Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1603C03

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.99361°, -149.64384°
Legal Description: U005S010E24
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Philip Smith Mts D-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H176 Tributary of Kuparuk River

Survey Date: Jul 28, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-03C03

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.75° C DO: 13.28 ppm Conductivity: 117.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: 7.07 NTU / pH: 6.35 Stream Gradient: 1.75%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 8.7 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.14 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 Unvegetated Closed Low Willow Shrub
5-10 Midgrass-Herb Closed Low Willow Shrub
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

No fish were collected at this site.

Photos

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