Fish Inventory Site FSH0225A19

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.52884°, -150.63914°
Legal Description: S028N007W07
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 439 m

Site Comments: Tributary of Bunco Creek.

Survey Date: Aug 29, 2002

Survey FSH02-25A19

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.5° C Conductivity: 2.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Boulder, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.6 m 1.8 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.15 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (F2) Entrenched, relatively low to moderate sinuosity, riffle/pool channel on low gradients with high width/depth ratio.
Visit Comments: None

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Closed Low Willow Shrub Closed Low Willow Shrub
5-10 Midgrass-Shrub Dry Graminoid Herbaceous
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 303 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: Rearing chinook, rainbow trout, and Dolly Varden captured in mainstem ~2/3 mile downstream (25A17, 24B00). No specific barrier is known.

Fish Observations

No fish were collected at this site.

Photos

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