Fish Inventory Site FSH0219B71
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.40042°, -150.88335°
Legal Description: S027N009W26
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna B-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Sand Creek
Elevation: 521 m
Site Comments: None
Survey FSH02-19B71
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Cecil Rich, Sharon Delsack
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 8.0° C | Conductivity: 10.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: High | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 1.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Heavy | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Cobble, Gravel | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: Rearing and spawning coho documented ~2 miles downstream (AWC 2002). No specific barrier identified downstream of site. | |||||||||||
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): 119 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 4 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 68 Max: 90 Mean: 79 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 32 Max: 32 Mean: 32 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
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