Fish Inventory Site FSH0215B60

Site Comments: Downstream from 15B59 below dam.

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Cecil Rich, Sharon Delsack

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.3° C	Conductivity: 13.0 μS/cm	Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear	Turbidity:	Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium	48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Boulder
Channel Dimensions:   (OHW) (Wetted) Stream Width: 5.5 m 5.2 m Thalweg Depth: 0.25 m	Rosgen Channel Classification: (B3) Moderately entrenched, moderate gradient, riffle dominated channel, with infrequently spaced pools. Very stable plan and profile. Stable banks.
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): 247		Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: No Dolly Varden found upstream of beaver dam (15B59).

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden		Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 10	Fish Measured: 5	Passage Barrier: Ephemerally Fixed, Beaver Dam
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 45 Max: 170 Mean: 96
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10)
Comments: No Dolly Varden found upstream of beaver dam (15B59).
Species: juvenile coho salmon		Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2	Fish Measured: 1	Passage Barrier: Ephemerally Fixed, Beaver Dam
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 105 Max: 105 Mean: 105
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: No coho found upstream of beaver dam (15B69).
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin		Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 18	Fish Measured:	Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (18)
Comments: 18 found. Beaver dam may be a population barrier.

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