Fish Inventory Site FSH0229B40

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.93017°, -150.27641°
Legal Description: S010N006W25
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-1
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Bedlam Creek

Elevation: 43 m

Site Comments: Bedlam Creek ~1 mile above inlet.

Survey Date: Sep 11, 2002

Survey FSH02-29B40

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.0° C Conductivity: 88.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient:
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Organic
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.0 m
Thalweg Depth:
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: Channel surrounded by bog meadow, lily pads in channel, OHW undefined-out to edge of meadow 20-30 m.

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): Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 6 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 75 Max: 115 Mean: 93
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6)
 
Species: juvenile sockeye salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 66 Max: 66 Mean: 66
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 

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