Fish Inventory Site FSH0215B61

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.08921°, -151.60140°
Legal Description: S012N013W33
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Tyonek A-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 24 m

Site Comments: Left bank tributary of Nikolai Creek.

Survey Date: Aug 13, 2002

Survey FSH02-15B61

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.2° C Conductivity: 41.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 4.55 m 3.4 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.7 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (E5) Low gradient, meandering riffle/pool stream with low width/depth ratio and little deposition. Very efficient and stable. High meander width 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: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 232 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 50 Max: 52 Mean: 51
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 12 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 49 Max: 87 Mean: 66
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 14 Fish Measured: 7 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 57 Mean: 50
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (14)
 

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