Fish Inventory Site FSH0223B87

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.42724°, -151.08784°
Legal Description: S027N010W14
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 271 m

Site Comments: Tributary of Cache Creek.

Survey Date: Aug 28, 2002

Survey FSH02-23B87

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.6° C Conductivity: 5.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Sand, Cobble, Boulder
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 1.85 m 1.75 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.3 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (E5) Low gradient, meandering riffle/pool stream with low width/depth ratio and little deposition. Very efficient and stable. High meander width 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): 437 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 37 Max: 78 Mean: 66
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 61 Max: 61 Mean: 61
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 

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