Fish Passage Site 40501767

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 65.27573°, -146.64667°
Legal Description: F005N005E11
Region: Interior
Road Name: Cripple Creek Camp Road 2

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Circle B-6
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed

Elevation:

Site Comments: Road in Cripple Creek campground

Survey Date: Jul 22, 2010

Survey EDS10-STS18

Observers: Ben Histand, Justin Leon

Overall Fish Passage Rating: Green

Tidal: No
Backwatered: Yes

Step Pools: No
Construction Year:


Site Observations:

  1. None of this type

Comments: No stream widths were taken here because marsh is on both sides of this culvert. This culvert is backwatered.

Culvert Measurements

ID: 1 Structure Type: Circular pipe (Corrugated steel) Fish Passage Rating: Green
 
Length(ft): 36.7
Inlet Type: Projecting
Outlet Type: Projecting
Corrugation Depth(in.): 0.5
Corrugation Width(in.): 2.5
Condition Rating(1-5): 3
Approach Angle: 0.0
Sedimentation At Inlet: Yes
Inlet Substrate: None
Outlet Substrate: None
InletOutlet
Width(ft):2.0 2.0
Height(ft):2.0 2.0
Apron Length(ft):
Water Depth(ft): 0.42
Rustline Height(ft):
Substrate Depth(ft):0.0 0.0
Backwatered?: Yes
Baffles Present: No
Embedded?: No
Outfall Height: 0.0
Outfall Type: At Stream Grade
Constriction Ratio:
Culvert Gradient: -0.16%
Max Slope:
Max Slope Length:
  Culvert Observations:
  1. None of this type

Stream Measurements

Stream SubstratesUpstreamDownstream
Dominant:Silt/ClayGravel
Subdominant:CobbleCobble
Stream Slope(deg.):
Stream Flow Stage:Medium

No stream width data available.

Elevations

Locator ID Culvert
Number		 River
Distance (ft)1		 Distance From
Crossing (ft)2		 Relative
Elevation (ft)
Road Elev (Road Surface) 101.26
D/S Thalweg (At the Confluence of Creek and Cripple Creek) 0.00 97.79
D/S Water Surface Elev (Water Surface) 0.00 98.18
D/S Tailcrest or 1st Thalweg (Fine Gravel at the Tailcrest of the outlet pool) 9.00 98.28
D/S Water Surface Elev (Water Surface) 9.00 98.49
D/S Thalweg (Bottom of Outlet Pool) 19.00 97.32
Outlet Invert (Bottom of Pipe) 22.00 98.07
D/S Water Surface Elev (Flat Calm - Water Surface) 22.00 98.49
U/S Water Surface Elev (Flat Calm - Water Surface = Headwater Surface) 58.70 98.49
Inlet Culvert Invert (Bottom of Pipe) 58.70 98.01

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: Minnow Trap (A) Trap Duration(h): 0.83
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: Nothing was caught.
 
Gear Type: Minnow Trap (B) Trap Duration(h): 0.83
Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow)
Comments: 2 freshwater sculpins were caught. Both were 50mm in length.

Fish Observations

Species: sculpin-unspecified Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 2 Fish Measured: 2 Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 50 Max: 50 Mean: 50
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Downstream Minnow Trap (2)  
 
Species: no fish collected or observed Life History: Not Applicable
Total Fish Observed: 0 Fish Measured: Fork Lengths (mm) Min: Max: Mean:
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Upstream Minnow Trap (0)  

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