Fish Inventory Site FSH0211A51
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.79317°, -152.47210°
Legal Description: S008N018W08
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-7
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed
Elevation: 84 m
Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of North Fork Big River. One mile downstream of stream source at glacier. Sampled northernmost channel of braided stream.
Survey FSH02-11A51
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 2.5° C | Conductivity: 5.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Glacial, High Turbidity | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 2.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Medium | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Sand | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (D3) Braided channel with longitudinal and transverse bars. Very wide channel with eroding banks. | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Ice chunks floating downstream. | |||||||||||
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): 83 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: No barriers observed. Suspect no fish due to low water temperature. | ||
Fish Observations
No fish were collected at this site.
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