Fish Inventory Site FSH0212A60
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.92493°, -151.98458°
Legal Description: S010N015W29
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-6
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed
Elevation: 30 m
Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Kustatan River. 1 mile northwest of site 12A56.
Survey FSH02-12A60
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 14.8° C | Conductivity: 32.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Humic | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 1.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Medium | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Sand | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (E4) Low gradient, meandering riffle/pool stream with low width/depth ratio and little deposition. Very efficient and stable. High meander width ratio. | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Beaver pond above. Barrier appears to be old. Fish are above dam | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Subarctic Lowland Sedge Wet Meadow | |
| 5-10 | Closed Spruce-Paper Birch Forest | ||
| 10-20 | |||
| 20-30 | |||
Fish Sampling Effort
| Gear Type: Dip Net (A) | ||
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: Many more in stream and pond above. | ||
| Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (B) | Trap Duration(h): 0 | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 4 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 118 Max: 121 Mean: 119 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (4) | |||
| Species: juvenile Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 40 Max: 40 Mean: 40 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Dip Net (2) | |||
| Species: juvenile Chinook salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 18 | Fish Measured: 9 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 72 Max: 120 Mean: 99 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (18) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 10 | Fish Measured: 5 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 70 Max: 85 Mean: 77 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (10) | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 21 | Fish Measured: 7 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 33 Max: 52 Mean: 40 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Dip Net (21) | |||
| Comments: Many more in stream and pond above. | |||
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