Fish Inventory Site FSH0229B43

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.83579°, -150.90791°
Legal Description: S009N009W29
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Kenai D-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 32 m

Site Comments: Outlet stream of Scaup Lake.

Survey Date: Sep 11, 2002

Survey FSH02-29B43

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: Conductivity: 13.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient:
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.8 m 2.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.54 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (E4) 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 Mixed Herbs Mixed Herbs
5-10 Open Spruce-Paper Birch Forest Open Spruce-Paper Birch Forest
10-20
20-30

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 546 Efficiency:
Channel Type:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback 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)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 120 Max: 120 Mean: 120
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 
Species: juvenile rainbow trout Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 47 Max: 57 Mean: 52
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 

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