Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1601C02

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.51219°, -152.83682°
Legal Description: U002N004W22
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Umiat C-5
AWC Stream #: 330-00-10700-2202
Stream Name: Kikiakrorak River

Elevation:

Site Comments: Tributary of the Colville River

Survey Date: Jul 26, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-01C02

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.4° C DO: 9.03 ppm Conductivity: 102.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 12.0 NTU / pH: 7.1 Stream Gradient: 2.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Silt/Clay
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 4.85 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.12 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 Tussock Tundra Tussock Tundra
5-10 Tussock Tundra Tussock Tundra
10-20 Tussock Tundra Closed Tall Willow Shrub
20-30 Closed Tall 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: 23 Fish Measured: 23 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 28 Max: 121 Mean: 42
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (23)
 

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