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Wetland name or number <br /> 5.Does the entire wetland unit meet all of the following criteria? <br /> ..)c The unit is in a valley,or stream channel,where it gets inundated by overbank <br /> flooding from that stream or river <br /> The overbank flooding occurs at least once every two years. <br /> NOTE: The riverine unit can contain depressions that are filled with water when the river is <br /> not flooding. <br /> NO-go to 6 YES The wetland class is Riverine <br /> 6. Is the entire wetland unit in a topographic depression in which water ponds,or is saturated to the <br /> surface,at some time during the year. This means that any outlet. if present, is higher than the <br /> interior of the wetland. <br /> NO—go to 7 YES—The wetland class is Depressional <br /> 7. Is the entire wetland unit located in a very flat area with no obvious depression and no overbank <br /> flooding. The unit does not pond surface water more than a few inches.The unit seems to be <br /> maintained by high groundwater in the area. The wetland may be ditched,but has no obvious <br /> natural outlet. <br /> NO—go to 8 YES—The wetland class is Depressional <br /> 8. Your wetland unit seems to be difficult to classify and probably contains several different HGM <br /> clases. For example,seeps at the base of a slope may grade into a riverine floodplain,or a small <br /> stream within a depressional wetland has a zone of flooding along its sides. GO BACK AND <br /> IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE HYDROLOGIC REGIMES DESCRIBED IN QUESTIONS I-7 <br /> APPLY TO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE UNIT(make a rough sketch to help you decide). Use <br /> the following table to identify the appropriate class to use for the rating system if you have several <br /> HGM classes present within your wetland. NOTE: Use this table only if the class that is <br /> recommended in the second column represents 10%or more of the total area of the wetland unit <br /> being rated. If the area of the class listed in column 2 is less than 10%of the unit;classify the <br /> wetland using the class that represents more than 90%of the total area. <br /> HGM Classes within the wetland unit being rated HGM Clays to Ute in Rating <br /> Slope+Riverine Riverine <br /> Slope+Depressional Depressional <br /> Slope+Lake-fringe Lake-fringe <br /> Depressional +Riverine along stream within boundary Depressional <br /> Depressional+Lake-fringe Depressional <br /> Salt Water Tidal Fringe and any other class of freshwater Treat as ESTUARINE under <br /> wetland wetlands with special <br /> characteristics <br /> If you are unable still to determine which of the above criteria apply to your wetland,or if you <br /> have more than 2 HGM classes within a wetland boundary,classify the wetland as Depressional <br /> for the rating. <br /> Wetland Rating Form—western Washington 4 August 2004 <br /> version 2 Updated with new WDFW definitions Oct.2008 <br />