Fish Passage Site 20400073

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 61.19334°, -149.92795°
Legal Description: S013N004W26
Region: South Central
Road Name: Alaska Railroad

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Anchorage A-8
AWC Stream #: 247-50-10046
Stream Name: Fish Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: FISH CREEK WATERSHED, ABOVE CULVERT IS A SLOUGH.

Survey Date: Aug 31, 2004

Survey ANC04-3A073

Observers: Dean Beers, Vic Stanculescu

Overall Fish Passage Rating: Gray

Tidal: No
Backwatered: No

Step Pools:
Construction Year:


Comments: FISH CREEK WATERSHED, ABOVE CULVERT IS A SLOUGH ( 30' WIDE AT 75' AND 50' WIDE AT 100' ) CULVERT IS A RAILROAD TANK CAR. Negative gradient logical due to slough above and low velocity.

Culvert Measurements

ID: 1 Structure Type: Circular pipe (Non-corrugated metal) Fish Passage Rating:
 
Length(ft): 113.0
Inlet Type: Projecting
Outlet Type:
Corrugation Depth(in.): 0.0
Corrugation Width(in.): 0.0
Condition Rating(1-5): 3
Approach Angle:
Sedimentation At Inlet:
Inlet Substrate:
Outlet Substrate:
InletOutlet
Width(ft):5.6
Height(ft):3.7
Apron Length(ft):
Water Depth(ft): 0.9
Rustline Height(ft):2.7
Substrate Depth(ft):
Backwatered?:
Baffles Present: No
Embedded?: No
Outfall Height: 0.03
Outfall Type:
Constriction Ratio:
Culvert Gradient: -0.47%
Max Slope:
Max Slope Length:

Stream Measurements

Stream SubstratesUpstreamDownstream
Dominant:
Subdominant:
Stream Slope(deg.):
Stream Flow Stage:

No stream width data available.

Elevations

Locator ID Culvert
Number		 River
Distance (ft)1		 Distance From
Crossing (ft)2		 Relative
Elevation (ft)
D/S Thalweg 95.21
Max Pool Depth 95.37
D/S Tailcrest or 1st Thalweg 95.49
U/S Thalweg 1 95.52
OHW Left Bank 95.90
OHW Left Bank 96.16
Outlet Invert 1 0.00 0.0 95.03
Road Elev 56.50 129.18
Inlet Culvert Invert 1 113.00 0.0 94.50

Notes:

  1. River distance is measured continuously throughout the survey reach along the thalweg of the stream.
  2. Measured from each end of the crossing along the thalweg of the stream.

Fish Sampling Efforts

Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (A)

Fish Observations

No fish observations occurred during this survey.

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