Fish Inventory Site FSH0233B55
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.56970°, -149.84086°
Legal Description: S017N003W16
Region: South Central
Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Anchorage C-8
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed
Elevation: 59 m
Site Comments: Unnamed right bank tributary of Meadow Creek. Site at Beaver Lake Road crossing ~50 meters upstream of Lynda Lake.
Survey FSH02-33B55
Project Supervisor: Cecil Rich, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
— Anchorage, AK
Observers: Joe Buckwalter, Sharon Delsack
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 11.0° C | Conductivity: 48.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: | Stream Gradient: 0.5% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: Medium | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Cobble, Sand | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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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 | ||
| 5-10 | |||
| 10-20 | |||
| 20-30 | |||
Fish Sampling Effort
| Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (A) | Trap Duration(h): 26 | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Comments: Captured in pond upstream of road crossing. 1 adult ~10 inches long observed (visual observation ground). Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | ||
| Gear Type: Not Recorded (B) | ||
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: Metal grill (~2-inch mesh) anchored over culvert inlet precludes passage of adult fish. | ||
| Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (C) | Trap Duration(h): 26 | |
| EF Time(s): 424 | Efficiency: | |
| Channel Type: | ||
| Comments: Captured upstream of Beaver Lake Road crossing. Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult ninespine stickleback | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 20 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (20) | |||
| Comments: Captured downstream of Beaver Lake Road crossing. Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult threespine stickleback | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 23 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (23) | |||
| Comments: Twenty threespines caught by electrofisher downstream of road, 3 threespines in traps upstream of road. Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | |||
| Species: juvenile longnose sucker | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 6 | Fish Measured: 3 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 80 Max: 115 Mean: 101 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (6) | |||
| Comments: Captured downstream of Beaver Lake Road crossing. Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | |||
| Species: juvenile coho salmon | Life History: Anadromous | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 20 | Fish Measured: 10 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 67 Max: 115 Mean: 83 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (20) | |||
| Comments: Captured upstream of Beaver Lake Road crossing. Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult rainbow trout | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 9 | Fish Measured: 4 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 99 Max: 139 Mean: 119 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap, 1/4 in. Mesh (9) | |||
| Comments: Captured in pond upstream of road crossing. 1 adult ~10 inches long observed (visual observation ground). Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | |||
| Species: juvenile rainbow trout | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 2 | Fish Measured: 1 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 110 Max: 110 Mean: 110 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (2) | |||
| Comments: Caught downstream of Beaver Lake Road. Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 10 | Fish Measured: | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean: | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Backpack Electrofisher (10) | |||
| Comments: Captured downstream of Beaver Lake Road crossing. Potential barrier: perched outlet (5-inch). | |||
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