Fish Inventory Site FSH0228B37

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.81115°, -147.70642°
Legal Description: S020N010E19
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Anchorage D-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Caribou Creek

Elevation: 578 m

Site Comments: Impassable waterfall about 10 meters high ~3 miles upstream.

Survey Date: Sep 10, 2002

Survey FSH02-28B37

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: Conductivity: Stream Stage:
Water Color: Turbidity: Stream Gradient:
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff:
Substrates:
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width:
Thalweg Depth:
Rosgen Channel Classification:
Visit Comments: Habitat data not recorded.

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): 187 Efficiency:
Channel Type:
Comments: Sampled in right bank side channel. Impassable waterfall about 10 meters high ~3 miles upstream.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 6 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6)
Comments: Sampled in right bank side channel. Impassable waterfall about 10 meters high ~3 miles upstream.
 

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