Fish Inventory Site FSH0223B95

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.52904°, -150.73711°
Legal Description: S028N008W10
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna C-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 635 m

Site Comments: Tributary of Cottonwood Creek.

Survey Date: Aug 28, 2002

Survey FSH02-23B95

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.8° C Conductivity: 18.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 4.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Fast 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Boulder, Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 3.9 m 3.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.27 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (B2) Moderately entrenched, moderate gradient, riffle dominated channel, with infrequently spaced pools. Very stable plan and profile. Stable banks.
Visit Comments: Landed helicopter at ATV crossing.

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): 133 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 53 Max: 112 Mean: 86
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 12 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 26 Max: 57 Mean: 49
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12)
 

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