Fish Inventory Site FSH0211A53

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.82155°, -152.55099°
Legal Description: S009N018W31
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 90 m

Site Comments: Unnamed tributary of North Fork Big River.

Survey Date: Jul 31, 2002

Survey FSH02-11A53

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.3° C Conductivity: 32.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Sand, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 4.7 m 1.7 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.05 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C5) 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 Closed Tall Willow Shrub
5-10 Unvegetated
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 56 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 15 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 29 Max: 41 Mean: 35
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (15)
 
Species: juvenile/adult sculpin-unspecified Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 

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