Fish Inventory Site FSH0230B45

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 60.53074°, -151.09402°
Legal Description: S005N010W18
Region: South Central

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

Elevation: 9 m

Site Comments: Unnamed stream at Kenai River Pillars boat launch.

Survey Date: Sep 16, 2002

Survey FSH02-30B45

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: Conductivity: Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient:
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff:
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width:
Thalweg Depth:
Rosgen Channel Classification:
Visit Comments: Sampled near 4-wheeler trail.

Vegetation Classification

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

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) Trap Duration(h): 2
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: All 8 fish found in trap downstream of perched culvert. None found in trap upstream of culvert.

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile coho salmon Life History: Anadromous
Total Fish Observed: 14 Fish Measured: 6 Passage Barrier: Human, Culvert
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 51 Max: 55 Mean: 53
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (14)
Comments: All 8 fish found in trap downstream of perched culvert. None found in trap upstream of culvert.
 

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