Revere-06
Revere
42.426886, -70.983704
Technical Specifications
Basic Properties
- Type
- Self Regulating Tide Gate
- Material
- Metal
- Control
- Counterweights
- Status
- Active
- Number of Gates
- 1
Operator & Management
Dimensions & Elevations
Culvert Details
- Number of Pipes
- 1
- Comments
- Completely obstructed 600 foot long culvert.
2024 Field Survey Results
Comprehensive field assessment conducted in 2024Physical Conditions Assessment
Channel Conditions
- Channel Alteration
- Severe (>398 ft/acre)
- Channel Constriction
- Narrower than channel
- Channel Erosion
- Little (<10% of bank)
- Sediment Deposits
- Severe (>60% of channel width)
Blockages & Issues
- Debris Blockages
- None
- Evidence of Overtopping
- No
Transect Measurements
50 Yards
- Open Water
- 0
- Salt Marsh
- 0
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
150 Yards
- Open Water
- 0
- Salt Marsh
- 0
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
300 Yards
- Open Water
- 0
- Salt Marsh
- 0
- Brackish
- 0
- Freshwater
- 0
- Ditch
- 0
- Unvegetated
- 0
Ecological Assessment
Habitat Observations
- Crab Burrow Intensity
- None
- Ponding Depressions
- None
- Phragmites Present
- Severe (>60%)
- Ecological Impairment
- Severe
Invasive Species
- Upstream Invasive Species
- Yes
- Downstream Invasive Species
- No
- Invasive Species Notes
- Dense phragmites growth and Japanese knotweed.
- Additional Comments (2024)
- No saltwater marsh ecology present. Phragmites is a dense monoculture so transects from aerial.
Historical Records
Notes & Comments
- Other Comments
- Phragmites dominated.
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