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ALDER CRFEK 



56* 20. 7' N. 1 33" 31 . 8' W. 



WRANGELL, SUMNER STRAIT, 4. 8 miles E. of Point Baker, E. fork. 



ADF STAT. No. 



WR 97 

 Previous No. 131 



OTHER SPECIES 

 ESCAPEMENT MAGNITUDE 



MAJOR SPECIES Pink. 



ESCAPEMENT TIMING Middle. Sept. 



SPAWNING FACILITIES 



STREAM TEMPERATURES Normal range. Observed temperatures: 56° F. , 8/14/53; 46. 5° F. , 9/10/53. 



VALLEY DESCRIPTION A wide, generally flat valley running in a SE. direction. Scattered muskeg 



areas are found throughout. 

 DRAINAGE 11 square miles (polar planimeter). 

 STREAM MOUTH IDENTIFICATION Enters a tidal area common to it and WR 96. Thi tideflat 



narrows a short distance up the intertidal zone and remains this way for 0. 6 mile. WR 97 enter the 



extreme SE. corner of the flat. 

 ANCHOR AGE Point Baker offers good protection near its head, 3. 5 miles W. of the creek mouth. 



A float has been anchored in this bay in past years and was used as a moorage. A temporary anchorage 



is found near the point on the left side of the mouth of the creek. 

 TRAILS AND SURVEY ROUTES 

 AERIAL SURVEY NOTES 



INTERTIDAL ZONE 



LENGTH 0. 3 mile. 



GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES Gentle. 



BOTTOM Gravel, slate, and shale. 



LOW TIDE LOCATION 



HIGH TIDE LOCATION 



SCHOOLING AREAS 



SPAWNING AREAS 



GENERAL NOTES 



LENGTH ACCESSIBLE 

 GRADIENT AND VELOCITIES 

 BOTTOM Excellent spawning gravel. 

 MARKER DISTANCE 

 MARKER IDENTIFICATION 

 BARRIERS 

 TRIBUTARIES 

 SCHOOLING AREAS 

 SPAWNING AREAS 

 GENERAL NOTES 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 40'-80'/6" -8" 



UPSTREAM 



AVERAGE WIDTH/DEPTH 20V14" 



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