56*50.6' N. 134*07.0' W. STRAIGHT CREEK ADF STAT. No. 



E 38 

 EASTERN, FREDERICK SOUND, SAGINAW BAY, E, corner of head. 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink, chum. OTHER SPECIES Coho. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Middle-late. 



SPAWNING FACILITIES Poor. 



STREAM TEMPERATURES 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION Narrow valley with steep hillsides on E. side; more gentle on the W. side. 



Valley is heavily timbered with a few scattered muskegs. 

 DRAINAGE 2. 5 square miles (polar planimeter). 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION The stream enters the ,head of Saginaw Bay very close to 



the mouth of 38A running through an extensive mud tideflat. 

 ANCHORAGE Anchor about midway between the shores of the head of bay in 10 fathoms. Best to 



lay at old cannery float. 

 TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES Walking not difficult except where there are many windfalls. 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES Poor stream for aerial survey above the intertidal area due to very dark 



water and heavy overstory of brush. 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 2S»/12". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Sluggish. 



BOTTOM Mud and silt. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS Primarily off stream mouth. 



SPAWNING AREAS Poor. 



GENERAL NOTES The intertidal zone is long and flat covering about three-quarters of a mile of 

 the stream. The upper area of this zone has a bottom of fine sand and silt. The stream is about 

 30 feet wide at the mouth. 



UPSTREAM 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 3 miles. AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 8V2"-4". 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Gentle. 



BOTTOM Silty gravel and brown algae. 



MARKER DISTANCE 



MARKER IDENTIFICATION 



BARRIERS 



TRIBUTARIES 



SCHOOLING AREAS 



SPAWNING AREAS 



GENERAL NOTES The stream is timbered for about 1.5 miles then runs into open country ending in 

 muskeg. 



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