Fish Inventory Site FSH0223A04

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.40440°, -151.18715°
Legal Description: S027N010W30
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna B-3
AWC Stream #: 247-41-10200-2053-3150-4131-5012
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 234 m

Site Comments: Side channel/tributary of Wetbutt Creek.

Survey Date: Aug 27, 2002

Survey FSH02-23A04

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 7.3° C Conductivity: 149.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Silt/Clay, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.25 m 2.9 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.18 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): 117 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 45 Max: 51 Mean: 48
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
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)
 

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