Fish Inventory Site FSH0203A12

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.35665°, -152.47044°
Legal Description: S003N018W18
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai B-7
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 300 m

Site Comments: Unnamed independent drainage to Cook Inlet. Site located ~100 meters upstream of right bank tributary.

Survey Date: Jul 17, 2002

Survey FSH02-03A12

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.6° C Conductivity: 10.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 3.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 7.01 m 5.94 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.3 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (B3) 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 Closed Tall Alder-Willow Shrub Closed Tall Alder-Willow Shrub
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 151 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: Six additional juvenile Dolly Varden observed. Anadromous adult Dolly Varden observed 200 meters upstream of mouth (see 04A13).

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 14 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 22 Max: 78 Mean: 41
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (14)
Comments: Six additional juvenile Dolly Varden observed. Anadromous adult Dolly Varden observed 200 meters upstream of mouth (see 04A13).
 

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