Anacostia Watershed Society
Stream Corridor Assessment
Upstream from Bonifant Road

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Anacostia Watershed Society

The following information was provided by Masaya Maeda of the Anacostia Watershed Society.

AWS has decided to conduct a SCA (Stream Corridor Assessment) survey on the Northwest Branch and has already conducted it on a small portion of the stream. We would like to identify environmental problems such as eroding stream banks, inadequate stream buffers, exposed pipes, altered stream channels, fish migration barriers, pipe outfalls, in-stream construction sites and trash dumping locations along the branch. The major findings will be reported appropriately. The data will be also used to raise people's awareness of stream problems and eventually it will be incorporated into WRAS project by State Government.

Survey Date: 9/23/2005

242112 Erosion Site

Approximate length: 2587 ft Approximate height: 5 ft


245103 Erosion Site

Approximate length: 633 ft Approximate height: 6 ft


245104 Unusual Condition

This muddy riverbed is in the MAIN stream of the Northwest Branch.
Siltation is occurring here and there in the mainstream as the result of erosion.


245105 Erosion Site

Approximate length: 1953 ft Approximate height: 5 ft

247104 Erosion Site

Approximate length: 80 ft Approximate height: 5 ft

247105 Unusual Condition

Again, turbid river water.

There was almost no rain for at least for 22 days before this survey.
There were some days with a very little precipitation but those amounts of rain
(Trace to 0.01 inch) won't produce erosive stream flow. The river water color
was very similar to that of clay around the stream bank, which has been exposed due to erosion.

Bonus Pictures

Encountered a fox!

This area is also covered by Japanese Stilt Grass - an non-native invasive plant.