Fish Inventory Site FSH0209A35

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.61571°, -152.51683°
Legal Description: S006N018W18
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 73 m

Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Drift River.

Survey Date: Jul 29, 2002

Survey FSH02-09A35

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 12.4° C Conductivity: 52.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 9.8 m 9.2 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.3 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 Open Low Willow Shrub Open Low Willow Shrub
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 370 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: 22 additional Dolly Varden observed.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 32 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 29 Max: 81 Mean: 54
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (32)
Comments: 22 additional Dolly Varden observed.
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 16 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 33 Max: 44 Mean: 39
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (16)
 

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