Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1610C01
Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.69920°, -155.50523°
Legal Description: U008S015W32
Region: Arctic
Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Killik River C-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Kuchner Creek
Elevation:
Site Comments: H39 Tributary of Colville River
Survey FSNPR16-10C01
Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, J Johnson
Station Characteristics
| Water Temperature: 5.27° C DO: 12.19 ppm | Conductivity: 54.0 μS/cm | Stream Stage: Medium | |||||||||
| Water Color: Clear | Turbidity: 4.1 NTU / pH: 5.95 | Stream Gradient: 2.5% | |||||||||
| Qualitative Velocity: | 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None | ||||||||||
| Substrates: Gravel, Cobble | |||||||||||
Channel Dimensions:
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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 | Unvegetated | Closed Tall Willow Shrub |
| 5-10 | Closed Tall Willow Shrub | Tussock Tundra | |
| 10-20 | Closed Tall Willow Shrub | 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: 46 Max: 51 Mean: 48 | |||
| Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (3) | |||
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