Fish Inventory Site FSH0223A08

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.45592°, -151.25909°
Legal Description: S027N011W02
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 225 m

Site Comments: Sampled in right bank side channel.

Survey Date: Aug 27, 2002

Survey FSH02-23A08

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 5.9° C Conductivity: 106.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Sand, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 15.8 m 7.3 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.51 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 Closed Tall Alder Shrub Closed Tall Alder Shrub
5-10 Closed White Spruce Forest Closed White Spruce Forest
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 177 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: No fish observed ~2.5 miles upstream at site 23A07. No specific barrier is known.
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (B)
Channel Type:
Comments: No fish observed ~2.5 miles upstream at site 23A07. No specific barrier is known.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 56 Max: 56 Mean: 56
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: No fish observed ~2.5 miles upstream at site 23A07. No specific barrier is known.
 
Species: adult spawning sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (2)
Comments: No fish observed ~2.5 miles upstream at site 23A07. No specific barrier is known.
 
Species: juvenile sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 22 Max: 24 Mean: 23
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
Comments: No fish observed ~2.5 miles upstream at site 23A07. No specific barrier is known.
 

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