Fish Inventory Site FSH0219A83

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.34155°, -150.60572°
Legal Description: S026N007W17
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna B-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 275 m

Site Comments: Left bank tributary of Kroto Creek. Petersville Road crosses site. Sampled in bog pond and stream.

Survey Date: Aug 20, 2002

Survey FSH02-19A83

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.3° C Conductivity: 6.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 2.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 1.4 m 1.1 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.15 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (E4) Low gradient, meandering riffle/pool stream with low width/depth ratio and little deposition. Very efficient and stable. High meander width ratio.
Visit Comments: Bog pond area was III/C/1-sphagnum moss vegetation. Stream clogged with vegetation.

Vegetation Classification

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

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) Trap Duration(h): 14
Channel Type:
Comments: COr documented ~3 miles DS of site (AWC 2002). No specific barrier was observed downstream of site. Suspect pH too low for rearing salmonids.

Fish Observations

No fish were collected at this site.

Photos

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