Fish Inventory Site FSH0212A58
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.90971°, -152.11896°
Legal Description: S010N016W33
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-6
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed
Elevation: 452 m
Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Kustatan River. 1400 feet in elevation.
Survey FSH02-12A58
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 12.8° C | Conductivity: 13.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 1.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Slow | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Sand | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (F4) Entrenched meandering riffle/pool channel on low gradients with high width/depth ratio. | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: None | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Bluejoint-Herb | Bluejoint-Herb |
| 5-10 | Open Low Willow Shrub | Closed Tall Alder Shrub | |
| 10-20 | |||
| 20-30 | |||
Fish Sampling Effort
| Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A) | ||
| EF Time(s): 25 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Helicopter (B) | ||
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: Observed school of Dolly Varden from helicopter just prior to landing. Redds present. One was dipnetted at site 12A57 (4 km DS) (see photos). | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: adult spawning Dolly Varden | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 200 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Helicopter (200) | |||
| Comments: Observed school of Dolly Varden from helicopter just prior to landing. Redds present. One was dipnetted at site 12A57 (4 km DS) (see photos). | |||
| Species: juvenile Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 8 | Fish Measured: 4 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 32 Max: 60 Mean: 41 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8) | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 28 | Fish Measured: 4 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 31 Max: 36 Mean: 34 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (28) | |||
Photos
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