CATALOG DOCUMENTATION EMAP SURFACE WATERS PROGRAM LEVEL DATABASE Region 10 Oregon Deschutes Basin (R0ORDES) Rapid Habitat Assessment TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. DATA SET IDENTIFICATION 2. INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION 3. DATA SET ABSTRACT 4. OBJECTIVES AND INTRODUCTION 5. DATA ACQUISTITION AND PROCESSING METHODS 6. DATA MANIPULATIONS 7. DATA DESCRIPTION 8. GEOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION 9. QUALITY CONTROL / QUALITY ASSURANCE 10. DATA ACCESS 11. REFERENCES 12. TABLE OF ACRONYMS 13. PERSONNEL INFORMATION 1. DATA SET IDENTIFICATION 1.1 Title of Catalog Document EMAP SURFACE WATERS DATABASE Region 10 Oregon Deschutes Basin (R0ORDES) Rapid Habitat Assessment 1.2 Authors of the Catalog Entry U.S. EPA NHEERL Western Ecology Division Corvallis, OR 1.3 Catalog Revision Date June 14, 2004 1.4 Data Set Name raphabas 1.5 Task Group Surface Waters 1.6 Data Set Identification Code 26 1.7 Version 001 1.8 Requested Acknowledgment These data were produced as part of the U.S. EPA's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP). If you publish these data or use them for analyses in publication, EPA requires a standard statement for work it has supported: 'Although the data described in this article have been funded wholly or in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through its EMAP Surface Waters Program, it has not been subjected to Agency review, and therefore does not necessarily reflect the view of the Agency and no official endorsement of the conclusions should be inferred.' 2. INVESTIGATOR INFORMATION 2.1 Principal Investigator Spencer Peterson U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 2.2 Investigation Participant- Sample Collection U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development, Region 10 3. DATA SET ABSTRACT 3.1 Abstract of the Data Set This data set contains the rapid habitat visual assessments. 3.2 Keywords for the Data Set bank condition, sinuousity, channel, riparian, vegetation, stream velocity 4. OBJECTIVES AND INTRODUCTION 4.1 Program Objectives The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) was designed to periodically estimate the status and trends of the Nation's ecological resources on a regional basis. EMAP provides a strategy to identify and bound the extent, magnitude and location of environmental degradation and improvement on a regional scale based on a probability-based statistical survey design. 4.2 Data Set Objective This data set is part of a demonstration project to evaluate approaches to monitoring streams in EMAP. The data set contains the results of visual stream assessment observations. 4.3 Data Set Background Discussion The primary function of the rapid habitat data set is to provide visual-based habitat assessment of the stream reach and make a general visual assessment of the stream and adjacent area. The observations and impressions of field teams are extremely valuable. 4.4 Summary of Data Set Parameters The rapid habitat assessment parameters include substrates, stream velocity regimes, sediments, channel condition, and riparian vegetation. 5. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING METHODS 5.1 Data Acquisition 5.1.1 Sampling Objective To provide the field team's visual observations of catchment and stream characteristics that are useful for data validation, future data interpretation, ecological value assessment, development of associations, and verification of stressor data during a sampling window from July through September. 5.1.2 Sample Collection Methods Summary Data were collected according to the Rapid Habitat and Visual Stream Assessments section in Surface Waters Field Operations Manual Lazorchak et al. (1998). 5.1.3 Sampling Start Date July 7, 1997 5.1.4 Sampling End Date September 24, 1998 5.1.5 Platform NA 5.1.6 Sampling Gear NA 5.1.7 Manufacturer of Instruments NA 5.1.8 Key Variables NA 5.1.9 Sampling Method Calibration NA 5.1.10 Sample Collection Quality Control See Lazorchak, et al. 1998. 5.1.11 Sample Collection Method Reference Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program- Surface Waters: Field Operations and Methods for Measuring the Ecological Condition of Wadeable Streams. EPA/620/R-94/004F. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: Integrated Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Surface Waters Resource Group, 1994 Activities. EPA 600/X-91/080, Rev. 2.00. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Nevada. 5.1.12 Sample Collection Method Deviations NA 5.2 DATA PREPARATION AND SAMPLE PROCESSING 5.2.1 Sample Processing Objective See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 5.2.2 Sample Processing Methods Summary See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 5.2.3 Sample Processing Method Calibration See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 5.2.4 Sample Processing Quality Control See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 5.2.5 Sample Processing Method Reference See Lazorchak, J.M., Klemm, D.J., and Peck D.V. (editors). 1998 and Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 6. DATA MANIPULATIONS 6.1 Name of New or Modified Values None 6.2 Data Manipulation Description Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. 7. DATA DESCRIPTION 7.1 Description of Parameters Parameter Data Parameter # Name Type Len Format Label ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 BANK_VEG Num 8 Bank vegetative protection 12 CHAN_ALT Num 8 Channel alteration 15 CHAN_FLS Num 8 Channel flow status 20 CHAN_SIN Num 8 Channel siuosity (glide/pool) 16 CND_BANK Num 8 Condition of banks 5 DATE_COL Num 8 MMDDYY Date stream visited 10 EMBEDDED Num 8 Embeddedness (riffle/run) 9 EPIF_SUB Num 8 Epifaunal substrate 14 FRQ_RIFF Num 8 Frequency of riffles (riffle/run) 18 GRAZING Num 8 Grazing or other disruptive pressure 8 IN_COVER Num 8 Instream cover 21 POOL_SUB Num 8 Pool substrate characterizatn(glide/pool 22 POOL_VAR Num 8 Pool variability (glide/pool) 19 RIPA_VEG Num 8 Riparian vegetation zone width 4 SAMPTYPE Char 20 Sample method 13 SEDI_DEP Num 8 Sediment deposition 1 SITE_ID Char 15 Site identification code 6 TEAM_ID Char 80 Team identifier 7 TOTSCORE Num 8 Total score 11 VELOCITY Num 8 Velocity/Depth regimes (riffle/run) 3 VISIT_NO Num 8 Visit Number 2 YEAR Num 8 7.1.1 Precision to which values are reported NA 7.1.2 Minimum Value in Data Set Name Min ------------------------------ BANK_VEG 2 CHAN_ALT 6 CHAN_FLS 0 CHAN_SIN 6 CND_BANK 0 DATE_COL 07/07/1997 EMBEDDED 1 EPIF_SUB 1 FRQ_RIFF 6 GRAZING 2 IN_COVER 0 POOL_SUB 0 POOL_VAR 0 RIPA_VEG 0 SEDI_DEP 2 TOTSCORE 57 VELOCITY 3 VISIT_NO 1 YEAR 1997 7.1.3 Maximum Value in Data Set Name Max ------------------------------- BANK_VEG 20 CHAN_ALT 20 CHAN_FLS 20 CHAN_SIN 20 CND_BANK 20 DATE_COL 09/24/1998 EMBEDDED 20 EPIF_SUB 20 FRQ_RIFF 20 GRAZING 20 IN_COVER 20 POOL_SUB 18 POOL_VAR 18 RIPA_VEG 20 SEDI_DEP 20 TOTSCORE 223 VELOCITY 20 VISIT_NO 2 YEAR 1998 7.2 Data Record Example 7.2.1 Column Names for Example Records "BANK_VEG", "CHAN_ALT", "CHAN_FLS", "CHAN_SIN", "CND_BANK", "DATE_COL", "EMBEDDED", "EPIF_SUB", "FRQ_RIFF", "GRAZING", "IN_COVER", "POOL_SUB", "POOL_VAR", "RIPA_VEG", "SAMPTYPE", "SEDI_DEP", "SITE_ID", "TEAM_ID", "TOTSCORE", "VELOCITY", "VISIT_NO", "YEAR" 7.2.2 Example Data Records 14, 19, 16, ., 15, 07/30/1997, 13, 18, 16, 14, 20, ., ., 16, "R", 13, "ORDS97-001", "1", 185, 11, 1, 1997 2, 15, 19, ., 3, 07/16/1997, 9, 3, 19, 6, 4, ., ., 7, "R", 9, "ORDS97-003", "1", 106, 10, 1, 1997 2, 17, 14, ., 1, 09/24/1997, 3, 3, 17, 4, 2, ., ., 8, "R", 12, "ORDS97-003", "1", 92, 9, 2, 1997 13, 11, 1, 8, 8, 07/23/1997, ., 1, ., 9, 1, 6, 1, 2, "P", 5, "ORDS97-009", "1", 66, ., 1, 1997 12, 15, 13, ., 10, 07/28/1997, 6, 9, 13, 11, 10, ., ., 8, "R", 8, "ORDS97-010", "1", 122, 7, 1, 1997 8. GEOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL INFORMATION 8.1 Minimum Longitude -121 Degrees 56 Minutes 44 Seconds West (-121.945818 Decimal Degrees) 8.2 Maximum Longitude -119 Degrees 57 Minutes 7 Seconds West (-119.952184 Decimal Degrees) 8.3 Minimum Latitude 43 Degrees 20 Minutes 36 Seconds North (43.343393 Decimal Degrees) 8.4 Maximum Latitude 44 Degrees 35 Minutes 11 Seconds North (44.586607 Decimal Degrees) 8.5 Name of Area or Region EPA Region 10 - The sampling area included the Coast Range Ecoregion and the Yakima River Basin (Columbia Basin Ecoregion). 9. QUALITY CONTROL / QUALITY ASSURANCE 9.1 Data Quality Objectives See Chaloud and Peck (1994), Merritt (1994), and Hayslip (1993). 9.2 Quality Assurance Procedures See Chaloud and Peck (1994), Merritt (1994), and Hayslip (1993). 9.3 Unassessed Errors NA 10. DATA ACCESS 10.1 Data Access Procedures Data can be downloaded from the WWW site or contact personnel listed in Section 10.3. 10.2 Data Access Restrictions Data can only be accessed from the WWW server. 10.3 Data Access Contact Persons Gretchen Hayslip Environmental Services Division Region 10 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Sixth Avenue, ES-097 Seattle, WA 98101 Ph 206-553-1685 Fax 206-553-0119 email hayslip.gretchen@epamail.epa.gov Marlys Cappaert CSC c/o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 Ph 541-754-4467 Fax 541-754-4716 Email cappaert@mail.cor.epa.gov 10.4 Data Set Format Data files are in ASCII comma-delimited format. 10.5 Information Concerning Anonymous FTP Data cannot be accessed via ftp. 10.6 Information Concerning WWW Data can be downloaded from http://www.epa.gov/emap. 10.7 EMAP CD-ROM Containing the Data Data are not available on CD-ROM. 11. REFERENCES Chaloud, D.J. and D.V. Peck. 1994. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program - Surface Waters: Integrated Quality Assurance Project Plan for the Surface Waters Resource Group. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Development. Washington, D.C. Hayslip, G. A. (editor). 1993. EPA Region 10 In-stream Biological Monitoring Handbook (for wadeable streams in the Pacific Northwest). U. S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 10, Environmental Services Division, Seattle, WA 98101. EPA-910/9-92-013. Hayslip, G., D.J. Klemm, J.M. Lazorchak. 1994. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program Surface Waters and Region 10 Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program: 1994 Pilot Field Operations and Methods Manual for Streams on the Coast Range Ecoregion of Oregon and Washington and the Yakima River Basin. Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH. Merritt, G.D. 1994. Biological Assessment of wadeable Streams in the Coast Range Ecoregion and the Yakima River Basin: Final Quality Assurance Project Plan. Washington State Department of Ecology, Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services, Olympia, WA, 15 pp. Plafkin, J.L., M.T. Barbour, K.D. Porter, S.K. Gross, and R.M Hughes. 1989. Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Rivers: Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Fish. EPA 440/4-89/001. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, Washington, D.C. 12. TABLE OF ACRONYMS EMAP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program EPA U.S.Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory CSC Computer Sciences Corporation R-EMAP Regional Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program R0ORDES Region 10 Oregon Deschutes Basin (R0ORDES) 13. PERSONNEL INFORMATION Project Manager Gretchen Hayslip Environmental Services Division Region 10 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Sixth Avenue, ES-097 Seattle, WA 98101 Ph 206-553-1685 Fax 206-553-0119 email hayslip.gretchen@epamail.epa.gov R-EMAP Project Leader for Washington State Glenn Merritt Washington State Department of Ecology Watershed Assessments Section 300 Desmond Drive, P.O. Box 47710 Olympia, WA 98504-7710 Ph 206-407-6777 Fax 206-407-6884 R-EMAP Project Leader for Oregon Rick Hafele Oregon Department of Environmental Quality 811 SW 6th Avenue Portland, OR 97204-1390 Ph 503-229-5983 Fax 503-229-6124 Email rick.hafele@state.or.us Quality Assurance Officer Dave Peck U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 Ph 541-754-4426 Fax 541-754-4716 Email davep@mail.cor.epa.gov Information Management, EMAP-Surface Waters Marlys Cappaert CSC c/o U.S. Environmental Protection Agency NHEERL Western Ecology Division 200 S.W. 35th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 Ph 541-754-4467 Fax 541-754-4716 Email cappaert@mail.cor.epa.gov