Fish Inventory Site FSH0201B01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.67992°, -152.23805°
Legal Description: S007N017W22
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai C-6
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Montana Bill Creek

Elevation: 28 m

Site Comments: Above beaver dam.

Survey Date: Jul 15, 2002

Survey FSH02-01B01

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Cecil Rich, Sharon Delsack

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.9° C Conductivity: 132.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 3.9625 m 4.05 m
Thalweg Depth: 1.83 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (BVP) Beaver Pond Complex
Visit Comments: None

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Fresh Grass Marsh Fresh Grass Marsh
5-10 Fresh Grass Marsh Fresh Grass Marsh
10-20 Midgrass-Shrub Midgrass-Shrub
20-30 Open Tall Alder Shrub Open Tall Alder Shrub

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 179 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: Additional fish measured (mm): 41, 38, 37. School of juvenile salmon feeding below beaver dam.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 23 Fish Measured: 10 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 32 Max: 92 Mean: 50
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (23)
Comments: Additional fish measured (mm): 41, 38, 37. School of juvenile salmon feeding below beaver dam.
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 39 Max: 112 Mean: 54
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10)
 

Photos

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