Fish Passage Site 30303072

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 59.04523°, -158.52838°
Legal Description: S013S055W18
Region: Southwest
Road Name: Emperor Way

Datum: NAD83
Quad Name / ITM: Dillingham A-7
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Seven Sisters Creek tributary

Elevation:

Site Comments: Stream and Watershed name changed to local name on 11.24.21

Survey Date: Sep 20, 2012

Survey SWA12-DIL10

Project Supervisor: Gillian O'Doherty, Alaska Department of Fish and Game — Anchorage, AK
Observers: Gillian O'Doherty, Mark Eisenman

Overall Fish Passage Rating: Green

Tidal: No
Backwatered: Yes

Step Pools: No
Construction Year: 1999


Comments: Pipe is stained, cannot measure rust line. Might be embedded, but too deep to measure all the way through. Very deep (>5 ft.) and narrow upstream. Flat and wider on downstream side of road. Slilght flow, not much through pipe.

Culvert Measurements

ID: 1 Structure Type: Pipe-arch (Structural steel plate) Fish Passage Rating: Green
 
Length(ft): 84.6
Inlet Type: Mitered
Outlet Type: Mitered
Corrugation Depth(in.): 2.0
Corrugation Width(in.): 6.0
Condition Rating(1-5): 4
Approach Angle: 0.0
Sedimentation At Inlet: No
Inlet Substrate: Silt/Clay
Outlet Substrate: Silt/Clay
InletOutlet
Width(ft):13.0 13.0
Height(ft):7.5 5.7
Apron Length(ft):
Water Depth(ft): 2.64
Rustline Height(ft):
Substrate Depth(ft):1.0 2.0
Backwatered?: Yes
Baffles Present: No
Embedded?: Maybe
Outfall Height: 0.0
Outfall Type: At Stream Grade
Constriction Ratio: 2.05
Culvert Gradient: 0.19%
Max Slope:
Max Slope Length:
 

Comments: Substrate depth measurements are minimal. Top of miter length is 84.6 feet.

Stream Measurements

Stream SubstratesUpstreamDownstream
Dominant:Silt/ClaySilt/Clay
Subdominant:GravelOrganic
Stream Slope(deg.):0.08
Stream Flow Stage:Medium
Stream Width Type Distance From
Crossing (ft)
Stream
Width (ft)
Upstream ordinary high water 89.0 4.00
Upstream ordinary high water 112.0 6.00
Upstream ordinary high water 150.0 9.00

Elevations

Locator ID Culvert
Number
River
Distance (ft)1
Distance From
Crossing (ft)2
Relative
Elevation (ft)
Road Elev 97.90
D/S Water Surface Elev (appro 4.5 feet deep at this spot) 0.00 87.40
Outlet Culvert Top (top of miter) 30.00 90.50
Outlet Invert 30.00 84.70
D/S Water Surface Elev 30.00 87.34
Inlet Culvert Invert 114.60 82.99
U/S Water Surface Elev 114.60 87.33
Inlet Culvert Top (top of miter) 114.60 90.66
U/S Water Surface Elev (sg) 154.60 87.31
U/S Water Surface Elev (sg) 273.60 87.41

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)
Comments: No traps set, no fish observed.

Fish Observations

No fish observations occurred during this survey.

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