Fish Inventory Site FSH0208A33

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.62460°, -152.47237°
Legal Description: S006N018W08
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 64 m

Site Comments: Right bank tributary of Drift River. Leads to larger glacier fed tributary.

Survey Date: Jul 25, 2002

Survey FSH02-08A33

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 14.1° C Conductivity: 91.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Silt/Clay, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 8.2 m 5.0 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.1 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
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): 112 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 24 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 41 Max: 119 Mean: 76
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (24)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 22 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 36 Max: 38 Mean: 37
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (22)
Comments: Sighted many schools of fry.
 
Species: juvenile/adult sculpin-unspecified Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 

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