Fish Inventory Site FSH0210A46
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.84490°, -152.32610°
Legal Description: S009N017W29
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-7
AWC Stream #: 245-50-10050-2016
Stream Name: Big River North Fork side channel
Elevation: 31 m
Site Comments: None
Survey FSH02-10A46
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 12.7° C | Conductivity: 18.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Glacial, Low Turbidity | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 1.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Medium | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Sand | |||||||||||
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 | ||
| 5-10 | |||
| 10-20 | |||
| 20-30 | |||
Fish Sampling Effort
| Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A) | ||
| EF Time(s): 90 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: Many more sighted. | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 38 | Fish Measured: 7 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 55 Max: 85 Mean: 70 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (38) | |||
| Comments: Many more sighted. | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult stickleback-unspecified | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 7 | Fish Measured: 3 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 34 Max: 48 Mean: 39 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (7) | |||
| Species: juvenile pink salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 35 Max: 35 Mean: 35 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
| Comments: No Pr found upstream. | |||
| Species: juvenile sockeye salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 41 Max: 41 Mean: 41 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
| Comments: Sr also observed upstream at 11A54. | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult sculpin-unspecified | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
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