Fish Inventory Site FSH0211B47

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.84722°, -152.65318°
Legal Description: S009N019W28
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-8
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 126 m

Site Comments: Upper Big River tributary.

Survey Date: Jul 31, 2002

Survey FSH02-11B47

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 14.4° 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:
Thalweg Depth:
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: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) Trap Duration(h): 0
Channel Type:
Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (B)
EF Time(s): 208 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 89 Max: 114 Mean: 101
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (4)
 
Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 52 Mean: 52
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: One stickleback caught in minnow trap.
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 12 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 55 Max: 83 Mean: 69
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12)
 

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