Fish Inventory Site FSH0203A09

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.48299°, -153.08550°
Legal Description: S005N022W35
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Lake Clark B-1
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Crescent River Lake Fork

Elevation: 421 m

Site Comments: 6.25 miles by air upstream of Crescent Lake. Site near glacial headwaters.

Survey Date: Jul 17, 2002

Survey FSH02-03A09

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 4.3° C Conductivity: 2.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Glacial, High Turbidity Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 4.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Fast 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Boulder, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 17.0 m 15.0 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.91 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (B2) Moderately entrenched, moderate gradient, riffle dominated channel, with infrequently spaced pools. Very stable plan and profile. Stable banks.
Visit Comments: None

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 306 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: Sampled side channel and mainstem. Fish captured in side channel.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 12 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 40 Max: 115 Mean: 75
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12)
Comments: Sampled side channel and mainstem. Fish captured in side channel.
 

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