Fish Inventory Site FSH0202B03

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.31681°, -152.66993°
Legal Description: S003N020W25
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai B-8
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Crescent River side channel

Elevation: 62 m

Site Comments: Side channel of Crescent River.

Survey Date: Jul 16, 2002

Survey FSH02-02B03

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 4.8° C Conductivity: 49.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff:
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 8.29 m 4.97 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.61 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C6) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: Lots of aquatic vegetation and woody debris present.

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Bluejoint-Herb Bluejoint-Herb
5-10 Open Mixed Forest Open Mixed Forest
10-20 Open Mixed Forest Open Mixed Forest
20-30 Open Mixed Forest Open Mixed Forest

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 325 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: One healthy Dolly Varden, no other fish seen.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 130 Max: 130 Mean: 130
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: One healthy Dolly Varden, no other fish seen.
 

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