Fish Inventory Site FSH0224A12

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.43765°, -150.98804°
Legal Description: S027N009W08
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 576 m

Site Comments: Left bank tributary of Cache Creek.

Survey Date: Aug 28, 2002

Survey FSH02-24A12

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 6.0° C Conductivity: 35.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 4.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.15 m 1.7 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.51 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (B4) Moderately entrenched, moderate gradient, riffle dominated channel, with infrequently spaced pools. Very stable plan and profile. Stable banks.
Visit Comments: Steep, fast, thick, thick vegetation.

Vegetation Classification

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

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 120 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 31 Max: 41 Mean: 36
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 

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