APPENDIX A – LDS CRITIERA FOR SELECTED REGIONS OF THE STUDY AREA. Calcareous Geology-Dominated Streams Size 1 Size 2 Size 3 Size 4 Reference Criterion (0-3 mi2 watershed area) (4-10 mi2 watershed area) (11-100 mi2 watershed area) (100+ mi2 watershed area) Catchment developed (%) <= 1 <= 2.4 <= 2 <= 3 Catchment Agriculture <= 36 <= 56 <= 59 <= 30 (non-row crop) (%) Catchment Agriculture <= 16 <= 22 <= 14.1 <= 15.7 (row crop) (%) Catchment Forest Cover >= 60 >= 41 >= 31 >= 56 (%) Riparian Developed (%) <= 2 <= 2 <= 2 -- A-1 Riparian Agriculture (%) <= 20 <= 40 <= 50 -- Riparian Forest Cover (%) >= 78 >= 41 >= 37.5 -- # Catchment Point Sources <= 4 <= 6 <= 10 <= 8 # Catchment Dams = 0 = 0 <= 1 <= 2 # Catchment Road <= 7 <= 19 <= 60 <= 330 Crossings Example Streams HW of W & E Branches Owego HW Tribs of W & E Branches Owego W & E Branches Owego Creek (NY); Fishing Creek, below Little Fishing Creek (NY); Tribs to Cross Creek Creek (NY); Scott Run (Cross Creek); Bradley Creek (NY); Upper Raccoon Creek (Bald Eagle Creek); Penns below confluence of North & Middle Big, Harpers & Whiskey Runs Creek; York Run (Georges Creek); Creek, btw Pine Creek and Big Poe Forks; Tribs to Brush Run (Raccoon (Blacklegs Creek); Perry Mill Run Georges Run (Monongahela R); Creek; lower Spruce Creek (Little Creek); some tribs to Blacklegs (Monongahela R); Gander Run Evitts Creek, above impoundment; Juniata River) Creek; small tribs to Monongahela & (Clear Creek); Rocky Gap Run Shobers Run; Little Juniata Creek; Cheat Rivers near their confluence; (Evitts Creek); Shobers Run; Hiett Bixler Run (Sherman Creek); Fort almost all tribs to Evitts creek Run (North R –WV); upper N. Branch Run (Aughwick Creek); Beaverdam draining ridge to east; tribs to Horn Little Aughwick Run; Beaverdam Run Run (Juniata R); Wickecheoke Creek Run (Standing Stone Creek); tribs to (Juniata R); Thomson Creek (NJ); Moores Run (Cacapon R - WV) Basher Kill, just above Neversink R (Conodoguinet Creek); Wickecheoke confluence (NY) Creek and Plum Brook (NJ) Crystalline Silicic Geology-Dominated Streams Size 1 Size 2 Size 3 Size 4 Reference Criterion (0-3 mi2 watershed area) (4-10 mi2 watershed area) (11-100 mi2 watershed area) (100+ mi2 watershed area) Catchment developed (%) 6 6 6 12 Catchment Agriculture 25 40 55 43 (non-row crop) (%) Catchment Agriculture 10 8 12.5 9 (row crop) (%) Catchment Forest Cover 59 55 37 35 (%) Riparian Developed (%) 5 4.9 6.9 -- Riparian Agriculture (%) 20 15 48.5 -- A-2 Riparian Forest Cover (%) 60 55 25 -- # Catchment Point Sources 4 6 16 35 # Catchment Dams 1 2 1 4 # Catchment Road 11 19 54 290 Crossings Example Streams HW of Rocky Mountain Creek & HW tribs to Yellow Breeches Creek; W. Br. Brandywine Creek; S. Br. Brandywine Creek; Musconetcong Carbaugh Run (Conococheague portions of Manatawny Creek; French Creek; W. Br. Perkiomen River (NJ) Creek); HW of Little Lehigh, Swabia & Sacony Creek and Beaver Run Creek Manatawny Creeks; Mountain Lake Brook (Pequest R) Crystalline Mafic Geology-Dominated Streams Size 1 Size 2 Size 3 Size 4 Reference Criterion (0-3 mi2 watershed area) (4-10 mi2 watershed area) (11-100 mi2 watershed area) (100+ mi2 watershed area) Catchment developed (%) 6 2.1 6 4.5 Catchment Agriculture 22 25 55 43 (non-row crop) (%) Catchment Agriculture 7 8.5 18 10 (row crop) (%) Catchment Forest Cover 68 67 29 36 (%) Riparian Developed (%) 3.5 3.5 4 -- Riparian Agriculture (%) 10 14.5 13 -- A-3 Riparian Forest Cover (%) 65 64 85 -- # Catchment Point Sources 3 4 10 13 # Catchment Dams 0 0 0 0 # Catchment Road 5 15 110 250 Crossings Example Streams Tribs to Tohickon Creek; Butter Creek Ridge Valley Creek (Unami Creek); Muddy, Otter & Fishing Creeks Brandywine Creek, below Buck Run (Unami Creek); Headwaters of Toms Dimple Creek (Tohickon Creek); (Susquehanna R); W. Br. confluence Creek Rapp & Beaver Creeks (Tinicum Brandywine Creek (near mouth) Creek) Appalachian Plateau Physiographic Province - Waynesburg Hills Section Size 1 Size 2 Size 3 Size 4 Reference Criterion (0-3 mi2 watershed area) (4-10 mi2 watershed area) (11-100 mi2 watershed area) (100+ mi2 watershed area) Catchment developed (%) <= 1 <= 3.7 <=0.9 <= 1.4 Catchment Agriculture <= 28 <= 37 <= 40 <= 41.5 (non-row crop) (%) Catchment Agriculture <= 3.5 <= 4 <= 0.55 <= 1 (row crop) (%) Catchment Forest Cover >= 70 >= 60 >= 59 >= 56 (%) Riparian Developed (%) <= 1.75 <= 3 <= 2 -- Riparian Agriculture (%) <= 18 <= 25 <= 36.5 -- Riparian Forest Cover (%) A-4 >= 80 >= 75 >= 61 -- # Catchment Point Sources <= 2 <= 2 <= 2 <= 21 # Catchment Dams <= 1 <= 1 <= 1 <= 9 # Catchment Road <= 6 <= 22 <= 53 <= 300 Crossings Example Streams Many tribs to Fish Creek PA Fork; Owens Run (Wheeling Creek, Enlow S. Fork Dunkard Fork; Wheeling S. Fork Tenmile Creek (btw Browns many Tribs to Wheeling Creek, both Fork); Wharton Run (Wheeling Creek, Dunkard Fork; Fish Creek, Creek & Grimes Run); Tenmile Robinson & Enlow forks, near PA Creek, Dunkard Fork); Crabapple PA fork (btw Knob and Pigeon Creek (btw Daniels Creek & Plum border); many tribs to Meadow Run; Creek; Bissett Run (Fish Creek, PA Runs); Dunkard Creek (btw Toms Run); Dunkard Creek (btw Miracle Woods Run (Whiteley Creek); tribs to Fork); Barneys Run (S. Fork Run & PA Fork Dunkard Creek); PA Run & Wrights Run) little Whiteley Creek (Monongahela R); Dunkard Run); Kent Run (Wheeling fork Dunkard Creek (below Clawson all tribs to Middle Run (Monongahela Creek, Dunkard Fork); Sharp Run Run); Roberts Run (btw Rush & R); Meadow & Bates Runs (Dunkard Creek) Sheppards Runs); mid Browns (Monongahela R) Creek; mid Bates Fork (Browns Run); Sections of Wheeling Creek, Robinson Fork; Wheeling Creek, Templeton Fork (btw Rocky Run & Wheeling Creek, Enlow Fork) Appalachian Plateau Physiographic Province – Northwest Glaciated Plateau Section Size 1 Size 2 Size 3 Size 4 Reference Criterion (0-3 mi2 watershed area) (4-10 mi2 watershed area) (11-100 mi2 watershed area) (100+ mi2 watershed area) Catchment developed (%) <= 1 <= 0.65 <= 1.5 <= 2.1 Catchment Agriculture <= 30 <= 37 <= 45 <= 35.5 (non-row crop) (%) Catchment Agriculture <= 14 <= 13.5 <= 19 <= 13 (row crop) (%) Catchment Forest Cover >= 70 >= 50 >= 43 >= 39 (%) Riparian Developed (%) <= 0.9 <= 1 <= 1.5 -- Riparian Agriculture (%) <= 29 <= 30 <= 34 -- A-5 Riparian Forest Cover (%) >= 70.5 >= 66 >= 60 -- # Catchment Point Sources <= 2 <= 3 <= 5 <= 15 # Catchment Dams <= 1 <= 2 <= 2 <= 4 # Catchment Road <= 6 <= 12 <= 44 <= 300 Crossings Example Streams Conneaut Creek & W. Br. Conneaut Middle/East Branches Conneaut West/Middle Branches Conneaut Sugar Creek (below Lake Creek HW tribs; McConnell Run & Tribs Creek; Inlet/Pine Runs (above Creek; Little Elk Creek; North Deer Confluence); lower NWGP section of (Sandy Creek); lower Mill Creek tribs Conneaut impoundment); HW and Mill Creeks (French Creek); Oil Creek; French Creek, above (French Creek); Woodcock Creek HW; Watson Run (Conneaut Outlet); middle Lake Creek; middle Little confluence with S. Br. French Creek; Sugar Creek HW tribs; lower small Little Sandy Creek tribs; W Br. Sugar Creek; Woodcock Creek Shenango R, btw Pymatuning & tribs to Oil Creek; HW Tribs so Spring Sugar Creek; Sugar Creek above impoundment; Muddy Creek Little Shenango confluence.; Creek (Brokenstraw Creek); some HW headwaters; Mackey/Temple Runs btw Potash Run & Federal Run; mid Conneaut Creek, below W. Br. tribs to Little Conneauttee Creek (Sandy Creek); many tribs to Oil Thompson Run; Spring Creek Conneaut confluence. Creek; Townly Run & Bailey Brook (Brokenstraw Creek); Little (W. Br. French Creek); Spencer Brokenstraw Creek; Shenango R Creek & Baskin Run (S. Br. French above Pymatuning Creek); North Br. Akeley & Storehouse Runs (Conewango Creek); Stony Creek (Little Brokenstraw Creek Piedmont Physiographic Province – All Sections Size 1 Size 2 Size 3 Size 4 Reference Criterion (0-3 mi2 watershed area) (4-10 mi2 watershed area) (11-100 mi2 watershed area) (100+ mi2 watershed area) Catchment developed (%) <= 6 <= 6 <= 5.5 <= 5.5 Catchment Agriculture <= 40 <= 45 <= 50 <= 40 (non-row crop) (%) Catchment Agriculture <= 17.5 <= 15 <= 17 <= 7 (row crop) (%) Catchment Forest Cover >= 50 >= 40 >= 32 >= 49 (%) Riparian Developed (%) <= 2.5 <= 3 <= 3 -- Riparian Agriculture (%) <= 25 <= 35 <= 45 -- A-6 Riparian Forest Cover (%) >= 55 >= 40 >= 22 -- # Catchment Point Sources <= 2 <= 2 <= 10 <= 40 # Catchment Dams = 0 <= 1 <= 2 <= 4 # Catchment Road <= 10 <= 20 <= 55 <= 815 Crossings Example Streams Sawmill Run; Furnace Run (Sawmill Beaver Creek; Tucquan Creek; lower Otter Creek; Middle Creek; Perkiomen Creek (Unami Creek Run); Counselman Run (Susquehanna upper Conewago Creek; upper upper Hammer Creek; mid Cocalico confluence to Skippack Creek R.); Oakland Run, Huber Run; Trout Chickens Cree/Shearers Creek; Creek; upper East Branch confluence); Tohickon Creek Run (Climbers Run); Shearers Creek Furnace & Segloch Runs of upper Brandywine Creek; S. Branch (Geddes Run to Del. R.) headwaters; headwater tribs of Middle Creek; upper Black Creek French Creek & French Creek above Hammer Creek, above impoundment; (Muddy Creek); N. Branch Indian S. Branch; W. Branch Perkiomen Tribs to Allegheny, Sixpenny & Seidel Run (E. Br. Brandywine Creek); Creek; Tinicum Creek Creeks (Schuylkill R); Tribs to Jehrico Rock, Beaver and Birch Runs Creek (French Creek); Deep Creek (Perkiomen Creek); Ridge Valley Creek (Unami, Perkiomen Creeks); Threemile Run & Haycock Creek (Tohickon Creek); Beaver and Rapp Creeks (Tinicum Creek); Jerhico Creek Ridge & Valley Physiographic Province – Susquehanna Lowland Section Size 1 Size