Fish Inventory Site FSH0210A45

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.85426°, -152.25261°
Legal Description: S009N017W23
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 28 m

Site Comments: Unnamed left bank tributary of North Fork Big River.

Survey Date: Jul 30, 2002

Survey FSH02-10A45

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: 75.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 7.2 m 3.9 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.15 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): 48 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: Many more sighted. No fish found at upstream station (10A43). Canyon 2 miles upstream may be a barrier.
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (B)
Channel Type:
Comments: No fish found at upstream station (10A43). Canyon 2 miles upstream may be a barrier.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 29 Fish Measured: 9 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 30 Max: 46 Mean: 36
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (29)
Comments: Many more sighted. No fish found at upstream station (10A43). Canyon 2 miles upstream may be a barrier.
 
Species: juvenile pink salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 29 Max: 29 Mean: 29
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: No fish found at upstream station (10A43). Canyon 2 miles upstream may be a barrier.
 
Species: adult sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 14 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (14)
Comments: No fish found at upstream station (10A43). Canyon 2 miles upstream may be a barrier.
 
Species: juvenile sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 29 Max: 29 Mean: 29
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: No fish found at upstream station (10A43). Canyon 2 miles upstream may be a barrier.
 

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