Fish Inventory Site FSH0229B44

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.83988°, -150.87455°
Legal Description: S009N009W28
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 37 m

Site Comments: Scaup Lake outlet stream.

Survey Date: Sep 11, 2002

Survey FSH02-29B44

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 12.9° C Conductivity: 12.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 0.0%
Qualitative Velocity: Slow 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 1.5 m 1.15 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.38 m
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: Sampled near 4-wheeler trail.

Vegetation Classification

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

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (A)
EF Time(s): 419 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (3)
 
Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 4 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 113 Max: 114 Mean: 113
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4)
 
Species: juvenile rainbow trout Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 98 Max: 98 Mean: 98
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2)
 

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