Executive Summary

Peeler Creek is a perennial stream located in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin in Davie County, North Carolina. The reach of Peeler Creek and UT to Peeler Creek to be restored is approximately 5377 feet in length owned by John Thomas Peeler and Rebecca L. Peeler. Existing Peeler Creek is an incised sand bed C5/G5 stream. The 3.83 square mile watershed contributing drainage to the stream restoration segment is located in a rural setting. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has established 100-year water surface elevations and no-encroachment limits on Peeler Creek. The adjacent land at the restoration site has been used for livestock grazing and has wooded uplands and a cleared floodplain fields. Approximately 1950 linear feet of the upstream channel length was relocated to the northwestern edge of the 300-foot wide floodplain. The existing channel in this area has banks that extend from 6 to 16 feet in elevation. The middle segment of stream approximately 1775 linear feet extends from an existing ford to the box culverts under Hwy 801. The buffer throughout this stream segment is wooded on the southeastern side and on the northwest edge supports an average 20-foot wid