Fish Passage Improvement site 30103694

Fish Passage Site 30103694

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 52.21088°, -174.20294°
Legal Description: S092S176W15
Region: Southwest
Road Name: Atxax Way

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Atka C-1
AWC Stream #: 305-52-11600
Stream Name: Dancing Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: None

Survey Date: May 03, 2016

Survey UPDATE-ATKA5

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Project Supervisor: Gillian O'Doherty, ADFG
Observers: Jeanette Alas

Overall Fish Passage Rating: Black

Tidal: Maybe
Backwatered: No

Step Pools: No
Construction Year: 2009

Comments: Culvert submitted by HB Jeanette Alas from her May trip to Atka. This culvert was installed in 2009. It is slatted to be replaced when the road is upgraded. Upstream geotextile fabric has been exposed and is starting to be eroded into creek.

Culvert Measurements

ID: 1

Structure Type: Oval (Structural steel plate)

Fish Passage Rating: Black

Length(ft):

Inlet Type: Projecting

Outlet Type: Projecting

Corrugation Depth(in.):

Corrugation Width(in.):

Condition Rating(1-5): 3

Approach Angle:

Sedimentation At Inlet: No

Inlet Substrate:

Outlet Substrate:

	Inlet	Outlet
Width(ft):	9.625
Height(ft):	7.17
Apron Length(ft):
Water Depth(ft):
Rustline Height(ft):
Substrate Depth(ft):

Backwatered?: No

Baffles Present: No

Embedded?: No

Outfall Height: 0.0

Outfall Type: At Stream Grade

Constriction Ratio:

Culvert Gradient:

Max Slope:

Max Slope Length:

Stream Measurements

Stream Substrates	Upstream	Downstream
Dominant:
Subdominant:

Stream Slope(deg.):
Stream Flow Stage:	Medium

No stream width data available.

Elevations

No elevation data available.

Fish Sampling Efforts

Gear Type: Minnow Trap (A)
Comments: Trap set upstream about 200 feet in upstream pond and left to soak overnight.

Gear Type: Minnow Trap (B)
Comments: Trap set about 800 feet upstream in second upstream pond and left to soak overnight.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 31	Fish Measured: 31	Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 49 Max: 138 Mean: 86
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Upstream Minnow Trap (13) Upstream Minnow Trap (18)

Species: Dolly Varden		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 9	Fish Measured: 9	Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 53 Max: 65 Mean: 59
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Upstream Minnow Trap (6) Upstream Minnow Trap (3)

Species: threespine stickleback		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 7	Fish Measured:	Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Upstream Minnow Trap (3) Upstream Minnow Trap (4)

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