Fish Inventory Site FSH0223A03

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.42196°, -151.17676°
Legal Description: S027N010W20
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 235 m

Site Comments: Tributary of Kahiltna River.

Survey Date: Aug 27, 2002

Survey FSH02-23A03

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.8° C Conductivity: 47.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Sand, Gravel, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 12.9 m 2.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.26 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C5) 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 Closed Tall Alder Shrub Closed Tall Alder Shrub
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 387 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 31 Max: 31 Mean: 31
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 33 Max: 33 Mean: 33
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 

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