Fish Inventory Site FSH0222B84

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.46561°, -151.16703°
Legal Description: S027N010W05
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 230 m

Site Comments: At Kahiltna River confluence.

Survey Date: Aug 27, 2002

Survey FSH02-22B84

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 14.3° C Conductivity: 53.0 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, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 10.6 m 9.4 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.42 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (F6) Entrenched meandering riffle/pool channel on low gradients with high width/depth ratio.
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): Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: Electrofisher time not recorded.
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (B)
Channel Type:
Comments: 65-70 cm adults.

Fish Observations

Species: adult sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (2)
Comments: 65-70 cm adults.
 
Species: juvenile sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 50 Max: 52 Mean: 51
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
Comments: Electrofisher time not recorded.
 

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