Fish Inventory Site FSH0224A13

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.55240°, -150.96164°
Legal Description: S028N009W04
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 771 m

Site Comments: None

Survey Date: Aug 28, 2002

Survey FSH02-24A13

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 8.2° C Conductivity: 35.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 3.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Fast 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Boulder, Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 6.6 m 6.0 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.47 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (B5) 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 Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
5-10 Closed Low Willow Shrub Closed Low Willow Shrub
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 271 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 11 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 36 Max: 90 Mean: 57
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (11)
 

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