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Little Elk Creek GPS Location 34

Location 34 is where Interstate 95 crosses over Little Elk Creek, just downstream of the SR 545 crossing.  The bank is heavily protected with riprap under the crossing and the substrate seems to contain many pieces of riprap that presumably washed out of the bank protection structures in the past.  Approximately 30 m (100 feet) downstream of the I-95 bridge, trees and shrubs are present in the riparian zone, and substrate in the creek transitions to natural materials.  There are trees on both creek banks although the riparian zone on the right bank is narrow and agricultural fields were visible through the trees.  There are cobbles in a bar on the right bank between SR 545 and I-9, and the riparian zone vegetation appears to be well developed further upstream.

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