Fish Inventory Site FSH0211A48

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.80965°, -152.42868°
Legal Description: S008N018W03
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 54 m

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

Survey Date: Jul 31, 2002

Survey FSH02-11A48

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 6.6° C Conductivity: 57.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 12.05 m 11.65 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 Bluejoint-Herb
5-10 Closed Tall Alder Shrub
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 138 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (B)
Channel Type:
Comments: See photos. Ss also observed upstream at 11A50.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 12 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 30 Max: 36 Mean: 32
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12)
 
Species: adult spawning sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 100 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (100)
Comments: See photos. Ss also observed upstream at 11A50.
 

Photos

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