Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1616C05

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 68.61221°, -153.14823°
Legal Description: U010S005W06
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Killik River C-1
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Pediment Creek

Elevation:

Site Comments: H80

Survey Date: Aug 11, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-16C05

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, Marla Carter

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 9.36° C DO: 11.85 ppm Conductivity: 40.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: Low
Water Color: Clear Turbidity: 3.9 NTU / pH: 7.85 Stream Gradient: 3.5%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: Moderate
Substrates: Cobble, Gravel
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 8.2 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.43 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 Unvegetated
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: 4 Fish Measured: 4 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 38 Max: 51 Mean: 43
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (4)
 

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