Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1616C01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.12041°, -152.68500°
Legal Description: U004S003W05
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Umiat A-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Fossil Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: H53

Survey Date: Aug 11, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-16C01

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, Marla Carter

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 7.66° C DO: 11.03 ppm Conductivity: 120.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: 63.0 NTU / pH: 8.01 Stream Gradient: 2.0%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 5.3 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.22 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C3) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: eDNA

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)		 0-5 Unvegetated Unvegetated
5-10 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
10-20 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
20-30 Tussock Tundra Closed Tall Willow Shrub

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:

Fish Observations

Species: juvenile/adult Arctic grayling Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 3 Fish Measured: 3 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 48 Max: 93 Mean: 69
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (3)
 
Species: juvenile/adult slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 109 Max: 109 Mean: 109
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (1)
 

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