Fish Inventory Site FSH0224A14

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.52135°, -150.93700°
Legal Description: S028N009W15
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 589 m

Site Comments: Below site 24A13.

Survey Date: Aug 28, 2002

Survey FSH02-24A14

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 8.8° C Conductivity: 39.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 3.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Fast 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Boulder
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 8.25 m 7.35 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.35 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (B3) 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
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 107 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Chinook salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 56 Max: 63 Mean: 58
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 51 Max: 51 Mean: 51
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 

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