Fish Inventory Site FSH0228B35

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.86855°, -150.00964°
Legal Description: S021N004W33
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 76 m

Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Little Willow Creek. Numerous beaver ponds along entire length of stream from mouth to headwaters. Site is ~1.4 mile upstream of power lines.

Survey Date: Sep 10, 2002

Survey FSH02-28B35

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 7.8° C Conductivity: 24.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Feric Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Organic, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 6.0 m 3.0 m
Thalweg Depth: 1.04 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 Open Tall Alder Shrub
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 242 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 49 Max: 58 Mean: 53
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 

Photos

No photos available.

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