Fish Inventory Site FSH0201A02

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.68174°, -152.29200°
Legal Description: S007N017W20
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 55 m

Site Comments: Beaver pool with dam upstream and downstream.

Survey Date: Jul 15, 2002

Survey FSH02-01A02

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 14.6° C Conductivity: 143.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff:
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 10.0 m 9.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 1.5 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (BVP) Beaver Pond Complex
Visit Comments: Width not measured. Estimated widths entered. Beaver ponds deeper than wadeable.

Vegetation Classification

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

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 516 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 5 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (5)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 30 Max: 115 Mean: 70
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10)
Comments: Captured 2 additional coho fry and observed about 20 additional fry.
 
Species: juvenile/adult sculpin-unspecified Life History: Resident Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 5 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (5)
 

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