Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1608C04

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.46518°, -154.10098°
Legal Description: U001N009W04
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Ikpikpuk River B-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Alice Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: H42 Tributary of Wolf Creek

Survey Date: Aug 02, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-08C04

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 10.71° C DO: 10.74 ppm Conductivity: 87.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 3.5 NTU / pH: 7.32 Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.6 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.17 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 Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 30 Fish Measured: 30 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 33 Max: 54 Mean: 45
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (30)
Comments: 28 additional grayling in hand and not measured
 

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