Fish Inventory Site FSH0228B36
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 62.21332°, -150.06022°
Legal Description: S025N004W32
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Talkeetna A-1
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Lake Four
Elevation: 122 m
Site Comments: Lake four of Answer Creek system, northwest corner. Sampled in outlet pool below beaver dam at lake outlet.
Survey FSH02-28B36
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Michael Anderson, Cecil Rich
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 13.6° C | Conductivity: 36.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 0.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Medium | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Sand | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (BVP) Beaver Pond Complex | ||||||||||
| 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): 243 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (B) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: School observed in lake. | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 4 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4) | |||
| Comments: 22 in lake. | |||
| Species: adult Pacific lamprey | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (1) | |||
| Species: adult longnose sucker | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 100 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (100) | |||
| Comments: School observed in lake. | |||
| Species: juvenile Chinook salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 4 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 84 Max: 102 Mean: 93 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4) | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 113 Max: 113 Mean: 113 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
| Species: adult rainbow trout | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (2) | |||
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