Fish Inventory Site FSH0226A24

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.34114°, -151.01367°
Legal Description: S026N009W18
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna B-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Pickle Creek

Elevation: 241 m

Site Comments: None

Survey Date: Sep 05, 2002

Survey FSH02-26A24

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 7.7° C Conductivity: 9.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Turbidity: Stream Gradient:
Qualitative Velocity: Fast 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 5.05 m 4.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.38 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (F4) Entrenched meandering 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 Open Low Willow-Graminoid Shrub Bog Open Low Willow-Graminoid Shrub Bog
5-10 Open Low Willow-Graminoid Shrub Bog Open Low Willow-Graminoid Shrub Bog
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 24 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (B)
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: adult coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (2)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 16 Fish Measured: 8 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 40 Max: 49 Mean: 43
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (16)
 

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