Fish Inventory Site FSH0214A64
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.04699°, -151.77836°
Legal Description: S011N014W16
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Tyonek A-5
AWC Stream #: 247-10-10080-2010
Stream Name: Chakachatna River side channel
Elevation: 27 m
Site Comments: Side channel of Chakachatna River.
Survey FSH02-14A64
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 13.2° C | Conductivity: 122.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: High | |||||||||
| Water Color: Humic | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 0.5% | |||||||||
| 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: Slow moving shallow stream with sections resembling beaver ponds and some riffles below. | |||||||||||
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): 125 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: Caught in riffle. | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 75 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (75) | |||
| Comments: Not measured—mostly < 30 mm. | |||
| Species: juvenile Chinook salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 3 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 69 Max: 69 Mean: 69 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (3) | |||
| Comments: Caught in riffle. | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 4 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 55 Max: 55 Mean: 55 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4) | |||
| Comments: Caught in riffle. | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
| Comments: Under 30 mm. | |||
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