Fish Inventory Site FSH0219B72

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.39808°, -150.81791°
Legal Description: S027N008W30
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna B-2
AWC Stream #: 247-41-10200-2053-3150-4060-5033-6015
Stream Name: Sand Creek

Elevation: 396 m

Site Comments: Downstream from 19B71.

Survey Date: Aug 21, 2002

Survey FSH02-19B72

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 8.7° C Conductivity: 8.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: High
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Fast 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Heavy
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 7.4 m 5.8 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.65 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
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): 183 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: No coho observed ~2 miles upstream (19B71); no specific barrier is known upstream.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 58 Mean: 47
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
Comments: No coho observed ~2 miles upstream (19B71); no specific barrier is known upstream.
 

Photos

Questions or comments about this report can be directed to dfg.dsf.webmaster@alaska.gov