Fish Inventory Site FSH0224B01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.54798°, -150.64498°
Legal Description: S028N007W06
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 490 m

Site Comments: Unnamed left bank tributary of Bunco Creek.

Survey Date: Aug 29, 2002

Survey FSH02-24B01

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.0° C Conductivity: 18.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 6.1 m 4.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.31 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: Rearing chinook captured ~1 mile downstream at site 24B00. Location of barrier downstream not determined.

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): 325 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile rainbow trout Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 12 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 90 Max: 223 Mean: 123
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 79 Max: 79 Mean: 79
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 

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