Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1605C01
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.31346°, -152.01404°
Legal Description: U013S001W13
Region: Arctic
Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Chandler Lake B-4
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Confusion Creek
Elevation:
Site Comments: H70 Approximately 4 KM from headwaters of stream. This stream confluences with two other streams before flowing into the Chandler River.
Survey FSNPR16-05C01
Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 4.05° C DO: 12.12 ppm | Conductivity: 157.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: 1.02 NTU / pH: 6.69 | Stream Gradient: 3.0% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Cobble, Boulder, Gravel | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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Rosgen Channel Classification: (C3) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains. | ||||||||||
| Visit Comments: This is a mountainous stream with the headwaters beginning approximately 4 KM upstream of sample site. | |||||||||||
Vegetation Classification
| Left Bank | Right Bank | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance From OHW(m) |
0-5 | Closed Low Willow Shrub | Unvegetated |
| 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) | Trap Duration(h): 0 | |
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (C) | ||
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
| Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (D) | ||
| Channel Type: Main Channel (>50% of water flow) | ||
Fish Observations
| Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling | Life History: Resident | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 6 | Fish Measured: 3 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 164 Max: 260 Mean: 211 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Visual Observation, Ground (3) Smith-Root LR-24 (3) | |||
| Species: juvenile/adult Dolly Varden | Life History: Unknown | ||
| Total Fish Observed: 15 | Fish Measured: 11 | Passage Barrier: | |
| Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 102 Max: 122 Mean: 109 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (11) Visual Observation, Ground (4) | |||
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