North Fork Indian Creek Fish Passage Enhancement

Salmonid Habitat Restoration and Acquisition

Project ID	OWEB 223-8222-22744
Recovery Domains	Oregon Coast
Start Date	03/01/2023
End Date	02/21/2025
Year	2020
Status	Completed
Last Edited	05/02/2025

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Description

The work completed by this project addressed two (2) high priority crossings in the Upper Indian Creek 6th field HUC on unnamed tributaries to North Fork Indian Creek. The new crossings were designed to meet ARBO II standards and sized at over 1.5x the active channel. In addition to culvert replacements at the two tributaries, there was large wood placed into one of the tributaries to promote gravel aggradation and floodplain connectivity. The stream reaches through both culverts were designed utilizing the USFS Guide to Stream Simulation and mimic upstream and downstream profiles and substrate composition. Riparian planting was reported as a proposed activity but was only implemented in areas disturbed by project activities and therefore is not reported at completion.

Project Benefit

The project will benefit ESA listed Oregon Coast Coho Salmon and Oregon Coast DPS Steelhead by improving passage at two (2) undersized and failing stream crossings on FS Road 2216, also known as Mann Creek road. The improved passage will allow adult and juvenile salmonids, as well as other aquatic organisms, unimpeded access to 1.0 miles of high quality spawning and rearing habitat that is currently completely blocked due to the perched nature of the two culverts. Additionally, instream complexity and lateral connectivity to the flood plain will be improved through the installation of large wood as grade control structures on the unnamed tributaries between Mann Creek rd and North Fork Indian Creek. Overall, the project will directly address two key Siuslaw Coho Partnership recovery strategys (Strategic Action Plan for Coho Salmon Recovery- The Siuslaw River) Strategies to Conserve Critical Coho Habitat in the Siuslaw Watershed: strategy 1 Installing large wood, strategy 5 Upgrade Infrastructure as well as indirectly promoting floodplain reconnection (Strategy 3). The proposed stream crossing structures and channels will be designed to effectively transport sediment and mimic a natural stream simulation.

Accomplishments

Metric

Completed

Originally
Proposed

Instream Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.35

.25

Riparian Habitat

Stream Miles Treated

.00

.50

Acres Treated

1.0

Fish Passage

Barriers Removed

Miles Opened

1.00

Source

Funds

PCSRF

$52,681

Other

$410,143

Report Total:

$462,824

Worksites

60935134

Worksite Identifier: 60935134
Start Date:
End Date:

Area Description

No Area Description data was found for this worksite.

Location Information

Basin: Northern Oregon Coastal (171002)
Subbasin:
Watershed:
Subwatershed:

State: Oregon
Recovery Domain: Oregon Coast
Latitude: 44.1899061
Longitude: -123.8476784

ESU

Oregon Coast Coho Salmon ESU

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Metrics

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

. . C.0.a Habitat restoration and acquisition funding 462,823.98
. . C.0.b Length of stream treated/protected .35

. . C.0.c

Project identified in a Plan or Watershed Assessment
National Marine Fisheries Service Northwest Region, 2016-12-01, Recovery Plan for Oregon Coast Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2007-03-01, Oregon Coast Coho Conservation Plan for the State of Oregon; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2016-01-01, Oregon Conservation Strategy ;

. . 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 442,823.98
- . . . . C.2.b.1 Length of stream made accessible 1.00
- . . . . C.2.b.3 Type of blockage/barrier (LOV)
- . . . . C.2.b.4 Number of blockages/impediments/barriers impeding passage 2
- . . . . C.2.f.1 Culvert installed or improved at road stream crossingY (Y/N)
  - . . . . . . C.2.f.2 Number of culverts installed or improved 2
  - . . . . . . C.2.f.3 Miles of stream made accessible by culvert installation/upgrade 1.00
- . . C.4 Instream Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
  - . . . . C.4.a Instream Habitat Funding 20,000.00
  - . . . . C.4.b Total length of instream habitat treated .35
  - . . . . C.4.d.1 Channel structure placementY (Y/N)
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.2 Material used for channel structure (LOV)
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.3 Miles of stream treated through channel structure placement .35
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.5 Pools expected to be created through channel structure placement 3
    - . . . . . . C.4.d.7 Number of structures placed in channel 2
  - . . C.5 Riparian Habitat ProjectY (Y/N)
    - . . . . C.5.a Riparian Habitat Funding .00
    - . . . . C.5.b.1 Total riparian miles streambank treated .00
    - . . . . C.5.b.2 Total Riparian Acres Treated .0
    - . . . . C.5.c.1 Riparian plantingY (Y/N)
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.2
        Species of plants planted in riparian
        
        None, proposed activity not implemented
      - . . . . . . C.5.c.3 Acres planted in riparian .0