Fish Inventory Site FSH0201A01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.68057°, -152.29268°
Legal Description: S007N017W20
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai C-7
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Montana Bill Creek

Elevation: 58 m

Site Comments: Beaver dam upstream, multiple channels.

Survey Date: Jul 15, 2002

Survey FSH02-01A01

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson, Edward Weiss

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.5° C Conductivity: 113.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff:
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 8.58 m 8.18 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.28 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: None

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub
5-10 Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub
10-20 Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub
20-30 Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub Open Tall Alder-Willow Shrub

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 103 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: Additional fish measured (mm): 31, 35, 38, 36, 28, 41, 39, 34, 42, 38, 38. Many schools of salmonid fry seen. No specific barrier known upstream.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 31 Fish Measured: 10 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 32 Max: 43 Mean: 37
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (31)
Comments: Additional fish measured (mm): 31, 35, 38, 36, 28, 41, 39, 34, 42, 38, 38. Many schools of salmonid fry seen. No specific barrier known upstream.
 
Species: sculpin-unspecified Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 11 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 37 Max: 39 Mean: 38
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (11)
Comments: Saw at least 5 more fish. No specific barrier known upstream.
 

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