Fish Inventory Site FSH0228B38

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.81419°, -147.71632°
Legal Description: S020N010E19
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 677 m

Site Comments: Small tributary of Caribou Creek 1 mile above Glenn Highway crossing.

Survey Date: Sep 10, 2002

Survey FSH02-28B38

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.5° C Conductivity: 600.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width:
Thalweg Depth:
Rosgen Channel Classification: (D4) Braided channel with longitudinal and transverse bars. Very wide channel with eroding banks.
Visit Comments: Small tributary, alluvial fan braided channels, in Caribou Creek canyon.

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Open Low Willow Shrub Open Low Willow Shrub
5-10
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 250 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: adult Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 8 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 138 Max: 170 Mean: 153
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (8)
Comments: Observed a school of Dolly Varden and/or grayling; ~ 50 fish.
 
Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 68 Max: 163 Mean: 115
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 

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