Fish Inventory Site FSH0227B31

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.47812°, -150.07880°
Legal Description: S016N005W13
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 45 m

Site Comments: Left bank tributary of the Little Susitna River.

Survey Date: Sep 09, 2002

Survey FSH02-27B31

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 13.5° C Conductivity: 106.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 12.0 m 15.7 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.72 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
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 250 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (B)
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: adult spawning coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (4)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous Spawning: Yes
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 46 Max: 57 Mean: 53
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10)
 
Species: juvenile rainbow trout Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 52 Max: 120 Mean: 74
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 35 Max: 47 Mean: 41
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 

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