Fish Inventory Site FSH0225B08
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.46311°, -150.60993°
Legal Description: S027N007W05
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna B-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed
Elevation: 305 m
Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Bunco Creek ~ 2 miles downstream of site 25B106.
Survey FSH02-25B08
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson, Cecil Rich
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 9.3° C | Conductivity: 8.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 0.5% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Medium | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Cobble | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains. | ||||||||||
| 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: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) | Trap Duration(h): 0 | |
| Channel Type: | ||
| Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (B) | ||
| EF Time(s): 110 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (C) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Helicopter (D) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: adult spawning coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | Spawning: Yes | |
| Total Fish Observed: 12 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (12) | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | Spawning: Yes | |
| Total Fish Observed: 14 | Fish Measured: 5 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 35 Max: 54 Mean: 44 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (14) | |||
| Species: adult spawning sockeye salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 50 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Helicopter (50) | |||
| Species: juvenile sockeye salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 102 Max: 102 Mean: 102 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (2) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 6 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6) | |||
Photos
No photos available.
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