Fish Inventory Site FSH0226B16

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.44679°, -150.28733°
Legal Description: S027N006W12
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 197 m

Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Chulitna River.

Survey Date: Sep 04, 2002

Survey FSH02-26B16

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.1° C Conductivity: 6.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 3.5 m 3.1 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.3 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (E4) Low gradient, meandering riffle/pool stream with low width/depth ratio and little deposition. Very efficient and stable. High meander width ratio.
Visit Comments: None

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Mesic Graminoid Herbaceous Open Low Willow-Graminoid Shrub Bog
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 315 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (B)
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 74 Max: 74 Mean: 74
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 
Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 75 Max: 75 Mean: 75
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
 
Species: adult spawning coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
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: 6 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 42 Max: 73 Mean: 57
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6)
 

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