Road Stream Crossing Site S753

Boardman River Watershed, Bancroft Creek

M-113

Crossing: M-113 / Bancroft Creek

Paradise Twp, Grand Traverse County

GPS Coordinates: 44.58458 , -85.46096

T25N R10W Sec 1, 12

Road Surface: Paved

Maintenance: year around

Low Point: At Stream

Existing Drainage Control? no

Any Failings? no

Type of Crossing: culvert(s) (single culvert)

Is this crossing constricted? yes

Are there adjacent wetlands? yes

Comments: Strean is constricted by sediment build up around in and around crossing

Slope: 1-5%

Vegetation: heavy

Slope: 1-5%

Vegetation: heavy

Shape: arc pipe

Diameter: 5.5 ft wide, 3.5 ft tall ft.

Material: galvanized

Condition :good

Flow: obstructed

Embankment Slope: 1:1 slope

Embankment Slope: 1:1 slope

Stream Width: 5 ft.

Stream Depth: 2 in.

Stream Current: moderate

Stream Substrate: sand

Stream Width: 5 ft.

Stream Depth: 2 in.

Stream Current: moderate

Stream Substrate: sand

Is there Streambank erosion beside the crossing? yes

Is there embankment erosion? no

Is there erosion at the culvert outlet? no

Is there erosion at the shoulder and/or ditch? no

Is there pooling at the outlet? yes

Is there sand over the crossing? no

 

Extent of Erosion: minor

Cause of Erosion: storm flows

Action Recommended? yes

Add pavement? no

Add paved raised edge? no

Increase fill? no

Replace culvert(s)? no

Extend culvert(s)? no

Comments: Lots of sand at crossing, turns to gravel downstream, and then back to sand.

Treatments: Cover structures and rock rip rap on right bank just downstream of crossing. Sediment piles that are constricting flow should be cleaned out.