Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1602C06

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.77557°, -150.22943°
Legal Description: U005N008E19
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Umiat D-1
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H55 Tributary of Kuparuk River

Survey Date: Jul 27, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-02C06

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 14.98° C DO: 9.28 ppm Conductivity: 317.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: 4.9 NTU / pH: 7.18 Stream Gradient: 1.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Trace
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble, Sand
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 3.5 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.24 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) 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 Tussock Tundra
20-30 Tussock Tundra 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: 9 Fish Measured: 2 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 91 Max: 103 Mean: 97
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (2) Visual Observation, Ground (7)
 
Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 11 Fish Measured: 11 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 28 Max: 33 Mean: 29
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (11)
 

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