Fish Inventory Site FSH0224A09

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.35935°, -151.22070°
Legal Description: S026N011W12
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 311 m

Site Comments: None

Survey Date: Aug 28, 2002

Survey FSH02-24A09

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 6.6° C Conductivity: 7.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Muddy Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 2.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Boulder, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.94 m 2.1 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.24 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: None

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Closed Low Willow Shrub Closed Low Willow Shrub
5-10 Open Black Spruce Forest Open Black Spruce Forest
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 231 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 25 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (25)
 

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