Fish Inventory Site FSH0206A19

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.33069°, -152.41185°
Legal Description: S003N018W21
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 160 m

Site Comments: Unnamed independent drainage to Cook Inlet. Third stream south of Redoubt Creek. Site located upstream of 04A14, downstream of 06A20. GPS waypoint marked at landing site on terrace above left bank.

Survey Date: Jul 23, 2002

Survey FSH02-06A19

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.1° C Conductivity: 37.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 2.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Cobble, Sand, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.29 m 2.1 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.06 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
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 140 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 19 Fish Measured: 7 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 32 Max: 90 Mean: 64
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (19)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 36 Max: 38 Mean: 37
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
Comments: Good rearing habitat. No coho observed ~1 mile upstream (06A20).
 

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