Fish Inventory Site FSH0225A17

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.54715°, -150.68276°
Legal Description: S028N008W01
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 547 m

Site Comments: None

Survey Date: Aug 29, 2002

Survey FSH02-25A17

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 6.7° C Conductivity: 4.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 3.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Fast 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff:
Substrates: Bedrock, Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 8.5 m 7.7 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.3 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
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 177 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: No chinook found upstream ~1 mile at 25A18. No specific barrier is known upstream.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 76 Max: 78 Mean: 77
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 
Species: juvenile Chinook salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 6 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 62 Max: 65 Mean: 63
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6)
Comments: No chinook found upstream ~1 mile at 25A18. No specific barrier is known upstream.
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 47 Max: 47 Mean: 47
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (3)
Comments: No coho found upstream ~1 mile at 25A18. No specific barrier is known upstream.
 

Photos

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