Fish Passage Improvement at Crossing 5, Quiota Creek

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	725147
Recovery Domains	S. California - S. Central CA Coast
Start Date	06/01/2017
End Date	04/18/2019
Year	2015
Status	Completed
Last Edited	01/25/2024

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Description

Passage barrier was removed at Crossing 5 and a 59 foot-span concrete bottomless-arch culvert replaced it. The barrier removal provides access to 3.17 miles of habitat.

Project Benefit

The removal of impediment at Crossing 5 on Quiota Creek project, 3.17 miles of upstreat with high-quality critical habitat to southern steelhead, will eliminate any migration delays and open up unimpeded access to significant spawning and rearing habitat for steelhead within the Quiota Creek watershed and improve general access to upper basin habitats within the Santa Ynez River drainage, a Core 1 watershed in the Southern Steelhead Recovery Plan (National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 2012).

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Fish Passage

Barriers Removed

Miles Opened

3.17

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$893,287

Other

$234,450

Report Total:

$1,127,737

Worksites

7211419

Worksite Identifier: 7211419
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description
Quiota Creek Crossing #5

Location Information

Basin: Central California Coastal (180600)
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: California
Recovery Domain: S. California - S. Central CA Coast
Latitude: 34.56013
Longitude: -120.08518

ESU

Southern California Steelhead DPS

Map

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Metrics

C.0 Salmonid Habitat Restoration and AcquisitionY (Y/N)

. . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 1,127,737.00
. . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .40

. . C.0.c

Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
Becker, G. S., I. J. Reining, et al. , 2008, Steelhead/Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Resources South of the Golden Gate, California., Prepared for the California State Coastal Conservancy and the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation by Center of Ecosystem Management and Restoration, Oakland, Ca.

. . C.0.d.1 Project Monitoring (LOV)
. . C.0.d.2 Monitoring Location (LOV)
. . C.2 Fish Passage ImprovementY (Y/N)
- . . . . C.2.a Fish Passage Funding 1,127,737.00
- . . . . C.2.b.1 Length of stream made accessible 3.17
- . . . . C.2.b.3 Type of blockage/barrier (LOV)
- . . . . C.2.b.4 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers impeding passage 1
- . . . . C.2.g.1 Bridge installed or improved at road stream crossingY (Y/N)
  - . . . . . . C.2.g.2 Number of bridges installed or improved/upgraded 1
  - . . . . . . C.2.g.3 Miles of stream made accessible by bridge installation or improvement/upgrade 3.17