| Wetland Profile: Walters Creek | Published 10/30/2004 |
| LOCATION |
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| County | San Luis Obispo |
| USGS Quadrangle | Morro Bay South |
| Descriptive Location | Walters Creek drains into Chorro Creek. |
| Wetland Complex | Chorro Creek |
| OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT & LOCAL AUTHORITIES |
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| Management | |
| Management Authorities | Source |
|---|---|
| Cal Dept of Fish & Game | 1 |
| California State University | 2, 3 |
| LAND USE |
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| On Site Use | Source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 3, 4, 5 |
| Historic On Site Use | Source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 5 |
| Adjacent Use | Source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 3, 4, 5 |
| Recreation | 1 |
| Historic Adjacent Use | Source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 5 |
| Comments | |
| Comments | Source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture=grazing | 4 |
| HYDROLOGY |
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| Tributary Influence | |||
| Tributary Influence | Influence | Gaging Station | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermittent Stream 1 | 2 | ||
| Intermittent Stream 2 | 2 | ||
| Intermittent Stream 3 | 2 | ||
| Seep 1 | 2 | ||
| Wetland Alterations | ||||
| Alterations | Comments | Contribution / Removal Amount |
Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flow Obstructions | Culvert | 2 | ||
| Non-point Source | 5 | |||
| WATER QUALITY |
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| Monitoring Programs | ||||
| Program Name | Parameters | Comments | Website | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Coast Ambient Monitoring Program | Flow | None | None | None |
| Water Quality Data | |||
| Parameter | Duration | Comments | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation | January 4-March 23, 1995 | 5 | |
| Stream Flow | January 4-March 23, 1995 | 5 | |
| Stream Profiling | 3 | ||
| WETLAND IMPACTING ACTIVITIES |
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| In the Wetland | |
| Activity | Source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 5 |
| Grazing | 3, 4 |
| Road construction | 2, 5 |
| Adjacent to the Wetland | |
| Activity | Source |
|---|---|
| Agriculture | 5 |
| Grazing | 3, 4 |
| Road construction | 2, 5 |
| SOURCES |
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| Source | Author(s) | Year Published | Document Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Wolff Environmental | 2004 | Personal Communication |
| 2 | Stechman, John V. | 1988 | Agricultural map, California Polytechnic State University |
| 3 | Austin, Stephen A. | 1993 | Stream reach characterization in the Chumash Creek and Walters Creek watersheds. |
| 4 | Pak, Margaret | 2001 | How effective are best management practices on the Morro Bay watershed. |
| 5 | Berkowitz, Russell A. | 1995 | Precipitation and steamflow (sic) relationships for Chumash and Walters Creeks: a part of the Morro Bay watershed non-point source pollution and treatment measure evaluation. |