Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1603C04

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.94401°, -149.81086°
Legal Description: U006S010E08
Region: Arctic

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

Elevation:

Site Comments: H187 Tributary of Kuparuk River

Survey Date: Jul 28, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-03C04

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.25° C DO: 9.28 ppm Conductivity: 98.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 4.2 NTU / pH: 7.35 Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel, Boulder
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 13.3 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.56 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C3) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: no pictures, camera battery charging in helicopter.

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Unvegetated
5-10 Tussock Tundra Unvegetated
10-20 Tussock Tundra Sedge-Willow Tundra
20-30 Tussock Tundra Sedge-Willow 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

No photos available.

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