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Agricultural Waterway Classification

Agricultural Waterway Classification

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Summary


A classification of waterways in order to guide decisions on allocation of best management practices for fish protection and restoration of fish habitat and water

quality during agricultural waterway maintenance dredging.

To rate potential level of juvenile salmon use at time of maintenance, the classification applies local, credible knowledge of salmon abundance or density, water flow and temperature, or, where such knowledge is lacking, King County Geographic Information System (GIS) data to predict the potential for high, moderate, or low levels of salmon use in a given Agricultural Production District (APD) waterway.

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Description


Waterway Classification within Agricultural Production Districts developed as a resource for the Agricultural Drainage Assistance Program (ADAP) .The first component of the classification is whether the waterway is a natural stream, a modified stream, or an artificial ditch.

The second component describes the expected presence or level of abundance of juvenile salmonids during the standard construction window.


Layer information

Layer Name ag_wways_class_line
Subject Category Hydrography
Title Agricultural Waterway Classification
Feature Count 1558
Feature Type Line
Next Update As needed
Spatial reference None
Control ID 2745
Place Keywords Pacific NW, King County, WA, Washington State
Theme Keywords Hydro, Salmonids, Agriculture, Drainage, Farming, Biota, Environment
Supplemental Information

http://your.kingcounty.gov/dnrp/library/2014/kcr2658.pdf


Attribute information

OBJECTID

From Esri

Description

Internal feature number.

Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

WRIA_NO

From King County

Description

Water Resource Inventory Area Number

Domain

Water Resource Inventory Area Number

WRIA_NAME

From King County

Description

Water Resource Inventory Area Name

Domain

Water Resource Inventory Area Name

WTRSHD_NAME

From King County

Description

Watershed Name

Domain

Watershed Name

BASIN_NAME

From King County

Description

Basin Name

Domain

Basin Name

Juv_fish_use_summer

From King County

Description

Knowledge of known use by juvenile salmonids

Domain

Knowledge of known use by juvenile salmonids : Yes or Unknown

Fish_passage_barrier

From King County

Description

Presence of fish passage barrier

Domain

Presence of fish passage barrier: total, partial, none or uknown

Fish_passage_citation

From King County

Description

Citation for fish passage

Domain

Citation for fish passage information

Summer_flow_local_knowledge

From King County

Description

Knowledge of summer flow

Domain

Not Found

Upstream_catchment

From King County

Description

Existence of upstream catchment

Domain

Not Found

Water_Source

From King County

Description

Water source

Domain

field drainage/farm pond - field drainage/farm pond

known shallow groundwater interception - known shallow groundwater interception

known spring - known spring

known tributary - known tributary

known valley-wall-based seepage - known valley-wall-based seepage

suspected shallow groundwater interception - suspected shallow groundwater interception

suspected spring - suspected spring

suspected tributary - suspected tributary

suspected valley-wall-based seepage - suspected valley-wall-based seepage

Channel_configuration

From King County

Description

Type of channel configuration

Domain

modified - Modified waterways are natural waterways that have been straightened, usually as a consequence of diversion, dredging or diking, and have not reestablished a natural meander pattern.

natural - Natural waterways are naturally occurring water bearing features, typically with headwaters, that have not been significantly altered from their historical meandering flow path or floodplain in any manner or, if historically altered, have reestablished a meandering course passively or through active restoration

artificial - artificial

Extent_of_channel_modification

From King County

Description

Extent of channel modification

Domain

low (5 - 25% affected) - low (5 - 25% affected): Definition of code value [low (5 - 25% affected)] in CVD extent_of_channel_modification

majority (50 to 75% affected) - majority (50 to 75% affected): Definition of code value [majority (50 to 75% affected)] in CVD extent_of_channel_modification

mostly or all (75 to 100%) - mostly or all (75 to 100%): Definition of code value [mostly or all (75 to 100%)] in CVD extent_of_channel_modification

none or only trace (LT 5%) - none or only trace (LT 5%): Definition of code value [none or only trace (LT 5%)] in CVD extent_of_channel_modification

Classification_Current

From King County

Description

Waterway classification

Domain

Waterway classification: low, moderate, or high plus natural, modified, or artificial, or else unknown

Question_Num_classification

From King County

Description

Decision tree question (for making classification determination)

Domain

0

1 - Is there credible knowledge of fish use (e.g.,density or population estimates, fish removal counts, or visual counts by a qualified fish biologist during mid- to late-summer low-flow period? If yes, does that knowledge/information definitively indicate either high or low/no use?

2 - If no credible salmonid use information is available, or if such information is ambiguous or may be unreliable, is there a total fish passage barrier identified in an existing GIS database or through other credible local information? If a total barrier is present, then the use of the waterway is classified as “low.”

3 - Is there known to be summer flow, a spring present, or is the channel a side channel to a mainstem river?

4 - If flows are unknown or uncertain, is the contributing (upstream) watershed area sufficient to generate summer flow?

5 - Is there a geomorphic feature present that indicates seepage, or is there a backwatering effect causing standing water and that is also connected to a perennial stream?

APD_name

From King County

Description

Agricultural Production District Name

Domain

Name of APD,

Shape

From Esri

Description

Feature geometry.

Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

Shape.STLength()

From SQL Server

Description

Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance.

Domain

Double


Contact information

Maintained by DNRP - Water and Land Resources
Primary Harkeerat Kang

Harkeerat.Kang@kingcounty.gov


Terms of Use

Summary


A classification of waterways in order to guide decisions on allocation of best management practices for fish protection and restoration of fish habitat and water

quality during agricultural waterway maintenance dredging.

To rate potential level of juvenile salmon use at time of maintenance, the classification applies local, credible knowledge of salmon abundance or density, water flow and temperature, or, where such knowledge is lacking, King County Geographic Information System (GIS) data to predict the potential for high, moderate, or low levels of salmon use in a given Agricultural Production District (APD) waterway.

.

Description


Waterway Classification within Agricultural Production Districts developed as a resource for the Agricultural Drainage Assistance Program (ADAP) .The first component of the classification is whether the waterway is a natural stream, a modified stream, or an artificial ditch.

The second component describes the expected presence or level of abundance of juvenile salmonids during the standard construction window.


Contact information

Maintained by DNRP - Water and Land Resources
Primary Harkeerat Kang

Harkeerat.Kang@kingcounty.gov


Terms of use and copyright


Change history

3/5/2018

Data was compiled by WLR staff and updated a few times annually.