Road Stream Crossing Site PLT-B-4

Platte River Watershed, Unnamed Tributary to Little Platte Lake

Bixler Rd

Benzonia Twp, Benzie County

GPS Coordinates: 44.67939 , -86.10427

T26 R15 Sec 3

Road Width at Culvert: 18 ft.

Road Surface: Paved

Maintenance: year around

Low Point: At Stream

Existing Drainage Control? no

Any Failings? no

Type of Crossing: culvert(s) (Stand Pipe Inlet/single culvert outlet)

Is this crossing constricted? no

Are there adjacent wetlands? yes

Comments: -Landowner constructed dam/standpipe culvert inlet -Rock dam 10ft downstream from outlet

Length: 300 ft.

Slope: 1-5%

Vegetation: partial

Length: 400 ft.

Slope: 0%

Vegetation: partial

Length: 60 ft.

Diameter: 1.5 ft.

Material: galvanized

Condition :fair

Flow: fish passage problem

Fill Depth: 3 ft.

Embankment Slope: >2:1

Fill Depth: 3 ft.

Embankment Slope: >2:1

Stream Width: 50 ft.

Stream Depth: 3.5 in.

Stream Current: slow

Stream Substrate: other

Stream Width: 5 ft.

Stream Depth: 0.9 in.

Stream Current: slow

Stream Substrate: sand,gravel

Is there Streambank erosion beside the crossing? no

Is there embankment erosion? no

Is there erosion at the culvert outlet? no

Is there erosion at the shoulder and/or ditch? no

Is there pooling at the outlet? no

Is there sand over the crossing? no

 

Extent of Erosion: minor

Action Recommended? no

Add pavement? no

Pave Left Approach: 0 Lineal Feet

Pave Right Approach: 0 Lineal Feet

Add paved raised edge? no

Number of erosion control structures: 0

Number of sediment basins: 0

Number of diversion outlets: 0

Increase fill? no

Replace culvert(s)? yes

Extend culvert(s)? no

Lineal feet to extend: 0

Other Treatments: Remove inlet standpipe/dam and remove downstream rock dam.

Comments: Fish passage is completely inhibited.

 

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