Minnehaha Creek: 1st Order Drainage Assessment, Fluvial Geomorphic Assessment Update

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The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) contracted with Inter-Fluve to complete a series of geomorphic and biologic assessments within the Minnehaha Creek watershed in order to evaluate existing stream networks, channel stability, and water quality. The components of this project include: 1. 1st and 2nd Order Stream Assessment - this task included a GIS analysis of the drainages within the Minnehaha Creek watershed in order to identify stream networks and classify them by order. In addition, field work was conducted to ground truth this GIS analysis and evaluate the channel stability. 2. Minnehaha Creek and Major Tributary Geomorphic Assessment - a similar assessment was conducted in 2003 and 2004, so this task involved performing ground reconnaissance to evaluate changes since the previous study. This task also included a detailed geomorphic assessment of Painter Creek and a resurvey of the longitudinal profile and cross sections in a few locations on Minnehaha Creek. 3. Macroinvertebrate assessment - this task will be completed in 2013 when the flow conditions in Minnehaha Creek are conducive to appropriate data collection. The goal for this task is to sample macroinvertebrates at a number of locations within the watershed to evaluate biotic integrity and the change since the last survey. The sections that follow in this report describe the methods and results for the components of this study described above.
Date Issued
2013-04-30
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1003
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