Fish Inventory Site FSH0215B63

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.21627°, -151.91914°
Legal Description: S013N015W14
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Tyonek A-6
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Straight Creek

Elevation: 175 m

Site Comments: None

Survey Date: Aug 13, 2002

Survey FSH02-15B63

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.8° C Conductivity: 21.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Glacial, Low Turbidity Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 23.0 m 17.4 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.6 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (D4) Braided channel with longitudinal and transverse bars. Very wide channel with eroding 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): 121 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 18 Fish Measured: 9 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 133 Mean: 82
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (18)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 18 Fish Measured: 9 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 86 Mean: 60
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (18)
 

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