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UPPER KETTLE CREEK FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN TRIBUTARIES ADDENDUM For: Kettle Creek Watershed Association and Trout Unlimited March 2005 1000 Commerce Park Drive Williamsport, PA 17701 Phone (570) 323-6603 www.larsondesigngroup.com Upper Kettle Creek Fish Habitat Conservation Plan Tributaries Addendum Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................. 2 Stream Classification..............................4 Tributary Descriptions............................................................. 7 Upper Kettle Creek.................................7 Germania Branch.....14 Sliders Branch.........15 Little Kettle Creek..................................17 Cross Fork............................................20 Little Lyman Run....24 Yochun Run...........25 Windfall Run..........27 Hammersley Fork..................................28 Bell Branch............32 Nelson Branch.... ..34 Trout Run General................................35 Wykoff Branch........37 Greene Branch........38 Calhoun Branch..... 38 Beaverdam Run...................................39 Recommendations ................................................................. 41 General Recommendations....................41 Watershed Specific Recommendations....42 Summary ............................................................................... 49 Updated Strategic Plan .......................................................... 50 Habitat Protection.................................50 Habitat Enhancement............................51 Long-term Framework and Priorization...52 Immediate Project Recommendations.....54 FIGURE 1. Tributary location map in the Upper Kettle Creek Watershed. .... 3 FIGURE 1b. Rosgen classification system for natural rivers ......................... 5 FIGURE 2. High width-depth ratio channel in Upper Kettle Creek............... 8 FIGURE 3. Typical stream form on Upper Kettle Creek Reach UK2 ............. 9 FIGURE 4. Severe bank erosion on Germania Branch..............................11 FIGURE 5. Exposed pipelines on Upper Kettle. ........................................12 FIGURE 6. Upper Kettle multiple channels just upstream of Long Run......13 FIGURE 7. Woody debris controls the stream bed elevation .....................14 FIGURE 8. Canopy cover and riparian vegetation on Little Kettle Creek .....17 FIGURE 9. Coarse woody debris provides high quality habitat. .................18 FIGURE 10. Open canopy can be improved with riparian plantings. ............19 FIGURE 11. Overly wide, poor habitat reach on Cross Fork ........................20 FIGURE 12. Cross Fork reach with good stream channel geometry. ............22 FIGURE 13. Coarse woody debris in reach CF3. ........................................23 FIGURE 14. Split channel on Little Lyman Run ..........................................24 FIGURE 15. Split channel on Yochum Run ................................................25 FIGURE 16. Typical channel form on Windfall Run.....................................27 FIGURE 17. Lateral bar on Hammersley Fork ............................................29 FIGURE 18. Typical channel form on Hammersley Fork. .............................30 FIGURE 19. Headcut on Hammersley Fork................................................31 FIGURE 20. Step-pool formation on Bell Branch. .......................................32 FIGURE 21. End of meadow area on Bell Branch.......................................33 FIGURE 22. Step pool channel on Wykoff Branch. .....................................37 FIGURE 23. Beaverdam Run near the confluence with Kettle Creek. ...........39 FIGURE 24. Severe erosion on Upper Kettle near Germania Branch ............42 FIGURE 25. Severe erosion on Germania Branch.......................................43 FIGURE 26. Severe erosion on Little Kettle Creek ......................................43 FIGURE 27. Cross Fork erosion downstream of Yochum Run. .....................44 FIGURE 28. Bank erosion on Windfall Run ................................................45 FIGURE 29. Bank erosion on Yochum Run. ...............................................45 FIGURE 30. Trout Run bank erosion near road..........................................47 FIGURE 31. Bank erosion on Beaverdam Run. ..........................................48 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1 - Upper Kettle Creek and Tributaries FIGURE 32. Reach Designations FIGURE 33. Flow Patterns FIGURE 34. Channel Encroachments FIGURE 35. Rosgen Classification FIGURE 36. Entrenchment Ratios FIGURE 37. Width-Depth Ratios FIGURE 38. Dominant Bed Sediment FIGURE 39. Headcuts FIGURE 40. Mid-Channel Bars and Vegetation Structure FIGURE 41. Bank Erosion FIGURE 42. Canopy Cover FIGURE 43. Habitat Appendix 2 - Little Kettle Creek FIGURE 44. Reach Designations FIGURE 45. Flow Patterns FIGURE 46. Channel Encroachments FIGURE 47. Rosgen Classification FIGURE 48. Entrenchment Ratios FIGURE 49. Width-Depth Ratios FIGURE 50. Dominant Bed Sediment FIGURE 51. Headcuts FIGURE 52. Mid-Channel Bars and Vegetation Structure FIGURE 53. Bank Erosion FIGURE 54. Canopy Cover FIGURE 55. Habitat Appendix 3 - Cross Fork FIGURE 56. Reach Designations FIGURE 57. Flow Patterns FIGURE 58. Channel Encroachments FIGURE 59. Rosgen Classification FIGURE 60. Entrenchment Ratios FIGURE 61. Width-Depth Ratios FIGURE 62. Dominant Bed Sediment FIGURE 63. Headcuts FIGURE 64. Mid-Channel Bars and Vegetation Structure FIGURE 65. Bank Erosion FIGURE 66. Canopy Cover FIGURE 67. Habitat Appendix 4 - Hammersley Fork and Tributaries FIGURE 68. Reach Designations FIGURE 69. Flow Patterns FIGURE 70. Channel Encroachments FIGURE 71. Rosgen Classification FIGURE 72. Entrenchment Ratios FIGURE 73. Width-Depth Ratios FIGURE 74. Dominant Bed Sediment FIGURE 75. Headcuts FIGURE 76. Mid-Channel Bars and Vegetation Structure FIGURE 77. Bank Erosion FIGURE 78. Canopy Cover FIGURE 79. Habitat Appendix 5 - Trout Run and Tributaries FIGURE 80. Reach Designations FIGURE 81. Flow Patterns FIGURE 82. Channel Encroachments FIGURE 83. Rosgen Classification FIGURE 84. Entrenchment Ratios FIGURE 85. Width-Depth Ratios FIGURE 86. Dominant Bed Sediment FIGURE 87. Headcuts FIGURE 88. Mid-Channel Bars and Vegetation Structure FIGURE 89. Bank Erosion FIGURE 90. Canopy Cover FIGURE 91. Habitat Appendix 6 - Beaverdam Run FIGURE 92. Reach Designations FIGURE 93. Flow Patterns FIGURE 94. Channel Encroachments FIGURE 95. Rosgen Classification FIGURE 96. Entrenchment Ratios FIGURE 97. Width-Depth Ratios FIGURE 98. Dominant Bed Sediment FIGURE 99. Headcuts FIGURE 100. Mid-Channel Bars and Vegetation Structure FIGURE 101. Bank Erosion FIGURE 102. Canopy Cover FIGURE 103. Habitat March 2005 Upper Kettle Creek Fish Habitat Conservation Plan Tributaries Addendum For: Kettle Creek Watershed Association and Trout Unlimited By: Jaimie E. Frey, Lisa B. Wertz, Suzanne R. Hoehne, and Jonathan R. Klotz Larson Design Group, Inc. 1 Introduction Introduction This report serves as an addendum to the previously completed “Upper Kettle Creek Fish Habitat Conservation Plan” completed in April 2002. Additional field assessment was completed in 2003. This second study assessed over forty miles of stream channel in major tributaries to Kettle Creek upstream of the Alvin R. Bush Dam in Clinton and Potter Counties, Pennsylvania. The additional data collection and assessment was com- pleted to further define impacts to fish habitat and geomorphic function within the watershed. Tributaries included in this analysis are portions of Upper Kettle Creek, Little Kettle Creek, Cross Fork, Hammersley Fork, Trout Run, and Beaverdam Run. Descriptions and analysis of the assessed stream reaches are organized by sub-watershed from headwa- ters downstream. Stream reaches are indicated on maps included for each sub watershed. Each reach includes an overview of the current stream channel conditions, riparian canopy cover, stream dimensions, and detailed reach-by-reach information on fluvial geomorphology and habitat. Water temperatures reported were collected on a single day and represent only the water temperature at that point in time. 2 Upper Kettle Creek Fish Habitat Conservation Plan Tributaries Addendum Introduction FIGURE 1. Location map of the tributaries in the Upper Kettle Creek Watershed. Upper Kettle Creek Fish Habitat Conservation Plan Tributaries Addendum 3 Introduction STREAM CLASSIFICATION The Rosgen Stream Classification System is widely used to represent a variety of natural states of stream channels. The classification system uses a number of physical measurements to categorize the general stream channel form of a stream reach. The physical measurements and ratios of these measurements are also used in some instances to determine whether or not the stream channel is functioning properly. The following physical measurements are incorporated in the Rosgen Stream Classification System. Bankfull Discharge - The discharge (or flow) that occurs, on average, every 1.2 to 2.0 years. This discharge, from relatively frequent storms, is largely responsible for the shape of the stream channel within the floodplain. Bankfull Width - The width of the water surface at the bankfull dis- charge. Bankfull Depth - The depth from the elevation of water surface at the bankfull discharge to the deepest point in the channel. Slope - The distance that the stream channel drops divided by the dis- tance over which that drop occurs. Sinuosity - The ratio of the linear valley floor length to the stream length measured along the thalweg. Particle Size Distribution