Fish Inventory Site FSH0209A34
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.61723°, -152.54116°
Legal Description: S006N019W13
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai C-7
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed
Elevation: 97 m
Site Comments: Unnamed left bank tributary of Drift River. Impassable waterfall immediately upstream of site.
Survey FSH02-09A34
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 10.2° C | Conductivity: 40.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 1.5% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Slow | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Sand, Cobble | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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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 | Closed Tall Alder-Willow Shrub | |
| 5-10 | Closed Tall Alder Shrub | ||
| 10-20 | |||
| 20-30 | |||
Fish Sampling Effort
| Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A) | ||
| EF Time(s): 73 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: Twenty additional coho fry observed. | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 5 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: Geologically Fixed, Waterfall/High Gradient | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 70 Max: 121 Mean: 95 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (5) | |||
| Comments: One additional Dolly Varden observed. | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | Spawning: Yes | |
| Total Fish Observed: 32 | Fish Measured: 6 | Passage Barrier: Geologically Fixed, Waterfall/High Gradient | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 34 Max: 44 Mean: 37 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (32) | |||
| Comments: Twenty additional coho fry observed. | |||
| Species: juvenile rainbow trout | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: Geologically Fixed, Waterfall/High Gradient | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 42 Mean: 42 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
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