Fish Inventory Site FSH0225B13

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.50180°, -150.32832°
Legal Description: S028N006W23
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna C-1
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 231 m

Site Comments: Tributary of Denali Lake.

Survey Date: Sep 03, 2002

Survey FSH02-25B13

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 12.2° C Conductivity: 5.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 4.7 m 3.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.27 m
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: Backpack Electrofisher (A) Trap Duration(h): 0
EF Time(s): 368 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: Gear is PEF and MTQ (minnow trap, 1/4" mesh). Only sculpins found ~1 mile upstream at 25B12. No specific barrier is known upstream.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 13 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (13)
Comments: Only sculpins found ~1 mile upstream at 25B12. No specific barrier is known upstream.
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 16 Fish Measured: 8 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 110 Mean: 83
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (16)
Comments: Gear is PEF and MTQ (minnow trap, 1/4" mesh). Only sculpins found ~1 mile upstream at 25B12. No specific barrier is known upstream.
 
Species: juvenile/adult rainbow trout Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 221 Max: 221 Mean: 221
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
Comments: Only sculpins found ~1 mile upstream at 25B12. No specific barrier is known upstream.
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 15 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (15)
 

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