Fish Inventory Site FSH0215A67
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.17129°, -151.80797°
Legal Description: S013N014W33
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Tyonek A-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Nikolai Creek
Elevation: 62 m
Site Comments: Nikolai Creek above 15A65.
Survey FSH02-15A67
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 9.9° C | Conductivity: 27.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 0.5% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Medium | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Heavy | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Sand | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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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: Backpack Electrofisher (A) | ||
| EF Time(s): 12 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: Approximately 50 more juvenile coho observed. | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 42 Mean: 42 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 24 | Fish Measured: 7 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 34 Max: 58 Mean: 45 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (24) | |||
| Comments: Approximately 50 more juvenile coho observed. | |||
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