Fish Inventory Site FSH0223A06

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.46961°, -151.23999°
Legal Description: S028N011W36
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 230 m

Site Comments: None

Survey Date: Aug 27, 2002

Survey FSH02-23A06

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 6.1° C Conductivity: 131.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Glacial, Low Turbidity Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Silt/Clay, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 9.4 m 9.1 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.45 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C3) 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) Trap Duration(h): 0
EF Time(s): 66 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Chinook salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 68 Max: 70 Mean: 69
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 15 Fish Measured: 7 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 65 Max: 89 Mean: 79
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (15)
 

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