Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1608C05

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.50168°, -153.88066°
Legal Description: U002N008W28
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Ikpikpuk River C-2
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H69 Tributary of Wolf Creek

Survey Date: Aug 01, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-08C05

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.03° C DO: 9.76 ppm Conductivity: 78.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: Stream Gradient: 1.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Silt/Clay, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 5.8 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.36 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C4) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: both batteries for turbidimeter not working

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
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: 14 Fish Measured: 14 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 33 Max: 48 Mean: 43
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (14)
 

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