Fish Inventory Site FSH0204A14

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.34265°, -152.37702°
Legal Description: S003N018W22
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 40 m

Site Comments: Unnamed independent drainage to Cook Inlet. third stream south of Redoubt Creek. Site is downstream of 06A19, 06A20, and 06A21.

Survey Date: Jul 18, 2002

Survey FSH02-04A14

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.8° C Conductivity: 39.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 4.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Boulder, Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 5.79 m 5.64 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: Sampled about 100 meters upstream of mouth.

Vegetation Classification

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

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 113 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: adult Dolly Varden Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 381 Max: 381 Mean: 381
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: School of 50 to 100 Dolly Varden sighted ~ 100 meters upstream of mouth.
 
Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 56 Max: 123 Mean: 88
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
 
Species: juvenile/adult sculpin-unspecified Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 90 Max: 90 Mean: 90
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (3)
Comments: No slimy sculpin observed at upstream stations (06A19, 06A20, 06A21).
 

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