Fish Inventory Site FSH0222B83

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.46280°, -151.16040°
Legal Description: S027N010W05
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna B-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 238 m

Site Comments: 0.8 miles upstream of site 22B81.

Survey Date: Aug 27, 2002

Survey FSH02-22B83

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.3° C Conductivity: 4.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Still 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Boulder
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width:
Thalweg Depth:
Rosgen Channel Classification: (E6) Low gradient, meandering riffle/pool stream with low width/depth ratio and little deposition. Very efficient and stable. High meander width ratio.
Visit Comments: Site is located on left bank tributary of Kahiltna River, not on the Kahiltna (as waypoint is plotted in GIS). See drawing on back of data sheet.

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): 137 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Chinook salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 6 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 50 Max: 71 Mean: 63
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 12 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 67 Mean: 53
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 6 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 77 Mean: 62
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6)
 

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