Fish Inventory Site FSH0227B28

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.17842°, -150.99488°
Legal Description: S024N009W07
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 287 m

Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Kahiltna River; system south of Shovel Creek.

Survey Date: Sep 05, 2002

Survey FSH02-27B28

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.4° C Conductivity: Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Feric Turbidity: Stream Gradient:
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.5 m 2.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.35 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (F4) Entrenched meandering riffle/pool channel on low gradients with high width/depth ratio.
Visit Comments: Observed salmon spawning, muskeg and patches of mixed spruce/birch.

Vegetation Classification

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

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (A)
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: adult spawning coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 7 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (7)
 

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