Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1604C06

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.32316°, -150.39296°
Legal Description: U001S007E26
Region: Arctic

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

Elevation:

Site Comments: H59 Kupuruk River downstream

Survey Date: Jul 29, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-04C06

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 12.97° C DO: 9.72 ppm Conductivity: 45.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 4.36 NTU / pH: 7.78 Stream Gradient: 1.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Gravel, Cobble, Organic
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 7.65 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.26 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 Fresh Sedge Marsh Fresh Sedge Marsh
5-10 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall 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

Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 44 Max: 49 Mean: 46
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap (3)
 
Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 10 Fish Measured: 8 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 118 Max: 265 Mean: 198
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Minnow Trap (8) Visual Observation, Ground (2)
 

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