Fish Inventory Site FSH0206B26

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.48578°, -152.31882°
Legal Description: S005N017W31
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 0 m

Site Comments: Mouth at Cook Inlet (redoubt astro).

Survey Date: Jul 23, 2002

Survey FSH02-06B26

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 8.1° C Conductivity: 14.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 3.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Boulder
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 7.9 m 6.4 m
Thalweg Depth: 1.2 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): 327 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 18 Fish Measured: 9 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 27 Max: 135 Mean: 74
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (18)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 61 Max: 61 Mean: 61
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 
Species: juvenile/adult sculpin-unspecified Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 76 Max: 76 Mean: 76
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 

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