Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1606C02

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.41029°, -150.90892°
Legal Description: U012S005E14
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Chandler Lake B-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Erratic Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: H136 Tributary of Kanayut River.

Survey Date: Jul 31, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-06C02

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 5.97° C DO: 10.94 ppm Conductivity: 145.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: 1.6 NTU / pH: 9.04 Stream Gradient: 3.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None
Substrates: Cobble, Boulder
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 14.2 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.18 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 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
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 Dolly Varden Life History: Unknown
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 64 Max: 139 Mean: 113
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (3)
 

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