Fish Inventory Site FSH0211B46

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.78432°, -152.42390°
Legal Description: S008N018W15
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 55 m

Site Comments: Tributary of Big River half mile upstream of 11B44.

Survey Date: Jul 31, 2002

Survey FSH02-11B46

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Cecil Rich, Sharon Delsack

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 7.7° C Conductivity: 17.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 6.1 m 7.6 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.1 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (D4) Braided channel with longitudinal and transverse bars. Very wide channel with eroding banks.
Visit Comments: Lots of spawning habitat and channel migration across broad gravel floodplain.

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): 267 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 6 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 39 Max: 40 Mean: 39
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 37 Max: 120 Mean: 56
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 109 Max: 109 Mean: 109
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 

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