Fish Inventory Site FSH0213A62

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.93826°, -151.77269°
Legal Description: S010N014W21
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 6 m

Site Comments: Tributary of McArthur River.

Survey Date: Aug 06, 2002

Survey FSH02-13A62

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 17.0° C Conductivity: 52.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: High
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 40.0 m 40.0 m
Thalweg Depth:
Rosgen Channel Classification: (F6) 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
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) Trap Duration(h): 17
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 84 Max: 84 Mean: 84
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (3)
 
Species: juvenile Chinook salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 24 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 57 Max: 108 Mean: 82
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (24)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 78 Max: 85 Mean: 81
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (4)
 

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