Fish Inventory Site FSH0227B30

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.31876°, -149.93475°
Legal Description: S014N004W11
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Anchorage B-8
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Mule Creek

Elevation: 19 m

Site Comments: Mule Creek about .75 miles above mouth.

Survey Date: Sep 09, 2002

Survey FSH02-27B30

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.6° C Conductivity: 60.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: High
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 1.1 m 1.0 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.6 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (E6) 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 Closed Tall Alder Shrub Closed Tall Alder Shrub
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 324 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 5 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 62 Max: 90 Mean: 71
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10)
 

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