitoring Level II Survey Cover Page To be used upon revisit to all sites setup prior to 2002 Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Set up Date___________ Survey Crew for set up:__________________________________________ Current Date ___________ Current Survey Crew: ________________________________________ District ________________ Drainage______________ Land type____________________________ 7.5-minute Quad Name: _______________________ HUC_________________________ Legal Description: T. _ _ S / N, R. _ _ E / W, Sec. _ _ , _ _ ¼ of _ _ ¼ Principal Meridian___Boise______ UTM Coordinates ___________________N_____________________E Datum__NAD27_______ Zone __11__ Date obliteration completed_________Monitoring segment elevation_______ Equipment operator____________ Contract inspector______________ Equipment size_____________ Location: (Provide good map) Detailed directions to beg of obliterated road (include distance from beg of road to beg of oblit): ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Location of Monitoring Segment (inc. dist. along obliterated road to beg of segment)_________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Road treatments along segment (from setup road log): Mulch (estimate): %Natural__________ %Straw_________ %Bare ground___________ Template: % Decompact_________ %Outslope__________ %Abandon_______ %Full Recontour _______ Comments:__________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Road Approach: Recontoured: yes____ no____ Dispersed camp: yes____ no____ Does road "visually disappear"? yes____ no___ partially____ (Photo Point?) Road Use: Foot: none___ medium___ heavy____ Horses: none___ medium___ heavy____ Livestock: none___ medium___ heavy___ Motorized: none___ medium___ heavy___ Describe how segment is monumented: ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Clearwater National Forest Road Obliteration Monitoring Level II Survey Summary Page to be used during followup monitoring of segment Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Monitoring Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Year ____ after decommissioning ( 1 / 2 / 5 / 10 ) Number of times this segment has been monitored (including today):______ Was initial set-up done in year of decommissioning? Y / N Narrative of segment condition- please observe and comment on the following aspects: revegetation surface erosion mass wasting / slope instability drainage (cross drains, waterbars) / areas of saturation stream grade channels (downcutting, bank stability, weirs, erosion control blankets) other noteworthy conditions ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Surface Erosion: Note any stations where there is observable surface erosion (rills or gullies) Description Station Dimensions depth X width X length of rill Location SGC, CDC, OS, recontour, decompact, CS, FS Description Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Clearwater National Forest Road Obliteration Monitoring Photo Information Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Weather____________________________________________________________________________ 1. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Clearwater National Forest Road Obliteration Monitoring Photo Information Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Weather____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Photo #___________ Station #_______ Position on slope _______________________________ Azimuth_______ Time of day_________ Caption_____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Clearwater National Forest Road Obliteration Monitoring Stream Grade Channels Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Station _____________ Land type______ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Temp above_____ Temp below___________ Slope of SGC_____ % Aspect______ Stream type_______ Length_______________ Photo point(s) ___________________ (list on photo point sheet) Narrative: (describe successes, problems and why occurring) Diagram: (include BM);use Note: midchannel bars, scour, headcutting above, downcutting back if needed ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Describe stream channel structure (weirs, barbs, root wads, sills) and materials (wood, rock, veg): ___________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Describe vegetation (clumps, sprigs, seeded, natural) and mulch (native, straw, none): Comment on survival __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Surface Erosion / Slope Stability Problems: Note any stations where there is observable surface erosion (rills or gullies) or slope stability problems (slumping, saturation, sloughing) Station (from profile) Dimensions depth X width X length of rill Location (Contributing area vs. instream) Description Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Cross Section Data Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Station _____________ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Cross Section# Channel features Station ft Cross Section # Rod reading Channel feature Station ft Rod readings Cross Section# Channel features Features: GLS, LBF, LWE, Rock, Log, Scour, Bar, RWE, RBF, GRS NOTES: station ft rod reading (reference direction facing upstream) Pebble Count Gradient_________ D50_______ (50 picks per x section) Cross Section # 0–2 2–4 4–8 8 – 16 16 – 32 32 – 64 64 – 128 128 – 256 256 – 512 512 – 1024 1024 –2048 2048 – 4096 D50_________ Cross Section # 0-2 2-4 4-8 8 - 16 16 - 32 32 - 64 64 - 128 128 - 256 256 - 512 512 - 1024 1024 -2048 2048 - 4096 Cross Section # 0-2 2-4 4-8 8 - 16 16 - 32 32 - 64 64 - 128 128 - 256 256 - 512 512 - 1024 1024 -2048 2048 - 4096 D50________ D50______ Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Longitudinal Channel profile Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Station _____________ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Describe location of Benchmark ____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Channel features Station (ft) Rod reading Comments Features: Beg Profile, Beg rd, Rock, Log, Scour, Bar, End Rd, End Profile (reference direction facing NOTES: up) Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Cross Drain Channels Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Station _____________ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Slope of CDC______% Aspect______ Water in CDC ____ Running ____ Standing ____ Dry CDC associated with: seep____ natural swale____ other___________________________________ Photo point(s) ___________________ (list on photo point sheet) Narrative (describe successes, problems and why occurring) Diagram: Use back if needed ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Does this CDC primarily drain subsurface water that has been intercepted by the road (prior to its obliteration)? Y / N If yes, does this CDC perpetuate the conversion of subsurface water? Y / N Explain (site any evidence that flow may return to subsurface conditions) ________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Were the following used at CDC : _____Brush blankets _____ECB _____Clump planting _____ Structures such as weirs, barbs, root wads, sills Describe ____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Surface Erosion / Slope Stability Problems: Note any observable surface erosion (rills or gullies) or slope stability problems (slumping, saturation, sloughing) Location Description Dimensions depth X width X length (Contributing area vs. instream) Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Clearwater National Forest Road Obliteration Monitoring Vegetation Survey: Point Line Intercept / Species Density page 1 Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Station _____________ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Describe Start of Transect (inc. Monumentation)_____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Plot 1 Aspect_______ Azimuth________ Treatment _______________________________________ Line intercept data #points total Density data %cover total average Bare Grass ground Litter Forbes Rock Shrubs Gravel Trees Vegetation. Weeds Wood Water Comments (note weeds etc.) ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Plot 2 Aspect_______ Azimuth________ Treatment _______________________________________ Line intercept data #points total Density data %cover total average Bare Grass ground Litter Forbes Rock Shrubs Gravel Trees Vegetation. Weeds Wood Water Comments (note weeds etc.) ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Plot 3 Aspect_______ Azimuth________ Treatment _______________________________________ Line intercept data #points total Density data %cover total average Bare Grass ground Litter Forbes Rock Shrubs Gravel Trees Vegetation. Weeds Wood Water Comments (note weeds etc.) ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Clearwater National Forest Road Obliteration Monitoring Vegetation Survey: Point Line Intercept / Species Density page 2 Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Station _____________ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Plot 4 Aspect_______ Azimuth________ Treatment _______________________________________ Line intercept data #points total Density data %cover total average Bare Grass ground Litter Forbes Rock Shrubs Gravel Trees Vegetation. Weeds Wood Water Comments (note weeds etc.) ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Plot 5 Aspect_______ Azimuth________ Treatment _______________________________________ Line intercept data #points total Density data %cover total average Bare Grass ground Litter Forbes Rock Shrubs Gravel Trees Vegetation. Weeds Wood Water Comments (note weeds etc.) ___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Clearwater National Forest Road Decommissioning Monitoring Mass Failures Clearwater National Forest Road Obliteration Monitoring Note any mass failure 10 CY or greater Road #______________ Monitoring segment_____ Station _____________ Survey Date___________ Survey Crew:______________________________________________ Slope of failure ________% Aspect_______ Length_________ Width_________ Depth_________ Associated with: SGC_____ CDC_____ Seep_____ Water bar____ Nose slope____ Other_______ Water present at failure site? ___yes(Y) or ___no(N) specify_________________________________ Failure location and description: (note type - slump, debris flow, other), apparent cause, likelihood of continuing, adjacent saturation, similarity to other failures. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Photo point _____________ (list on photo point sheet)