Fish Inventory Site FSH0226B21

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.18512°, -150.55301°
Legal Description: S024N007W09
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna A-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 154 m

Site Comments: Amber Lake inlet.

Survey Date: Sep 04, 2002

Survey FSH02-26B21

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.5° C Conductivity: 12.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Muddy Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Still 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.7 m 2.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.5 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
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 341 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 6 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 69 Max: 110 Mean: 91
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 7 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (7)
Comments: 7 sculpins total.
 

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