Fish Inventory Site FSH0232B52

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.62019°, -149.62336°
Legal Description: S018N002W27
Region: South Central

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Anchorage C-7
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation: 115 m

Site Comments: Unnamed outlet stream of Hess Lake. Site at Pitman Road crossing.

Survey Date: Sep 18, 2002

Survey FSH02-32B52

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

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 8.9° C Conductivity: 48.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.5%
Qualitative Velocity: Medium 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Sand, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 1.8 m 1.4 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.1 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: None

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): 281 Efficiency:
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: Fair spawning and rearing habitat. COr in Cloudy Lake ~1/2 mile downstream (32B53). No specific barrier is known downstream.

Fish Observations

No fish were collected at this site.

Photos

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