Fish Inventory Site FSH0232B53
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.61163°, -149.63870°
Legal Description: S018N002W33
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Anchorage C-8
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Cloudy Lake
Elevation: 95 m
Site Comments: GPS waypoint taken at Cloudy Lake outlet, at culvert outlet. Note that fish were captured in lake, further upstream than waypoint.
Survey FSH02-32B53
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Sharon Delsack
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 11.2° C | Conductivity: 52.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 2.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Fast | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Cobble | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains. | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: All habitat data collected in outlet stream. | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Bluejoint-Herb | |
| 5-10 | |||
| 10-20 | |||
| 20-30 | |||
Fish Sampling Effort
| Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) | Trap Duration(h): 2 | |
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: Fish captured in lake. | ||
| Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (B) | ||
| EF Time(s): 387 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 1 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (1) | |||
| Comments: Fish captured in lake. | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 26 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (26) | |||
| Comments: Fish captured in lake. | |||
| Species: juvenile longnose sucker | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 4 | Fish Measured: 2 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 59 Max: 59 Mean: 59 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (4) | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 10 | Fish Measured: 5 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 82 Max: 97 Mean: 89 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10) | |||
| Comments: Three fish (97, 90, 90-mm) captured by electrofisher downstream of lake. Two fish (82, 90-mm) captured by minnow trap in lake. | |||
| Species: juvenile rainbow trout | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 12 | Fish Measured: 6 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 82 Max: 118 Mean: 93 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (12) | |||
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