Fish Inventory Site FSH0224B00

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.53632°, -150.65091°
Legal Description: S028N007W07
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 432 m

Site Comments: Tributary of Bunco Creek.

Survey Date: Aug 29, 2002

Survey FSH02-24B00

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 12.2° C Conductivity: 16.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 4.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Fast 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Boulder
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 4.6 m 4.3 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.31 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
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 175 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: No Dolly Varden found ~1 mile upstream at 24B01. No specific barrier is known upstream.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 112 Max: 112 Mean: 112
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: No Dolly Varden found ~1 mile upstream at 24B01. No specific barrier is known upstream.
 
Species: juvenile Chinook salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 48 Max: 79 Mean: 63
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
Comments: No chinook found ~1 mile upstream at 24B01. No specific barrier is known upstream.
 
Species: juvenile rainbow trout Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 38 Max: 95 Mean: 57
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
 

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