Fish Inventory Site FSH0221B78
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.46386°, -150.81369°
Legal Description: S027N008W05
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna B-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Big Creek
Elevation: 531 m
Site Comments: None
Survey FSH02-21B78
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Cecil Rich, Sharon Delsack
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 12.4° C | Conductivity: 24.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: High | |||||||||
| Water Color: | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 4.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Fast | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Boulder, Gravel | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (B2) Moderately entrenched, moderate gradient, riffle dominated channel, with infrequently spaced pools. Very stable plan and profile. Stable 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): 123 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 16 | Fish Measured: 8 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 78 Max: 112 Mean: 91 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (16) | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 26 | Fish Measured: 10 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 85 Mean: 58 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (26) | |||
| Comments: Additional fish measured (mm): 56, 53, 85, 53, 55, 58. | |||
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