ONONDAGA CREEK, NEAR SYRACUSE, NY. SITE 5-D & OTHER REACHES {Engineered Rocked Riffles (with all stones in compression), Traffic Control Stones, LPSTP, transplanted Vegetation, a Boil-Up Pool, & a Viffle} PPT by dave derrick

Contact: Doug Fisher, Location: A couple different locations on Onondaga Cr. in the Tully Valley, near LaFayette, NY.

THE NATURAL, THEN CONSTRUCTED BOIL-UP POOL ON UPPER ONONDAGA CREEK, NEAR SYRACUSE, NEW YORK Constructed May 2006 The go-to guy, Mark Schaub with the Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District, Lafayette, NY.

Looking US toward the left bank. Note the interesting natural hook causing a Boil-Up pool. 4/18/2006

Another view of the left bank, 4/18/2006

Not much of a hook, but very effective at forming a natural deep, circular, scour pool. 4/18/2006

Natural Boil-Up Pool on Onondaga Creek. 4/18/2006

Looking DS, construction has begun on DS riprap and Engineered Rocked Riffle. 5/24/2006 From Mark Schaub

Looking DS, stone in, but not a great semi- circle yet-5/24/06 From Mark Schaub

Looking DS, bank stone & kicker in, still not a good semi -circle 5/24/2006 From Mark Schaub

Looking US, note how bank kicks current, just a little more tweaking needed (pull some toe stone back) 5/24/2006 From Mark Schaub

The next day, flow right to left. All angles and circles correct, note flow over curved kicker, truly a thing of beauty!!! From Mark Schaub

Looking DS. Planform now consists of two pools & a riffle within the bend 5/25/2006 From Mark Schaub

Looking US at the Boil-Up Pool at bankfull stage. Note thalweg down the center of the stream From Mark Schaub

Looking US at the Boil-Up Pool at bankfull stage. Note thalweg down the center of the stream From Mark Schaub

3 YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Derrick JUNE 18, 2009

Looking the Boil-Up Pool 3 yrs after construction, Boil-Up working well even under base flow conditions, and streamside veg coming on strong. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

From the road looking downhill & the US Engineered Rocked Riffle & the Boil-Up Pool. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

From the road, looking the Boil-Up pool 3 years after construction. Veg has covered the bank protection nicely. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

UPPER ONONDAGA CREEK: SITE 5-D CONSTRUCTED JULY 2006

THE UPPERMOST ENGINEERED ROCKED RIFFLE IN REACH 5-D {ALL STONES IN COMPRESSION}

Looking DS, two rows of stone in. Placing stone in compression, working from DS to US Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD

ERR, 2 rows in, flow right to left Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD

Looking DS at the completed ERR Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD

Looking DS at the completed ERR, note nice pool US.

Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD Looking DS, close-up of the ERR

Looking the US Engineered Rocked Riffle (ERR) built with all stones imbricated (in compression). 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Looking the US Engineered Rocked Riffle (ERR). 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Looking the left bank stabilization for the US ERR. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

TRANSPLANTING EXISTING VEG AND/OR ROOT MATS WITH THE TRACKHOE {2 MINI CASE STUDIES}

ONONDAGA CREEK SITE 5-D Diamond-Oriented Traffic Control Stones with Single Stone Bendway Weirs (MINI CASE STUDY #1)

DIAMOND -ORIENTED TRAFFIC CONTROL STONES {TCS} WITH BEDLOAD BENCH IN BETWEEN, WITH TRANSPLANTED VEGETATION ON TOP OF TCS & BEDLOAD BENCH WITH SINGLE-STONE BENDWAY WEIRS ON EVERY 4th TCS.

TCS were typically 3 ft by 3 ft by 3 ft, spaced 6 to 8 ft apart, with bedload material choked in between forming a continuous bench. Vegetation was pulled down from top bank & placed on the bench. Every 4 th TCS was keyed into the bank & had a single- stone Bendway Weir added to the stream end.

Photo by derrick Typical stones used as Diamond Traffic Control Stones

Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD Looking DS at a Diamond Traffic Control Stone-in place, but not dug in yet

Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD Placing a Diamond Traffic Control Stone

Square stones (3 ft by 3 ft by 3 ft) placed with a sharp edge facing upstream, designed to “kick” flow off the bank, must be keyed into the bed & bank, spaced 6 to 8 ft apart, every 4th one should be keyed into the bank. Every 4th stone has a Single Stone Bendway Weir. Diamond-Oriented Traffic Control Stones with Single Stone Bendway Weirs Key TCS Key TCS SSBW TCS SSBW

Photo by Derrick Looking at a Single Stone Bendway Weir & a TCS and key stone (one more key stone needed)

Thalweg is dug and that bedload material is placed between the Traffic Control Stones to form a bench at the same height as the TCS. Diamond-Oriented Traffic Control Stones with Single Stone Bendway Weirs

Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD Bedload material placed between Traffic Control Stones Traffic Control Stones

Photo by Derrick Looking DS at Single Stone Bendway Weirs & Diamond- Oriented Traffic Control Stones (most hidden) BW

Traffic Control Stones with a narrow bench of bedload material between. Note vertical bank above. Onondaga Creek, Site 5-D, constructed July 2006

Traffic Control Stones Bedload material placed between Traffic Control Stones

Looking the US key & Traffic Control Stones (TCS) & Single Stone Bendway Weirs (SSBW). Note thalweg trace. Hydraulic Cover Stone in middle of pool. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Close-up, looking TCS & SSBW, note thalweg. Slope at toe of bank = “come & go dynamics” erosion, then deposition 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Single Stone Bendway Weir with Traffic Control Stone (key is hidden). Bank is stable & vegged. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Plants, root mass, and soil was pulled down from the vertical outer bank to provide streamside vegetation. The mid & upper bank was sloped and seeded. Diamond-Oriented Traffic Control Stones with Single Stone Bendway Weirs

Slide that veg down the slope!

Slide more veg down the hill Onondaga Creek, Site 5-D, constructed July 2006

Slide even more veg down the slope. Note long “Instant Shade” over stream

Right bank TCS with SSBW DS of the Rocked Riffle. Bank mostly stable & vegged 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Right bank partly hidden, TCS’s with a Single Stone Bendway Weir. Stable bank with lush veg & bedload material between TCS’s. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Right bank TCS & SS Bendway Weirs. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

KEYED LPSTP WITH TRANSPLANTED VEGETATION ON TOP PLUS 2 SINGLE-STONE BENDWAY WEIRS. (MINI CASE STUDY #2)

Pre-project-Looking DS at LPSTP project bend Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD

LPSTP with bedload choking that forms a mini floodplain bench on top of the LPSTP. Onondaga Creek, Site 5-D, constructed July 2006

Sliding veg & root mats downslope onto LPSTP bench

Digging & placing buckets of gray dogwood onto the LPSTP bench.

It’s an instant jungle!!!!

This section is complete, 2 hrs of machine time for LPSTP, 2 Single- Stone Bendway Weirs & veg transplant {100 ft of protection} Onondaga Creek, Site 5-D, constructed July 2006

Approx. 6 months after installation, looking DS DERRICK

Looking LPSTP & SS Bendway Weir. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

THE VIFFLE A Derrick-McCullah idea hatched late at night in the Seattle airport while headed to Alaska Combining the best attributes of the Cross-Vane and the Engineered Rocked Riffle (rock vanes slowing currents near banks and riffle improving fish passage and creating a properly proportioned scour pool with flat sloped tail-out) Build the two Rock Vane arms of the Cross-Vane Downstream instead of a vertical drop build the rocked riffle. At DS end of riffle the stones are keyed into the bed & all stones are placed in compression

THE FOLLOWING VIFFLE IS NEW CONSTRUCTION, NOT A REPAIR OF AN EXISTING CROSSVANE

Looking US at rock vane section of Viffle, rocked riffle portion not constructed yet. Onondaga Creek, Site 5-D, Aug Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD

Onondaga Creek, Site 5-D, Looking across & US at the completed VIFFLE ( V ane r IFFLE ), Rocked riffle section choked with creek gravel Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD

Red line delineates location of crest stones & keys of completed Viffle Photo by Mark Schaub, OCSWCD

Looking the Viffle with natural “leaner” tree. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Looking the same Engineered Rocked Riffle. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Additional headcuts from DS causing problems on a Cross-Vane built in 2005, in response we will rebuild these as Viffles!! Photo by derrick-July 11, 2006, constructed 2004

Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later We will start upstream and flow downstream. All photos by Mark Schaub, Onondaga County Soil & Water Conservation District

Looking US at US key for the TCS & a TCS with a Single-Stone Bendway Weir Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking DS at the US ERR with TCS with BW on right bank. Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking DS at TCS & TCS with BW on right bank. Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking across at Traffic Control Stones. Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking US at an ERR & TCS on right descending bank Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking DS at the 3 rd ERR with the LPSTP in background. Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking US at the ERR & TCS in the background. Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking US at the ERR. Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking DS at the LPSTP with Single-Stone BW in foreground Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking DS at the LPSTP. Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking US at the Viffle. Key stone barely visible on each bank Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

Looking US at the Viffle with the LPSTP in background Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. 14 months later from Mark Schaub

3 YEARS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION Photos by Derrick JUNE 18, 2009

Looking the third (steepest) ERR. Has worked well over time. 3 YEARS LATER - Onondaga Creek-Site 5-D. -DERRICK

Nov 8, 2006 a big tour for 60+ fellow professionals, show off cool innovative stuff to folks, give everyone good ideas to save the planet, one stream at a time!! DERRICK

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