Fish Inventory Site FSH0226B18

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.41493°, -150.26938°
Legal Description: S027N005W19
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 174 m

Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Chulitna River ~ 1 river mile upstream of Parks highway crossing.

Survey Date: Sep 04, 2002

Survey FSH02-26B18

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.2° C Conductivity: 7.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 5.8 m 4.8 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.48 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (F4) Entrenched meandering riffle/pool channel on low gradients with high width/depth ratio.
Visit Comments: Perched culvert at the Parks Highway. Many adults just upstream of highway. Limited electrofishing opportunities.

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Mesic Graminoid Herbaceous
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 388 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (3)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 5 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (5)
 

Photos

No photos available.

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