Fish Passage Site 20300997

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.48361°, -150.11657°
Legal Description: S005N005W35
Region: South Central
Road Name: Skilak Lake Road

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai B-1
AWC Stream #: 244-30-10010-2145
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation:

Site Comments: this culvert serves as an overflow for beaver pond (on Jean Creek) above.

Survey Date: Jul 30, 2001

Survey KPCS1-NK042

Observers: Cecil Rich, Michael Lund

Overall Fish Passage Rating: Red

Tidal: No
Backwatered: No

Step Pools:
Construction Year:


Comments: this culvert serves as an overflow for beaver pond (on Jean Creek) above. Woody debris damming inlet. Flared outlet clogged with debris.

Culvert Measurements

ID: 1 Structure Type: Circular pipe (Corrugated Metal) Fish Passage Rating:
 
Length(ft): 44.5
Inlet Type: Projecting
Outlet Type:
Corrugation Depth(in.): 1.0
Corrugation Width(in.): 3.0
Condition Rating(1-5):
Approach Angle:
Sedimentation At Inlet:
Inlet Substrate: None
Outlet Substrate: None
InletOutlet
Width(ft):4.9 4.92
Height(ft):5.0 5.0
Apron Length(ft):
Water Depth(ft):0.17 0.17
Rustline Height(ft):
Substrate Depth(ft):1.94 0.75
Backwatered?:
Baffles Present: No
Embedded?: No
Outfall Height: 2.38
Outfall Type:
Constriction Ratio:
Culvert Gradient: 2.90%
Max Slope:
Max Slope Length:
  Culvert Observations:
  1. None of this type

Stream Measurements

Stream SubstratesUpstreamDownstream
Dominant:NoneNone
Subdominant:
Stream Slope(deg.):
Stream Flow Stage:

No stream width data available.

Elevations

Locator ID Culvert
Number		 River
Distance (ft)1		 Distance From
Crossing (ft)2		 Relative
Elevation (ft)
OHW Left Bank 0.00 1.0 87.58
Outlet Invert 1 1.00 0.0 89.79
Outlet Thalweg 1 1.00 0.0 90.54
Outlet Culvert Top 1 1.00 0.0 94.79
Inlet Culvert Top 1 45.00 0.0 96.08
Inlet Culvert Invert 1 45.00 0.0 91.08
Inlet Thalweg 1 45.00 0.0 93.02
U/S Thalweg 1 46.00 1.0 93.63

Notes:

  1. River distance is measured continuously throughout the survey reach along the thalweg of the stream.
  2. Measured from each end of the crossing along the thalweg of the stream.

Fish Sampling Efforts

Gear Type: Minnow Trap (A) Trap Duration(h): 1.12
 
Gear Type: Minnow Trap (B) Trap Duration(h): 1.4

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 3 Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 88 Max: 155 Mean: 132
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Downstream Minnow Trap (4)  Upstream Minnow Trap (6)  
 
Species: adult stickleback-unspecified Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 48 Max: 48 Mean: 48
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Downstream Minnow Trap (2)  
 
Species: juvenile Chinook salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 12 Fish Measured: 2 Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 92 Max: 107 Mean: 99
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Upstream Minnow Trap (12)  
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 37 Fish Measured: 10 Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 43 Max: 111 Mean: 67
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Downstream Minnow Trap (37)  
 
Species: juvenile rainbow trout Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 17 Fish Measured: 7 Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 76 Max: 123 Mean: 98
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Downstream Minnow Trap (17)  

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