Fish Inventory Site FSNPR1619C01

Coordinates (dec. deg.): 69.10994°, -155.67010°
Legal Description: U004S016W12
Region: Arctic

Datum: WGS84
Quad Name / ITM: Ikpikpuk River A-5
AWC Stream #:
Stream Name: Unnamed stream

Elevation:

Site Comments: H118 Tributary of Awuna River

Survey Date: Aug 14, 2016

Survey FSNPR16-19C01

Observers: Raye Ann Neustel, Marla Carter

Station Characteristics

Water Temperature: 8.54° C DO: 11.46 ppm Conductivity: 75.0 μS/cm Stream Stage: High
Water Color: Humic Turbidity: 4.5 NTU / pH: 4.07 Stream Gradient: 0.75%
Qualitative Velocity: 48 hr. Precipitation/Runoff: None/Trace
Substrates: Boulder, Silt/Clay, Organic
Channel Dimensions:
  (OHW) (Wetted)
Stream Width: 3.1 m
Thalweg Depth: 0.4 m
Rosgen Channel Classification: (C2) Low gradient, meandering, point-bar, riffle/pool, alluvial channels with broad, well-defined floodplains.
Visit Comments: pH reading too acidic, suspect malfunction.

Vegetation Classification

Left Bank Right Bank
Distance
From
OHW(m)
0-5 Closed Tall Willow Shrub Closed Tall Willow Shrub
5-10 Open Low Scrub Closed Low 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 slimy sculpin Life History: Resident
Total Fish Observed: 1 Fish Measured: 1 Passage Barrier:
Fork Lengths (mm) Min: 67 Max: 67 Mean: 67
Collected/Observed by Gear Type: Smith-Root LR-24 (1)
 

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