Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1616C02

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.38095°, -154.41454°
Legal Description: U012S011W26
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Killik River B-3
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Imnaitchiak Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: H16

Survey Date: Aug 10, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-16C02

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, Marla Carter

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 5.83° C DO: 12.24 ppm Conductivity: 259.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Medium
Water Color: Muddy Turbidity: 12.01 NTU / pH: 8.39 Stream Gradient: 0.75%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Boulder, Cobble
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 2.9 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.21 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C2) 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 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Tussock Tundra
10-20 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Tussock Tundra
20-30 Closed Tall Willow Shrub 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: 8 Fish Measured: 7 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 121 Max: 245 Mean: 162
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (7) Minnow Trap (1)
 

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