Fish Inventory Site FSH0217A77

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.23669°, -150.98994°
Legal Description: S013N010W12
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Tyonek A-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 15 m

Site Comments: Beluga River tributary or side channel. Downstream of site 17A76.

Survey Date: Aug 14, 2002

Survey FSH02-17A77

Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.6° C Conductivity: 78.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: High
Water Color: Muddy Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 11.0 m 10.0 m
Thalweg Depth: 1.5 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (F6) Entrenched meandering riffle/pool channel on low gradients with high width/depth ratio.
Visit Comments: Widths and depths are estimates.

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Bluejoint Meadow Fireweed
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) Trap Duration(h): 0
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 20 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 75 Max: 85 Mean: 80
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (20)
 
Species: juvenile Chinook salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 17 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 85 Max: 115 Mean: 94
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (17)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 21 Fish Measured: 9 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 57 Max: 120 Mean: 89
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (21)
 

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