Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1604C04

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.27033°, -149.66471°
Legal Description: U002S010E14
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Sagavanirktok B-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H30 Tributary of Kuparuk River

Survey Date: Jul 29, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-04C04

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 11.02° C DO: 9.68 ppm Conductivity: 40.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 6.22 NTU / pH: 7.36 Stream Gradient: 0.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Organic
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 5.3 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.37 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C3) 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 Open Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
5-10 Open Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
10-20 Closed Low Willow Shrub Tussock Tundra
20-30 Closed Low Willow Shrub Tussock Tundra

Fish Sampling Effort

Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (A)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Gear Type: Minnow Trap (B)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (C)
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 55 Max: 55 Mean: 55
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (1)
 

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