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1VcdanA name or numbu <br />5. Does the entire wcdand unit meet aIl of the follo«�ing critcria? <br />1'hc ttnit is in a�allzy, or strcam channel, where it gets inundated by overbank <br />(looding from t6at stream or river <br />The overbank flooding occurs at least once every nvo yeurs. - ••- � <br />NOTC' The ri�•erine unir cmr conlnrn depressiais dtat m•e ft!!ed ivith xarer wlten thc river is <br />,ror�loodr»g. <br />�NO - go to 6❑YES — The wcUand class is Ri��crinc <br />6. Is the entire wedand unit in a topographic depression in which water ponds, or is s.�;urated to thc <br />sur£acc, at somc time during thc yeac This nrenn.r lhnt any oudet, ijpresent, is l:igher dinn nc� <br />interia� ojd�e wetlnnd. <br />❑NO — go ro'7 �YES — Thc wcdand class is Depressional <br />7. Is the entire wetland unit located in a very flat area with no obvious �epression and no overh:ink <br />flooding. The uni[ does not pond surface water more than a fe��' inches. The unit seems to Ue <br />maintained by high groundwater in thc area. The �vetland may bc ditchcd, bu� 6as no ob� ious <br />natural outlet. <br />❑I�0 — go to S� YES — Thc wetland class is Depressional <br />8. ;'eur ��•etland unit seems to be difficult ro classify and probably contains sevcral different [ IG\1 <br />clases. For example, sccps at the base of a slope may grade into a riverine (loodplain, or a small <br />stream within a depressional wetland has a zone of flooding alon� its sides. GO DACK AND <br />iDGNTIFY R'1IICH OF TfiE IiYDROLOGIC REGfMES llESCR[E3�D IN QL'ESTIONS 1-7 <br />APPLY TO DIPPERENI� AIiEAS IN THE UN1T (make a rough sketch to hcip you decide). Use <br />the following table to identify the appropriatc class to usc for the rating system if you have several <br />hlG�t classes present within your wetland. NOTE: Use this table only if the class diat is <br />recommended in the second colunm represents 10°� ur more of the total area oFd�e wedand unit <br />being rated. If the area of the class listed in colwnn 2 is Iess than 10°/a of the unit; classify thc <br />�vedand using thc class that represents more than 90% of the total arca. <br />NG,t1 Gln.rsc.c tivithrn tlre �rednii��+�nit <br />+ Rivcrinc <br />+ Dcpressi <br />+ Lnkc-fri� <br />+ [Zivcrinc along stream ���ithin <br />+ Lakc-frinec <br />Salt 1Vatcr Tidal Fringc and any othcr class of &cshwatcr <br />wcdand <br />Rivcrinc <br />Treat as ESl'UARINE undcr <br />wet'ands wiU� spccial ^ <br />If you arc unable still to detern�inc which of the above criiena apply to your wetland, or if you <br />havc morc than ? FIGh1 classcs �vithin a wctland boundary, classify the wctland as Dcpressional <br />for tlic rating. <br />1L'c�land Rating Fom� -. wci�cm R'ashington <br />eersion 2 Updmcd wi�h new� 14D1'1V defimtions Oct '_009 <br />August'_OOd <br />